Patrick Chan

Patrick Chan is a Canadian skater of Chinese origin. He performs in single skating. Ten-time winner of the Canadian championship. Three times became the world champion, at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi won silver medals in the personal and team competition. At the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang he became a gold medalist in team competitions. As of January 2018, it is ranked 9th in the International Skating Union (ISU) ranking.

The skater's full name is Patrick Lewis Wei-Huan Chan. He was the only child in the family. His father Lewis Chan immigrated with his family to Canada when he was just 4 years old. He grew up in Montreal, he was fond of tennis and golf. He works as a lawyer. Patrick's mother, Karen, was a tennis player and at the age of 20 she also decided to move to Canada from Hong Kong to continue her studies. After Patrick was born, she devoted herself to raising her son.

The parents wanted the boy to be multilingual. Even at home they trained his skills - his father spoke to him in French, his mother - in Chinese, and in school and everyday life he communicated in English. He studied at the French-language school, which, by the way, he graduated a year later than the same year, because of intensive classes and competitions in figure skating. When he first became champion of Canada, a sports award was established at his school in his honor.

Chan got up on skates at the age of 5, initially he planned to play hockey, but his mother convinced him to try figure skating. As a child, he was interested in other sports - tennis, golf, taekwondo. In 2011, he went to college and began studying economics.

His first coach was Osborne Coulson, who coached Patrick until his own death, at the time he was 90 years old. As Chan says, Colson owes him a lot. Under his leadership, the skater received his first awards.

In 2004, the young skater became the champion of Canada among children, in 2005 - among juniors. And this victory opened the way for him to the Junior World Championships. He finished 7th, but was the youngest player in the tournament.

The following season he competed in the adult Grand Prix series, as well as at the Trophee Eric Bompard and the NHK Trophy. In the same year he went to the World Junior Championships and won silver.

Osbourne Coulson passed away in 2006, and Patrick began training with Doe Lee. But the cooperation was short-lived, soon Chan moved to Shin Amano, with her he worked for six months. Since 2007, the athlete's training has been held in Florida, where he was trained by Don Laws, and some in Toronto by Ellen Burki.

In early 2008, Patrick won the Canadian Championship. And in the same year he participates for the first time in the adult World Cup. According to the results of the short program, he took the 7th place, in the free program became 11th, in total he took 9th place.

The following season Patrick won silver at the World Championships. He won the Canadian Championship again and also won two golds at the Grand Prix. And he won the Championship of four continents. Since 2008, Patrick Chan has never given a palm championship at the Canadian Championship. For 10 years in a row he became the champion of the country.

In 2009, during a training cathedral in Vancouver, Patrick suspected swine flu. He was immediately prescribed antibiotics, such treatment weakened the athlete's muscles. When he resumed training, he began to feel severe pain. As a result, Patrick had a ruptured calf muscle. Of course, he had to withdraw from some competitions.

In 2010, Patrick Chan was included in the Canadian national team. He went to his first Olympic Games, which, by the way, were held in his homeland in Canada. He managed to take the 5th place. At the 2010 World Championships, Patrick won a silver medal again.

In the middle of the 2009-2010 season, Don Lowes refused to work with Patrick. The reasons for their "separation" remained behind the scenes. Chan's new coaches are Christy Kroll and Laurie Nicole. Under their sensitive guidance, the skater managed to make a quadruple jump, as well as win the World Championships, breaking all world records.

The 2011-2012 season was no less successful for the athlete. He won the Grand Prix final, took gold at the World Championships, and at the national championship he managed to update the country record - from second place Patrick had a huge margin - 62.7 points.

Kathy Johnson was preparing for the Olympic Games. At the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Patrick Chan won two silver medals: one in the individual standings, the other in team competitions.

In 2016, unexpectedly for all Patrick took only 5th place at the World Championships, as a result of which his coach Katie Johnson decided to stop their cooperation. After that, the skater announced that he would train on his own. But just a month later he joined the group of Marina Sueva. In the same year he won the Four Continents Championship for the fourth time.

At the start of the Olympic season, he again decided to change coach, Chan moved to Vancouver and he began to train Ravi Valia.

Patrick Chan is single, he has no children. In 2012, the network reported that his girlfriend - Tess Johnson. Soon their joint photos began to appear on the athlete's Instagram. As it turned out, Tess was the daughter of his future trainer Kathy Johnson. It is not known if the pair are currently dating.

Also on his page, the skater often posts photos and videos from the vacation. In his spare time he rides a bicycle, surfs, attends various sports competitions.

His Instagram is filled with bright colors and cheerful smiles. In one photo he is pictured with Chinese basketball player Yao Ming. Looking at their joint photo, it seems as if Patrick is extremely low in stature. But in fact, its height is 171 cm, but the height of Yao Mina - 229 cm. The photo has garnered thousands of likes and a lot of comments.

He often thanks his family in interviews for having sacrificed a lot for his victories. His mother was his personal manager for a long time, she accompanied him to the competition until 2013.

At the Olympics in Pyeongchang, Patrick Chan's performance was not without its mark. In a short program of team competitions he fell on a quadruple tulupe and a triple axel. But he managed to become the third and ahead of his main competitors - Russian Mikhail Kolyada and American Nathan Chen.

In the arbitrary program, he did everything except the triple axel - a little unfinished, fell. Patrick again ahead of Kolyada and became the first. As a result, he won 10 points for Team Canada. And in the team competition became the champion of the Olympic Games 2018.

2009 - Silver medal at the Los Angeles World Championships 2009 - Gold medal at the Four Continents Championships in Vancouver 2010 - Silver medal at the World Championships in Turin 2011 - Gold medal at the World Championships in Moscow 2012 - Gold medal at the World Championships in Nice 2012 - Gold medal at the Four Continents Championships in Colorado Springs 2013 - Gold medal at the World Championships in London 2014 - silver medal at the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014 - Silver medal at the Olympic Games in Sochi in team competitions 2016 - Gold medal at the Four Continents Championships in Taipei 2018 - Gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics in team competitions

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