# Jason Chan (figure skater)

Jason Chan (born 12 August 1996) is a Canadian-Australian ice dancer who currently represents Australia. With partner Holly Harris, he is the 2019 Australian national senior champion.
With former partner Valérie Taillefer he was the 2014 Canadian novice dance champion.

## Career
### Early career

In 2011, Chan trained in Montreal with Valérie Taillefer, competing at the pre-novice level in the Canadian national skating championships in Regina. At the novice level at the 2014 Canadian Championships, the pair won the gold medal. The pair also competed in the Skate Canada Challenge in Regina that year and took first place in the novice dance category. Taillefer/Chan competed for three seasons on the ISU Junior Grand Prix, before the end of their partnership.

### 2019–20 season: Debut of Harris/Chan

Chan formed a dance partnership with Australian ice dancer Holly Harris to represent her country and began training at the Ice Academy of Montreal under coaches Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, and Romain Haguenauer.
Harris/Chan debuted internationally on the Challenger series at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, where they placed ninth, in the process defeating reigning Australian national champions Kerry/Dodds (in eleventh place) by almost 25 points. They went on to win the Australian national title. Harris/Chan made their ISU Championship debut at the 2020 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, where they placed ninth. They were assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

### 2020–21 season

Harris/Chan were assigned to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but this event was also cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. They made their World Championship debut at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, placing twenty-fourth.

### 2021–22 season

Harris/Chan began the season at the Skating Club of Boston-hosted Lake Placid Ice Dance International, where they finished in fourth place. They then were assigned to the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, seeking to qualify a berth for Australia at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They finished in ninth place, making Australia the fourth reserve. Harris/Chan competed at two more Challenger events, finishing thirteenth at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy and seventh at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. They then won the bronze medal at the Santa Claus Cup.
Assigned to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, Harris/Chan finished in eighth place. The team concluded the season at the 2022 World Championships, held in Montpellier with Russian dance teams absent due to the International Skating Union banning all Russian athletes due to their country's invasion of Ukraine. Harris/Chan qualified to the free dance for the first time, coming in eighteenth place.

### 2022–23 season

Appearing at the inaugural Britannia Cup, Harris/Chan won the bronze medal. They were seventh at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. They were invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate America, where they finished fourth in the rhythm dance and set a new personal best, clearing the 70-point mark for the first time. They finished fifth overall after errors in the free dance. The following weekend, they were eighth at the 2022 Skate Canada International, their second Grand Prix. After the Grand Prix, Harris/Chan won gold at the Santa Claus Cup and came seventh at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
Harris/Chan finished eighth at the 2023 Four Continents Championships, and sixteenth at the 2023 World Championships.

### 2023–24 season

Harris/Chan finished seventh at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International to start the season, before coming fourth at the Shanghai Trophy invitational. On the Grand Prix, the team came tenth at the 2023 Skate America. They made two further appearances on the Challenger circuit, placing fifteenth at the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup and sixth at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
In the second half of the season, Harris/Chan were ninth at the 2024 Four Continents Championships and seventeenth at the 2024 World Championships.

### 2024–25 season

Harris/Chan started the season by finishing seventh at the 2024 CS Budapest Trophy. Following the withdrawal of Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy, who elected to remain on the junior level, Harris/Chan were assigned to compete at 2024 Skate Canada International, where they would finish in tenth place.

## Programs
### With Harris

| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
| 2024–2025 | Take a Chance on Me Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) SOS Voulez-Vous by ABBA choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil, Jean-Luc Baker | Clair de lune (Pied au Piano) by Claude Debussy, Son Lux, & Chris Pattishall Bloodstream by Tokio Myers I Love You Kung Fu by Son Lux & Hanna Benn Bilune by Karl Hugo Clair de lune by Claude Debussy choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil, Jean-Luc Baker |
| 2023–2024 | Material Girl Into the Groove Express Yourself by Madonna choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil, Samuel Chouinard | Ocean Lullaby by Colossal Trailer Music Gefion Freya by Christian Reindl & Lucie Paradis Vale by Christian Reindl, Lucie Paradis, & Power-Haus choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil, Samuel Chouinard | Can't Get You Out of My Head Slow Spinning Around by Kylie Minogue |
| 2022–2023 | Samba: The Beat (Rhythm Samba Instruction) by Watazu Cha Cha: Cha Cha Danzón (Cha Cha 25) by The Latin Drums Samba: Suavemente (House Remix) by Fred Perry by Labrinth choreo. by Guillaume Cizeron, Marie-France Dubreuil, Samuel Chouinard, Ginette Cournoyer | Euphoria I'm Tired by Labrinth and Zendaya Forever Formula by Labrinth choreo. by Guillaume Cizeron, Marie-France Dubreuil, Samuel Chouinard, Ginette Cournoyer | Can't Get You Out of My Head Slow Spinning Around by Kylie Minogue |
| 2021–2022 | Jazz: Can't Get You Out of My Head Disco: Slow Blues: Spinning Around by Kylie Minogue | Ain't Nobody by Chaka Khan I Feel for You by Prince performed by Chaka Khan Ain't Nobody by Chaka Khan | |
| 2020–2021 | Swing: I Hope I Get It Quickstep: I Can Do That Foxtrot: One (from A Chorus Line) by Marvin Hamlisch | Australia Waltzing Matilda By the Boab Tree performed by Ophelia of the Spirits Faraway Downs by Felix Meagher, Baz Luhrmann, & Angela Little | |
| 2019–2020 | Swing: I Hope I Get It Quickstep: I Can Do That Foxtrot: One (from A Chorus Line) by Marvin Hamlisch | Ain't Nobody by Chaka Khan I Feel for You by Prince performed by Chaka Khan Ain't Nobody by Chaka Khan | |

## Competitive highlights

* GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
* JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
* CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
* WD – Withdrew from competition
* C – Event was cancelled

### Ice dance with Holly Harris (for Australia)

Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
| World Championships | C | 24th | 18th | 16th | 17th | TBD |
| Four Continents Championships | 9th | | 8th | 8th | 9th | 7th |
| Australian Championships | 1st | C | C | | | |
| GP Skate America | | | | 5th | 10th | |
| GP Skate Canada | | | | 8th | | 10th |
| CS Autumn Classic | | | | | 7th | |
| CS Budapest Trophy | | | | | | 7th |
| CS Finlandia Trophy | | | 13th | | | |
| CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | | | 7th | 7th | 6th | |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | | | 9th | 7th | | |
| CS Tallinn Trophy | | | | | | 5th |
| CS Warsaw Cup | 9th | | | | 15th | |
| Britannia Cup | | | | 3rd | | |
| Ice Challenge | | | | | | 1st |
| Lake Placid Ice Dance | | | 4th | | | |
| Mentor Toruń Cup | 12th | | | | | |
| Santa Claus Cup | | | 3rd | 1st | | |
| Shanghai Trophy | | | | | 4th | |

### Ice dance with Valerie Taillefer (for Canada)

Competition placements at junior level :
| Season | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
| Canadian Championships | 6th | 7th | 4th | 6th |
| JGP Latvia | | | | 8th |
| JGP Slovakia | | 9th | | |
| JGP Slovenia | 9th | | | |
| Skate Canada Challenge | 6th | 5th | 2nd | 5th |

## Detailed results
### Ice dance with Holly Harris

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 179.53 | 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy |
| Short program | TSS | 71.58 | 2022 Skate America |
| Short program | TES | 41.18 | 2022 Skate America |
| Short program | PCS | 30.82 | 2024 World Championships |
| Free skating | TSS | 108.69 | 2025 Four Continents Championships |
| Free skating | TES | 62.39 | 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy |
| Free skating | PCS | 46.92 | 2025 Four Continents Championships |
Results in the 2024–25 season :
| Date | Event | RD | RD | FD | FD | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Oct 11–13, 2024 | 2024 CS Budapest Trophy | 8 | 65.68 | 5 | 103.46 | 7 | 169.14 |
| Oct 25–27, 2024 | 2024 Skate Canada International | 10 | 64.11 | 10 | 99.40 | 10 | 163.51 |
| Nov 5-10, 2024 | 2024 Ice Challenge | 1 | 70.17 | 1 | 105.81 | 1 | 175.98 |
| Nov 12-17, 2024 | 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy | 5 | 70.84 | 5 | 108.69 | 5 | 179.53 |
| Feb 19–23, 2025 | 2025 Four Continents Championships | 7 | 69.37 | 7 | 108.75 | 7 | 178.12 |