Joseph Phan

Joseph Phan (born August 4, 2001) is a Canadian figure skater. At the 2018 World Junior Championships, he won a small bronze medal for his free skate and placed fourth overall. He is the 2017 JGP Croatia Cup silver medalist, the 2018 JGP Czech Skate bronze medallist and 2016 Canadian national junior champion.

Joseph Phan
Personal information
Country represented Canada
Born (2001-08-04) August 4, 2001
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
ResidenceVimont (Laval), Quebec
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
CoachBrian Orser
Former coachYvan Desjardins, Violane Emard, Nathalie Martin
ChoreographerDavid Wilson, Jeffrey Buttle
Skating clubÉcole Excellence Rosemère
Former skating clubCPA Asticou
Training locationsToronto, Ontario
Former training locationsRosemère, Quebec
Began skating2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total221.07
2017 JGP Croatia
Short program77.89
2019 Junior Worlds
Free skate145.65
2018 Junior Worlds

Personal life

Phan was born on August 4, 2001, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,[1] and is ¾ Vietnamese and ¼ Chinese.[2] He lived in Outaouais and attended École Internationale du Mont-Bleu[3] before moving, in September 2012, to Saint-Leonard, where he attended École primaire Pie-XII.[4] He moved to Laval, Quebec in 2013.[5] He enrolled at École secondaire St-Gabriel.[3]

Career

Early years

Phan began learning to skate in 2006.[1][6] As a young child, he trained at CPA Asticou in Gatineau, Quebec.[4] In the 2012–2013 season, he was coached by Jocelyne Leduc, Nathalie Martin, and Sylvie Fullum in Saint-Leonard, Quebec.[4]

The 2013–2014 season was his first as a member of École Excellence Rosemère, a club led by Yvan Desjardins in Rosemère, Quebec.[7] After winning the national novice men's title at the 2014 Canadian Championships,[6] Phan moved up to the junior level and placed fifth at the 2015 Canadian Championships. Later in 2015, he struggled due to a growth spurt of five inches.[8] He became the national junior men's champion at the 2016 Canadian Championships.

2016–2017 season

Competing in September 2016 at his first Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments, Phan placed sixth in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and fifth in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In December, he won the senior men's event, ahead of Bennet Toman, at the Skate Canada Challenge and qualified to compete on the same level at the 2017 Canadian National Championships in January. He finished 11th in his senior nationals debut.[9]

2017–2018 season

Phan began his season in August at the 2017 Junior Grand Prix in Brisbane, Australia; he placed second in the short program, seventh in the free skate, and fourth overall. In September, he won silver at his next JGP assignment, in Zagreb, Croatia, where he finished second to Alexei Krasnozhon of the United States. Competing as a senior domestically, Phan finished first, ahead of Nicolas Nadeau and Nam Nguyen, in December at the Skate Canada Challenge. The following month, he placed eighth in the short, fifth in the free, and sixth overall in the senior men's category at the 2018 Canadian Championships.

Phan placed fourteenth in the short program, third in the free skate, and fourth overall at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was awarded a small bronze medal for his free skate.[10]

In the off-season Phan landed his first quadruple Lutz.[11]

2018–2019 season

Phan received a Petro-Canada FACE grant in 2018.[12]

In August 2018, it was confirmed that Phan had begun training under coach Brian Orser at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club.[13] At his first JGP assignment in Lithuania he placed fifth in the short program, but had a very poor free skate, placing ninth overall.[14] Three weeks later in Slovenia, Phan won the bronze medal.[15] Following this, he commented on Instagram that the transition from training in Montreal to training in Toronto had been difficult initially, but that he now felt things had improved.[16]

At the 2019 Canadian Championships, Phan placed sixth in the short program after falling on his opening quadruple toe loop attempt, though he succeeded in executing his planned combination near the end of his program on his final jump.[17] In the free skate he was more successful, landing both of his planned quads, and placed fourth, to finish in fourth place overall, moving ahead of teammate Conrad Orzel. He was named alongside Stephen Gogolev to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships.[18]

Competing at Junior Worlds, Phan set a new personal best in the short program, despite putting a hand down on his triple Axel.[19] He dropped to twelfth place after struggling in the free skate.[20]

2019–2020 season

Given two assignments on the Junior Grand Prix, Phan placed sixth in Latvia and fifth in Poland, before making his senior debut on the Challenger series at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, where he placed fifth.

Phan placed fourth at the 2020 Canadian Championships, and was assigned to compete at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[21] He placed eighth in the short program in Tallinn, his only error being a two-footed landing on his triple Axel.[22] Phan performed poorly in the free skate and was fifteenth in that segment, dropping to twelfth place overall.[23]

2020–2021 season

Phan was assigned to make his Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but the event was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[24]

With the pandemic continuing to make it difficult to hold in-person events, Skate Canada organized the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge as a virtual competition, and subsequently cancelled the 2021 Canadian Championships.[25] Phan placed fourth at Challenge.[26]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2020–2021
[27]
2019–2020
[28]
2018–2019
[29]
2017–2018
[1]
2016–2017
[30]
  • The Best Is Yet to Come
    by Michael Bublé
    choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
2015–2016
[8]
    • The Legend of 1900
      by Ennio Morricone
      choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle

    Competitive highlights

    CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

    International[31]
    Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
    GP Skate CanadaC
    CS Warsaw Cup5th
    International: Junior[31]
    Junior Worlds4th12th12th
    JGP Australia4th
    JGP Croatia2nd
    JGP Czech Republic6th3rd
    JGP Latvia6th
    JGP Poland5th
    JGP Slovenia5th
    JGP Lithuania9th
    Autumn Classic2nd
    Bavarian Open3rd2nd
    National[32]
    Canadian Champ.1st N5th J1st J11th6th4th4thC
    SC Challenge1st N7th J1st J1st1st8th4th
    Challenge East2nd P
    Section Québec1st P1st N2nd J1st J1st1st
    TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled
    Levels: P = Pre-novice; N = Novice; J = Junior

    Detailed results

    Senior level
    2020–2021 season
    Date Event SP FS Total
    8–17 January 2021 2021 Skate Canada Challenge 5
    79.76    		 4
    151.22    		 4
    230.98

    Junior level

    Small medals are awarded at ISU championships only. Personal bests highlighted in bold.

    2019–20 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    March 4–8, 2020 2020 World Junior Championships Junior 8
    77.50    		 15
    123.74    		 12
    201.24
    February 3–9, 2020 2020 Bavarian Open Junior 5
    66.33    		 2
    139.65    		 2
    206.68
    13–19 January 2020 2020 Canadian Championships Senior 4
    82.74    		 4
    146.45    		 4
    229.19
    14–17 November 2019 2019 CS Warsaw Cup Senior 4
    68.81    		 5
    129.99    		 5
    198.80
    September 18–21, 2019 2019 JGP Poland Junior 6
    71.88    		 4
    135.82    		 5
    207.70
    September 4–7, 2019 2019 JGP Latvia Junior 3
    74.09    		 8
    115.63    		 6
    189.72
    2018–19 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    March 4–10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships Junior 7
    77.89    		 13
    131.13    		 12
    209.02
    January 14–20, 2019 2019 Canadian Championships Senior 6
    76.35    		 5
    153.72    		 4
    230.07
    September 26–29, 2018 2018 JGP Czech Republic Junior 3
    73.74    		 2
    134.06    		 3
    207.80
    September 5–8, 2018 2018 JGP Lithuania Junior 5
    63.35    		 10
    99.48    		 9
    162.83
    2017–18 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    March 5–11, 2018 2018 World Junior Championships Junior 14
    65.26    		 3
    145.65    		 4
    210.91
    January 8–14, 2018 2018 Canadian Championships Senior 8
    78.01    		 5
    163.70    		 6
    241.71
    September 27–30, 2017 2017 JGP Croatia Junior 2
    76.09    		 3
    144.98    		 2
    221.07
    August 23–26, 2017 2017 JGP Australia Junior 2
    69.30    		 7
    114.37    		 4
    183.67
    2016–17 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    February 14–19, 2017 2017 Bavarian Open Junior 3
    60.75    		 2
    136.53    		 3
    197.28
    January 16–22, 2017 2017 Canadian Championships Senior 12
    66.51    		 11
    130.27    		 11
    196.78
    September 21–25, 2016 2016 JGP Slovenia Junior 3
    70.33    		 5
    127.39    		 5
    197.72
    31 Aug. – 4 Sept. 2016 2016 JGP Czech Republic Junior 6
    62.38    		 6
    127.40    		 6
    189.78
    2015–16 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    October 12–15, 2015 2015 Autumn Classic Junior 3
    53.21    		 2
    114.64    		 2
    167.85

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