 Holly Harris and Jason Chan during the rhythm dance at the2025 World Championships | |||||||||
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| Born | (2002-11-02)2 November 2002 (age 23) | ||||||||
| Height | 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||
| Country |  Australia | ||||||||
| Discipline | Ice dance | ||||||||
| Partner | Jason Chan | ||||||||
| Coach | Marie-France Dubreuil Patrice Lauzon Romain Haguenauer Pascal Denis Benjamin Brisebois Josée Piché | ||||||||
| Skating club | Melbourne Figure Skating Club | ||||||||
| Began skating | 2008 | ||||||||
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Holly Harris (born 2 November 2002) is an Australianfigure skater who currently competes inice dance.[1] With her skating partner,Jason Chan, she is a two-timeAustralian national champion (2019, 2025) and competed at the2026 Winter Olympics.[2]
As a singles skater, she qualified to the final segment at the2017 World Junior Championships and finished 23rd overall. She is the 2016Volvo Open Cup junior silver medalist and the 2016Australian junior national champion.
After winning the Australian novice title for two consecutive seasons, Harris made her international competitive debut in the2016–17 season, beginning on theJunior Grand Prix, where she placed eleventh at theJGP Germany. Next winning the Australian junior national title, she was assigned to compete at the2017 World Junior Championships, where she qualified for the free skate and placed twenty-third overall. She described it as "an amazing experience" and anticipated training for the following season, but it would be her last international competition as a singles skater.[1][3]
Harris afterwards suffered multipleconcussions that she described as making her "a little bit afraid to hit my head again." She opted instead to switch toice dance.[4]
Harris subsequently formed a dance partnership with Canadian ice dancerJason Chan and began training at the Ice Academy of Montreal under coachesMarie-France Dubreuil,Patrice Lauzon, andRomain Haguenauer.[4]
Harris/Chan debuted internationally on theChallenger series at the2019 CS Warsaw Cup, where they placed ninth, in the process defeating reigning Australian national championsKerry/Dodds (in eleventh place) by almost 25 points. They went on to win theAustralian national title.[4] Harris/Chan made their ISU Championship debut at the2020 Four Continents Championships inSeoul, where they placed ninth. They were assigned to compete at theWorld Championships inMontreal, but these were cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.[5]
Harris/Chan were assigned to make theirGrand Prix debut at the2020 Skate Canada International, but this event was also cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.[6] They made their World Championship debut at the2021 World Championships inStockholm, placing twenty-fourth.[7]
Harris/Chan began the season at theSkating Club of Boston-hostedLake Placid Ice Dance International, where they finished in fourth place. They then were assigned to the2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, seeking toqualify a berth for Australia at the2022 Winter Olympics. They finished in ninth place, making Australia the fourth reserve. Harris/Chan competed at two moreChallenger events, finishing thirteenth at the2021 CS Finlandia Trophy and seventh at the2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. They then won the bronze medal at theSanta Claus Cup.[8]
Assigned to the2022 Four Continents Championships inTallinn, Harris/Chan finished in eighth place.[9][8] The team concluded the season at the2022 World Championships, held inMontpellier with Russian dance teams absent due to theInternational Skating Union banning all Russian athletes due to their country'sinvasion of Ukraine.[10] Harris/Chan qualified to the free dance for the first time, coming in eighteenth place.[8]
Appearing at the inaugural Britannia Cup, Harris/Chan won the bronze medal.[11] They were seventh at the2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.[8] They were invited to make theirGrand Prix debut at the2022 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.[12] They finished fifth overall after errors in the free dance.[13] The following weekend, they were eighth at the2022 Skate Canada International, their second Grand Prix. After the Grand Prix, Harris/Chan won gold at theSanta Claus Cup and came seventh at the2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[8]
Harris/Chan finished eighth at the2023 Four Continents Championships, and sixteenth at the2023 World Championships.[8]
Harris/Chan finished seventh at the2023 CS Autumn Classic International to start the season, before coming fourth at theShanghai Trophy invitational.[8] On theGrand Prix, the team came tenth at the2023 Skate America.[14] They made two further appearances on theChallenger circuit, placing fifteenth at the2023 CS Warsaw Cup and sixth at the2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[8]
In the second half of the season, Harris/Chan were ninth at the2024 Four Continents Championships.[8] The2024 World Championships were held in Harris' "second home" ofMontreal,[15] and the team finished seventeenth.[8] Harris called it "an enjoyable event and an amazing end to the season."[15]
Harris/Chan started the season by finishing seventh at the2024 CS Budapest Trophy.[8] Following the withdrawal ofDarya Grimm /Michail Savitskiy, who elected to remain on the junior level, Harris/Chan were assigned to compete at2024 Skate Canada International, where they finished in tenth place.[16][8] They subsequently went on to win the gold medal at the2024 Ice Challenge and finish fifth at the2025 CS Tallinn Trophy. A couple weeks following the latter event, Harris/Chan won their second national title at the2025 Australian Championships[8]
Selected to compete at the2025 Four Continents Championships, Harris/Chan finished the event in seventh place. They then finished the season by placing nineteenth at the2025 World Championships.[8]
Harris and Chan opened their season at the 2025 Bolero Cup in September where they placed third.Two weeks later, they took the silver medal at the final Olympic qualifying event, theISU Skate to Milano.[17] This, in turn, won Australia a spot for ice dance at the2026 Winter Olympics.[18] The following month, they finished second at2025 CS Trialeti Trophy, winning their firstISU Challenger Series event medal.[17]
In January, Harris and Chan competed at the2026 Four Continents Championships where they finished fifth in their sixth appearance at this event. "I’m not fully satisfied with the performance, but I think it was a good steppingstone for us," said Harris after the free dance. “A lot of improvement on different elements, but still room to grow."[19]
| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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| 2025–2026 [20] |
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| 2024–2025 [21] | |||
| 2023–2024 [22] |
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| 2022–2023 [23] |
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| 2021–2022 [24] |
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| 2020–2021 [25] |
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| 2019–2020 [26] |
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2016–2017 [27] |
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| Season | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | 2025–26 |
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| Winter Olympics | 18th | ||||||
| World Championships | C | 24th | 18th | 16th | 17th | 19th | |
| Four Continents Championships | 9th | 8th | 8th | 9th | 7th | 5th | |
| Australian Championships | 1st | C | C | 1st | |||
| GPSkate America | 5th | 10th | |||||
| GPSkate Canada | 8th | 10th | |||||
| CSAutumn Classic | 7th | ||||||
| CSBudapest Trophy | 7th | ||||||
| CSFinlandia Trophy | 13th | ||||||
| CSGolden Spin of Zagreb | 7th | 7th | 6th | ||||
| CSNebelhorn Trophy | 9th | 7th | |||||
| CSTallinn Trophy | 5th | ||||||
| CSTrialeti Trophy | 2nd | ||||||
| CSWarsaw Cup | 9th | 15th | |||||
| Bolero Cup | 3rd | ||||||
| Britannia Cup | 3rd | ||||||
| Ice Challenge | 1st | ||||||
| Lake Placid Ice Dance | 4th | ||||||
| Mentor Toruń Cup | 12th | ||||||
| Santa Claus Cup | 3rd | 1st | |||||
| Shanghai Trophy | 4th | ||||||
| Skate to Milano | 2nd |
| International[28] | |
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| Event | 16–17 |
| Junior Worlds | 23rd |
| JGPGermany | 11th |
| Volvo Open Cup | 2nd |
| National | |
| Australian Champ. | 1st J |
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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| Total | TSS | 183.50 | 2025 Skate to Milano |
| Short program | TSS | 73.35 | 2025 Skate to Milano |
| TES | 41.88 | 2025 Skate to Milano | |
| PCS | 31.47 | 2025 Skate to Milano | |
| Free skating | TSS | 110.96 | 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy |
| TES | 62.96 | 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy | |
| PCS | 48.00 | 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy |
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
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| 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 |
| Nov 29 – Dec 6, 2024 | 2025 Australian Championships | 1 | 71.97 | 1 | 112.60 | 1 | 184.57 |
| Feb 19–23, 2025 |  2025 Four Continents Championships | 7 | 69.37 | 7 | 108.75 | 7 | 178.12 |
| Mar 24–30, 2025 |  2025 World Championships | 18 | 69.84 | 19 | 104.94 | 19 | 174.78 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 5–6, 2025 |  2025 Bolero Cup | 3 | 72.59 | 3 | 109.09 | 3 | 181.68 |
| Sep 18–21, 2025 |  2025 Skate to Milano | 2 | 73.35 | 2 | 110.15 | 2 | 183.50 |
| Oct 8–11, 2025 |  2025 CS Trialeti Trophy | 4 | 69.88 | 2 | 110.96 | 2 | 180.84 |
| Jan 21–25, 2026 | 2026 Four Continents Championships | 5 | 68.33 | 5 | 108.75 | 5 | 177.08 |
| Feb 9-11, 2026 |  2026 Winter Olympics | 18 | 67.75 | 17 | 108.64 | 18 | 176.39 |
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