Phillip Harris

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Phillip Harris
Personal information
Country represented United Kingdom
Born (1989-09-29) 29 September 1989
Blackpool, England
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Coach Yuri Bureiko, Marina Serova
Former coach Samantha Leyden-Keith
Choreographer Yuri Bureiko
Skating club ISS Coventry
Training locations Coventry
Began skating 2000
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 184.51
CS Lombardia Trophy 2014
Short program 65.76
2015 Nebelhorn Trophy
Free skate 123.05
Golden Spin of Zagreb 2014

Phillip Harris (born 29 September 1989) is an English figure skater. He is a two-time British national champion and has qualified for the free skate at two ISU Championships.

Career

Harris began skating in 2000.[1] He never competed on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.[2] He made his senior international debut at the 2009 NRW Trophy, placing 19th. In the 2010–11 season, he stepped onto the British national podium for the first time, taking the bronze medal. He repeated as the bronze medalist in the 2011–12 season, finished fourth in 2012–13, and withdrew in the 2013–14 Olympic season.

In the 2014–15 season, Harris competed in three ISU Challenger Series (CS) events, placing 8th at the Lombardia Trophy, fifth at the Ice Challenge, and ninth at the Golden Spin of Zagreb. In late November 2014, he won his first British national title.[3] Harris was assigned to his first ISU Championship, the European Championships held in January 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden. Ranked 12th in the short program, he earned qualification to the final segment and finished 15th overall.

Haris began the 2015–16 season at a pair of CS events, placing 10th at the 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy and 6th at the 2015 Ice Challenge, before finishing 4th at the NRW Trophy. In December, he won his second national title. The following month, he reached the free skate at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2015–2016
[1]
  • The Globalist
    by Muse
2013–2015
[4][5]
  • Medley
    by Two Steps From Hell
2012–2013
[6]
  • The Blues
  • Tribute to the Eagles

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series

International[2]
Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16
Europeans 15th 18th
CS Golden Spin 9th
CS Ice Challenge 5th 6th
CS Lombardia 8th
CS Nebelhorn 10th
Challenge Cup 8th 6th 4th
Crystal Skate 9th
Cup of Nice 17th 18th 10th 8th
Dragon Trophy 6th
Merano Cup 6th
Mladost Trophy 1st
Nebelhorn Trophy 18th
NRW Trophy 19th 13th 4th
Seibt Memorial 12th 4th
Triglav Trophy 4th
National[2]
British Champ. 6th 6th 3rd 3rd 4th WD 1st 1st
WD = Withdrew

References

  1. 1 2 "Phillip HARRIS: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Phillip HARRIS". International Skating Union.
  3. ↑ "British Figure Skating Championships: Senior Men". National Ice Skating Association. 30 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Phillip HARRIS: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Phillip HARRIS: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Phillip HARRIS: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013.

External links

Media related to Phillip Harris at Wikimedia Commons


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