Biography

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Date of birth:

31.12.1990

Patrick CHAN
CAN

Place of birth:

Ottawa

Height:

171 cm

Home town:

Toronto

Profession:

Student

Hobbies:

tennis, golf, video games, cars

Start sk. / Club:

1995 / Granite Club, Toronto

Coach:

Don Laws, Ellen Burka

Choreographer:

Lori Nichol

Former Coach:

Shin Amano, Osborne Colson, Mei Yang

Practice low season:

28 h / week at Orlando FL, USA

Practice high season:

17 h / week at Toronto

Music Short Program / Original Dance as of season 2007/2008

Exile to Snowy West (from "Banquet" soundtrack) by Tan Dun
In the Bamboo Forest (from "Banquet" soundtrack) by Tan Dun

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2007/2008

Excerpts from Four Seasons by A. Vivaldi

Personal Best Total Score	214.94	18.11.2007	Trophee Eric Bompard 2007
Personal Best Score Short Program	72.81	21.03.2008	World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating	145.86	27.10.2007	Skate America 2007

00/01

Olympic Games

World Champ.

European Champ.

Four Continents

World Juniors

National Champ.

1.N

1.J

7.S

5.S

1.S

S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition	Year	Place
ISU JGP Skate Slovakia 2005 Bratislava	2005	4. J
ISU JGP Montreal 2005 Montreal	2005	1. J
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final 2006 Ostrava	2006	5. J
Trophee Eric Bompard 2006 Paris	2006	5.

International Competition	Year	Place
NHK Trophy 2006 Nagano	2006	7.
Skate America 2007 Reading PA	2007	3.
Trophee Eric Bompard 2007 Paris	2007	1.
ISU Grand Prix Final 2008 Torino	2008	5.

Chan took figure skating lessons because he wanted to learn how to skate in order to play hockey, but then liked figure skating right away. He practiced many other sports including tennis, skiing, swimming and taekwondo before focusing on skating. Chan's long-time coach Osborne Colson died in July 2006 at age 90. He is now training part-time in Florida with Don Laws and part-time in Toronto with Ellen Burka. Chan admires four-time World Champion Kurt Browning for his personality and admires World Champion Todd Eldredge for his work ethics. Chan's parents are immigrants from China. His mother immigrated from Hong Kong to Canada in her late 20s, his father came as a young boy to Canada. Chan's father played ping pong and coached a ping pong team in Quebec.

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