Patrick Chan biography
Patrick Chan, in full Patrick Lewis Wai-Kuan Chan, (born December 31, 1990, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), Canadian determine skater who was recognized for his class and artistry and for his potential to land quadruple jumps. He gained three Olympic medals, together with one gold, in addition to three world championships (2011–13).
Chan was the son of immigrants to Canada from Hong Kong. They enrolled him in skating courses when he was 5 years outdated with the expectation that he would take up ice hockey. Chan, nevertheless, was instantly drawn to determine skating as a substitute and by his early teenagers was exhibiting great promise within the sport. Under the steerage of outstanding coach Osborne Colson, Chan gained nationwide titles on the prenovice (2003), novice (2004), and junior (2005) ranges. Following Colson’s loss of life in 2006, Chan educated below a variety of completely different coaches, together with Don Laws and Christy Krall. In 2007 he capped off his junior profession by profitable the silver medal on the junior world championships, the primary time in 23 years {that a} Canadian skater had medaled within the occasion.
At the senior degree Chan continued to shine, profitable the primary of seven straight Canadian nationwide titles in 2008. The following yr he earned his first victory at a significant worldwide competitors, claiming gold on the Four Continents occasion earlier than taking silver on the world championships. Chan skated to a disappointing fifth-place end on the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, although he once more took silver on the worlds that yr. After the Olympics, Chan added the exceedingly troublesome quadruple leap to his aggressive packages, and his mastery of the transfer propelled him to a dominating 2011 season, during which he lastly broke by to win his first world title and likewise captured gold medals at Skate Canada and the Grand Prix Final.
Chan efficiently defended his world title in 2012 by skating a stable brief program and performing a free skate that featured two completely executed quadruple jumps. Earlier within the season Chan had triumphed on the Four Continents championships, the place he additionally completed in entrance of Daisuke Takahashi. After profitable his third consecutive title on the world championships in 2013, Chan was a favorite coming into the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. However, he struggled within the free-skate portion and needed to accept a silver medal. He additionally competed within the newly added workforce occasion and gained one other silver medal. Chan subsequently took a break from skating, opting to not compete within the season’s remaining occasions.
Chan returned to skating for the 2015–16 season and resumed his dominance of Canadian skating, profitable an eighth nationwide title. He completed in a disappointing ninth place on the 2018 Winter Olympics in P’yŏngch’ang, South Korea, however he gained a measure of redemption within the workforce occasion, the place he helped Canada win the gold medal. Shortly thereafter Chan retired from aggressive skating.