page_title: Patrick Chan
section_title: 2017–2018 season
hierarchical_section_title: Patrick Chan / Skating career / 2017–2018 season
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Канадский фигурист Патрик Чан исполняет короткую программу в личном турнире на XXIII зимних Олимпийских играх 2018 в южнокорейском Пхёнчхане English: Patrick Chan (CAN) skates his short program at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang (KOR)
context_page_description: Patrick Lewis Wai-Kuan Chan is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. He is a 2018 Olympic gold medallist in the team event, 2014 Olympic silver medallist in the men's and team events, a three-time World champion, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, a three-time Four Continents champion, and a ten-time Canadian national champion.
  On April 27, 2011, Chan set a new world record of 93.02 points for the short program. On April 28, 2011, Chan then set a new world record for his free skating, receiving an overall score of 280.98. In recognition, Chan was named the recipient of the Lou Marsh Award as Canada's top athlete.
context_section_description: During his final competitive season, Chan placed fourth at the 2017 Skate Canada International and withdrew from the 2017 NHK Trophy. Following Skate Canada, he moved to Vancouver to take a break, then began training with coach Ravi Walia. In January, he won a record tenth Canadian title at the 2018 Canadian Championships.
  In February, Chan represented Canada at his third Olympics, in Pyeongchang, South Korea. He won his first Olympic gold and third Olympic medal overall during the team event, defeating the Olympic Athletes from Russia. He skated both segments, ranking third in the short and first in the free skate. This earned 18 team points for Canada, six more than the Russian skater Mikhail Kolyada. In the individual men's event, Chan finished ninth after placing sixth in the short program and eighth in the free skate. He had tripled a quad attempt, doubled a triple, and touched down with his hand on a triple axel. He stated that this Olympic event was his last competition. He officially retired from competition on April 16, 2018.
caption: Chan skates his short program at the 2018 Olympics
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