1. Patrick Chan is known for his skating style which is highly appreciated for artistry and elegance.
113 Facts About Patrick Chan
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Patrick Chan is a recognized master of figure skating who has made a great contribution to this sport.
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Patrick Chan possesses a unique style of skating by using the edges of the blades, thereby achieving excellent skating skills.
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Patrick Chan has repeatedly set world records in figure skating under the ISU Judging System, being the world record holder for many years.
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Patrick Chan is one of the few figure skaters in the world to break the 100-point barrier in the short program, and is the third man in the world to break the 200-point barrier in the free program.
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Patrick Chan announced the end of his career on April 16,2018.
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Patrick Chan is considered by many to be one of the greatest Canadian male figure skaters of all time.
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Patrick Chan is the only child of Lewis Chan, a lawyer, and Karen, both immigrants from Hong Kong.
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At the age of five, Patrick Chan showed talent in downhill skiing but focused on other sports after his family moved to Toronto.
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Patrick Chan has an enduring interest in many sports, including taekwondo, tennis, golf, and mountain climbing.
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Patrick Chan's parents wanted him to be multilingual, so at home his father spoke French to him, his mother spoke Cantonese, and their son learned English from his daily life in Ontario.
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Patrick Chan tried to enroll in college a couple of times: first at Colorado College to study international economics in September 2011 and second at the University of Toronto to study social sciences in the fall of 2014.
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In May 2008, Patrick Chan was named Asian of the Year in arts and sports by Asia Network magazine.
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In 2020, Patrick Chan wed Canadian former pair skater Elizabeth Putnam.
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Patrick Chan originally wanted to learn to skate to play hockey, but soon became interested in figure skating.
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Patrick Chan knew he had to pull everything apart and start from the ground up on the basics of skating.
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In 2001, aged 10, Patrick Chan won the bronze medal at the Canadian Junior National Championships at the juvenile level, the lowest qualifying level in the Canadian figure skating competition structure.
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Patrick Chan won the pre-novice national title in 2003, the novice title in 2004, and the junior title in 2005.
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Patrick Chan won the gold medal at the event in Montreal and placed fourth at the event in Slovakia.
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Patrick Chan won the 2005 Canadian Junior Championship under Colson's guidance, and Colson had planned to coach Patrick Chan to the top of the sport.
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Patrick Chan regarded Colson as a grandfather figure, and the Patrick Chan family was at Colson's deathbed when he died.
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Patrick Chan wore a gold medallion belonging to Colson that was engraved with Colson's initials.
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Patrick Chan was then coached by technical specialist Shin Amano, who coached in the same facility.
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Aged 16, Patrick Chan decided to advance to the senior level internationally, despite having only one junior international medal.
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Patrick Chan was assigned two Grand Prix events and made his senior international debut at the 2006 Trophee Eric Bompard, where he placed fifth.
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Patrick Chan later placed seventh at the 2006 NHK Trophy.
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Patrick Chan competed at the 2007 Canadian Championships in Halifax and placed fifth.
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Patrick Chan began working with Don Laws, a former student of Colson's whom he met at Colson's funeral, in 2007.
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Patrick Chan divided his training time between World Arena Ice Hall in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the Granite Club in Toronto.
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Patrick Chan began his Grand Prix season at the 2007 Skate America, where he won the bronze medal.
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Patrick Chan then went on to win gold at the 2007 Trophee Eric Bompard.
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At the 2008 Canadian Championships Patrick Chan won the national title at age 17.
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Patrick Chan placed seventh in the short program and 11th in the free skating, placing ninth overall.
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Patrick Chan's placement, combined with that of Jeffrey Buttle, who won the event, earned Canada three spots in the 2009 World Championships in the men's event.
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In May 2008, Patrick Chan performed in the Festa on Ice show in South Korea, alongside show headliner Yuna Kim.
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Patrick Chan competed at the 2009 Canadian Championships as the defending champion.
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Patrick Chan placed first in the short program and entered the final segment with a 17.00-point lead.
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Patrick Chan won the free skate by a margin of 30.96 points and took gold with a total margin of 48.52 points over silver medallist Vaughn Chipeur.
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Patrick Chan outscored silver medalist Evan Lysacek by 12.04 points to win the gold medal.
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At the 2009 World Championships, Patrick Chan placed third in the short program, behind Brian Joubert and Evan Lysacek, and second in the free skate to win the silver medal behind Lysacek.
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Patrick Chan competed for Canada at the 2009 World Team Trophy.
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Patrick Chan placed fourth in the men's competition and Canada won the silver overall, behind the United States and ahead of Japan.
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In July 2009, Patrick Chan landed a quad toe loop jump during a warm-up session at the 2009 Liberty Summer Competition.
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Patrick Chan contracted a suspected case of H1N1 swine flu during a high-performance training camp in Vancouver.
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The antibiotics treating the illness weakened his muscles, and Patrick Chan experienced pain while jumping.
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Patrick Chan placed sixth at the 2009 Skate Canada International.
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Patrick Chan won the free skate and took the gold medal with a lead of 45.92 points.
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Patrick Chan set a record score in the Canadian Championships.
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Patrick Chan was thereby named to the Olympic team, along with Chipeur.
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Patrick Chan placed seventh in the short program and then earned a new personal best score to place fourth in the free skate, finishing fifth overall.
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Patrick Chan said later that the support of the audience at the event had made him realize how proud he was to be Canadian.
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Patrick Chan placed second in the short program, just 1.50 behind the leader, Daisuke Takahashi.
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Patrick Chan placed second in the free skate, 8.98 points behind Takahashi, to win his second world silver medal.
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Patrick Chan performed in the show Festa on Ice for the third consecutive year.
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Patrick Chan performed in the show All That Skate LA, again headlined by Kim.
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Patrick Chan began his season at the 2010 Liberty Summer Competition where he debuted his new short program to the music of Take Five, a jazz piece.
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Patrick Chan placed first in the short program, landing his first 4T in competition, and was awarded a high grade of execution for the jump.
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At Skate Canada, Patrick Chan had a collision with Adam Rippon during the morning practice before the short program.
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Patrick Chan placed fourth in the short program after falling on his 4T, his 3A, and his step sequence.
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Patrick Chan won the free skating after landing a 4T and five more triple jumps and finished first overall.
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Patrick Chan struggled with consistency at 2010 Cup of Russia, accumulating another four falls over the competition.
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Patrick Chan's combined placements qualified him for the Grand Prix Final.
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Patrick Chan won the free skate and his first Grand Prix Final title.
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Patrick Chan obtained his fourth consecutive Canadian national title at the 2011 Canadian Championships.
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At the 2011 World Championships held in Moscow after a delay of a month, Patrick Chan won the short program with a score of 93.02 points, a new world record.
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Patrick Chan worked on a quad salchow, although the triple salchow is not his strongest jump.
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Patrick Chan worked with Peter Davis, the former sports science director for the US Olympic Committee; choreographer Lori Nichol; Kathy Johnson, a movement and balance coach; Andy O'Brien, a strength, fitness, and nutrition coach; physiotherapist Mark Lindsay; and Eddie Shipstead who helped with quads, using special harnesses which prevent injury.
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Patrick Chan was assigned to 2011 Skate Canada International and 2011 Trophee Eric Bompard as his Grand Prix events.
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At Skate Canada, Patrick Chan placed third in the short program and won the free skating to win the gold medal at the event.
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Patrick Chan supported his skating by performing in shows and holding fundraisers.
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Patrick Chan placed first in the short program, as well as in the free skate, to win the gold medal by an 11.18 point margin over Daisuke Takahashi.
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Patrick Chan competed in the 2012 Canadian Championships in January 2012.
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Patrick Chan then won the free skate with several 10.00 for his component marks.
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Patrick Chan set a new record score at the Canadian Nationals.
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In February 2012, Patrick Chan competed in the 2012 Four Continents Championships.
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Patrick Chan placed first in the short program, 4.51 ahead of Takahito Mura, and in the free skate, 24.25 ahead of Daisuke Takahashi, and obtained a 10.00 for his program component scores.
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Patrick Chan won gold with a total score of 273.94 points.
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In late March 2012, Patrick Chan competed at the 2012 World Championships in Nice, France, and won his second straight World title.
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Patrick Chan placed first in both segments and finished with a total of 266.11 points, 6.45 ahead of silver medallist Daisuke Takahashi.
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Patrick Chan left his longtime choreographer Lori Nichol and asked Jeff Buttle and David Wilson to produce his competitive programs.
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Opening his season, Patrick Chan placed sixth at the Japan Open.
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In January, at the 2013 Canadian Championships, Patrick Chan ranked first in both segments and won his sixth Canadian national title.
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Patrick Chan set a new world record score under the ISU Judging System.
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Patrick Chan committed some mistakes in his jumps in the free skating and placed second in that segment of the competition but obtained enough points to keep the lead.
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Patrick Chan finished first with 267.78 points overall, edging Ten for the gold medal by 1.3 points.
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Patrick Chan finished second in the Grand Prix Final, behind Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan.
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At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Patrick Chan competed in the inaugural team event.
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Patrick Chan skated the men's short program and placed third, contributing to Canada's silver medal finish.
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Hanyu fell twice during his free skate and had another triple discount for putting his foot down in the middle of a jump sequence, while Patrick Chan struggled on several of his jumps including a miss on a relatively simple double Axel.
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Patrick Chan was assigned to compete at the 2015 Skate Canada International and the 2015 Trophee Eric Bompard.
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Patrick Chan finished fourth in his return to the Grand Prix Final, placing third in the free skate after landing one quad.
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Patrick Chan easily nabbed his eighth national title at the 2016 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Patrick Chan won gold at the 2016 Four Continents Championships, defeating Jin Boyang and scoring a new personal best in the free skate.
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Patrick Chan finished fifth at the 2016 World Championships after placing third in the short and fifth in the free.
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Patrick Chan resigned in August 2016, and the move to Vancouver was put on hold.
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On September 23,2016, Patrick Chan announced that his new coaching team would be led by Marina Zueva, and his training base would be Canton, Michigan.
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Patrick Chan would stay in Canton for the entire season.
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The high point of Patrick Chan's season was winning a record sixth Skate Canada title, breaking the record he had shared with Elvis Stojko, who holds five Skate Canada titles.
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Patrick Chan placed second in the short program at the Grand Prix Final but would finish fifth overall.
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Patrick Chan won his first Olympic gold and third Olympic medal overall during the team event, defeating the Olympic Athletes from Russia.
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Patrick Chan skated both segments, ranking third in the short and first in the free skate.
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Patrick Chan had tripled a quad attempt, doubled a triple, and touched down with his hand on a triple axel.
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Patrick Chan stated that this Olympic event was his last competition.
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Patrick Chan officially retired from competition on April 16,2018.
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Patrick Chan still participates in major figure skating tours in Canada.
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Patrick Chan announced that the 2024 Stars on Ice Canada tour will be his last skating on ice in front of an audience.
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The ability to control speed on the ice allows Patrick Chan to accelerate and gain momentum in a short time to achieve the speed needed, so that he can perform quads in short approach, while a lot other athletes often have to slide a longer distance around the rink to gain momentum when performing quads.
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In terms of harmony, Patrick Chan's programs are often choreographed with good connection between the jumps.
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Patrick Chan has a signature with his unique skating style thanks to his soft knees, deep knee bends as well as the use of the edges of the blades to achieve his ideal skating speed.
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Patrick Chan is known for his highly choreographed programs, his skillful edge transitions with ideal deep edges, and his highly flexible and complex step sequences.
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Patrick Chan is thereby considered one of the pioneers of the modern era of men's figure skating with strong programs in both technique and artistry.
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Since the age of 15, Patrick Chan has received a level 4 for the step sequence.
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In terms of jumping technique, Patrick Chan is known mainly for his 6 types of triple jumps including the Triple Axel with 3.5 real turns, and 2 types of quadruple jumps.
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Patrick Chan has broken world records seven times in his career.