Holly Harris (born 2 November 2002) is an Australian figure skater who currently competes in ice dance. With her skating partner, Jason Chan, she is a two-time Australian national champion (2019, 2025), the 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy silver medalist, 2026 CS Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, and represented Australia at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
As a singles skater, she qualified to the final segment at the 2017 World Junior Championships and finished 23rd overall. She is the 2016 Volvo Open Cup junior silver medalist and the 2016 Australian junior national champion.
Personal life Harris grew up in the eastern suburbs of Sydney and attended Kincoppal-Rose Bay, School of the Sacred Heart. As a singles skater, she trained at Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink and Macquarie Ice Rink. She has lived in Montreal since 2019 and is in a relationship with Estonian ice dancer Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko.
Career Singles career After winning the Australian novice title for two consecutive seasons, Harris made her international competitive debut in the 2016–17 season, beginning on the Junior Grand Prix, where she placed eleventh at the JGP Germany. Next winning the Australian junior national title, she was assigned to compete at the 2017 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.
Harris afterwards suffered multiple concussions that she described as making her "a little bit afraid to hit my head again." She opted instead to switch to ice dance.
2019–20 season: Debut of Harris/Chan
Harris subsequently formed a dance partnership with Canadian ice dancer Jason Chan and began training at the Ice Academy of Montreal under coaches Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, and Romain Haguenauer.
Harris/Chan debuted internationally on the Challenger series at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, where they placed ninth, in the process defeating reigning Australian national champions Kerry/Dodds (in eleventh place) by almost 25 points. They went on to win the Australian national title. Harris/Chan made their ISU Championship debut at the 2020 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, where they placed ninth. They were assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
2020–21 season: World Championships debut Harris/Chan were assigned to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but this event was also cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. They made their World Championship debut at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, placing twenty-fourth.
2021–22 season Harris/Chan began the season at the Skating Club of Boston-hosted Lake Placid Ice Dance International, where they finished in fourth place. They then were assigned to the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, seeking to qualify a berth for Australia at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They finished in ninth place, making Australia the fourth reserve. Harris/Chan competed at two more Challenger events, finishing thirteenth at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy and seventh at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. They then won the bronze medal at the Santa Claus Cup.
Assigned to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, Harris/Chan finished in eighth place. The team concluded the season at the 2022 World Championships, held in Montpellier with Russian dance teams absent due to the International Skating Union banning all Russian athletes due to their country's invasion of Ukraine. Harris/Chan qualified to the free dance for the first time, coming in eighteenth place.
2022–23 season: Grand Prix debut Appearing at the inaugural Britannia Cup, Harris/Chan won the bronze medal. They were seventh at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. They were invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 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. They finished fifth overall after errors in the free dance. The following weekend, they were eighth at the 2022 Skate Canada International, their second Grand Prix. After the Grand Prix, Harris/Chan won gold at the Santa Claus Cup and came seventh at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
Harris/Chan finished eighth at the 2023 Four Continents Championships, and sixteenth at the 2023 World Championships.
2023–24 season
Harris/Chan finished seventh at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International to start the season, before coming fourth at the Shanghai Trophy invitational. On the Grand Prix, the team came tenth at the 2023 Skate America. They made two further appearances on the Challenger circuit, placing fifteenth at the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup and sixth at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
In the second half of the season, Harris/Chan were ninth at the 2024 Four Continents Championships. The 2024 World Championships were held in Harris' "second home" of Montreal, and the team finished seventeenth. Harris called it "an enjoyable event and an amazing end to the season."
2024–25 season
Harris/Chan started the season by finishing seventh at the 2024 CS Budapest Trophy. Following the withdrawal of Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy, who elected to remain on the junior level, Harris/Chan were assigned to compete at 2024 Skate Canada International, where they finished in tenth place. They subsequently went on to win the gold medal at the 2024 Ice Challenge and finish fifth at the 2025 CS Tallinn Trophy. A couple weeks following the latter event, Harris/Chan won their second national title at the 2025 Australian Championships
Selected to compete at the 2025 Four Continents Championships, Harris/Chan finished the event in seventh place. They then finished the season by placing nineteenth at the 2025 World Championships.
2025–26 season: Milano Cortina Olympics 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, the ISU Skate to Milano. This, in turn, won Australia a spot for ice dance at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The following month, they finished second at 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy, winning their first ISU Challenger Series event medal.
In January, Harris and Chan competed at the 2026 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."
Programs
Ice dance with Jason Chan Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition 2025–2026 Waiting for Tonight (Hex's Momentous Radio Mix) Waiting for Tonight If You Had My Love (Pablo Flores Remix) I'm Outta Love (Hex Hector Remix Radio Edit) Clair de lune (Pied au Piano) Bloodstream I Love You Kung Fu Bilune Clair de lune 2024–2025 Take a Chance on Me Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) SOS Voulez-Vous 2023–2024 Material Girl Into the Groove Express Yourself Ocean Lullaby Gefion Freya Vale Can't Get You Out of My Head Slow Spinning Around 2022–2023 The Beat (Rhythm Samba Instruction) Cha Cha Danzón (Cha Cha 25) Suavemente (House Remix) Euphoria I'm Tired Forever Formula 2021–2022 Can't Get You Out of My Head Slow Spinning Around Ain't Nobody I Feel for You Ain't Nobody 2020–2021 I Hope I Get It I Can Do That One Australia Waltzing Matilda By the Boab Tree Faraway Downs 2019–2020 Ain't Nobody I Feel for You Ain't Nobody
Women's singles Season Short program Free skating 2016–2017 Se tu fossi nei Nero
Competitive highlights
Ice dance with Jason Chan
Women's singles International Event 16–17 Junior Worlds 23rd Germany 11th Volvo Open Cup 2nd National Australian Champ. 1st J
Detailed results
Ice dance with Jason Chan
References
External links
Holly Harris at Milano Cortina 2026