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Spencer Akira Howe (born September 11, 1996) is an American pair skater. With his skating partner, Emily Chan, he is the 2022 Four Continents silver medalist, 2022 Skate Canada International silver medalist, and 2022 U.S. national pewter medalist.

Spencer Howe
Personal information
Full name	Spencer Akira Howe
Country represented	United States
Former country(ies) represented	Japan
Born	(1996-09-11) September 11, 1996 (age 26) Burbank, California, U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Partner	Emily Chan
Former partner	Nadine Wang, Ami Koga
Coach	Olga Ganicheva, Aleksey Letov
Former coach	Bruno Marcotte, Richard Gauthier, Sylvie Fullum, Cynthia Lemaire
Choreographer	Olga Ganicheva
Former choreographer	Nadine Wang, Julie Marcotte
Skating club	The Skating Club of Boston
Training locations	Norwood, Massachusetts
Former training locations	Saint-Leonard, Quebec, Canada
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	181.81 2022 CS U.S. Classic
Short program	67.39 2022 Skate Canada International
Free skate	120.10 2022 CS U.S. Classic
Medal record Representing  United States Figure skating: Pairs Four Continents Championships 2022 Tallinn Pairs

Career

Early years

Early in his pairs career, Howe competed in partnership with Ami Koga for Japan. They were coached by Richard Gauthier, Bruno Marcotte, Sylvie Fullum, and Cynthia Lemaire in Saint-Leonard, Quebec, Canada, and appeared at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events in 2016.[1]

Competing with Nadine Wang, Howe finished fourth in junior pairs at the 2018 U.S. Championships.

Partnership with Chan

Howe teamed up with Emily Chan in 2019, and the two decided to train at the Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts, coached by Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva.[2] In their second season together, Chan/Howe placed seventh at the 2020 Skate America and fifth at the 2021 U.S. Championships.

Chan/Howe finished ninth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup. In January, they won pewter for fourth place at the 2022 U.S. Championships and were sent to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Ranked third in the short and second in the free, they moved ahead of Canada's Walsh/Michaud to take the silver medal behind fellow Americans Lu/Mitrofanov.[3]

The international pairs scene going into the 2022–23 season was greatly altered by the International Skating Union banning all Russian skaters in response to their country's invasion of Ukraine.[4] With more podium opportunities for pairs outside of Russia, Chan/Howe began with a silver medal win at the 2022 CS U.S. Classic. Howe said that they were pleased with the outcome in light of injury troubles that had hindered their preparations.[5] Given two Grand Prix assignments for the first time, they won the silver medal at the 2022 Skate Canada International.[6]

Programs

With Chan

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2022–23 [7]	Nyah performed by CH2 choreo. by Olga Ganicheva	Ghost: The Musical Unchained Melody / The Love Inside performed by Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy Unchained Melody performed by Marc Martel choreo. by Olga Ganicheva	Something's Got to Give by Labrinth
2021–22 [8]	Nyah performed by CH2 choreo. by Olga Ganicheva	Elegy For The Arctic Divenire by Ludovico Einaudi choreo. by Olga Ganicheva	Something's Got to Give by Labrinth
2020–21 [9]	Onmyoji 2 by Shigeru Umebayashi choreo. by Olga Ganicheva	The Prayer by David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa, Tony Renis performed by Andrea Bocelli, Celine Dion choreo. by Olga Ganicheva
2019–20 [2]	Je Crois Entendre Encore by Alison Moyet choreo. by Olga Ganicheva	On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter choreo. by Olga Ganicheva

With Koga

Season	Short program	Free skating
2016–17 [1]	Yesterday by Paul McCartney Yesterday (from André Rieu Celebrates ABBA - Music of the Night) choreo. by Julie Marcotte	Ryōmaden by Naoki Satō choreo. by Julie Marcotte

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (fourth place) awarded only at U.S. national and subnational events.

Pairs with Chan for the United States

International[10]
Event	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
Four Continents			2nd
GP NHK Trophy				TBD
GP Skate America		7th
GP Skate Canada				2nd
CS Asian Open			WD
CS U.S. Classic				2nd
CS Warsaw Cup			9th
Cranberry Cup			4th
John Nicks IPC			6th	2nd
National[2]
U.S. Championships		5th	4th
ISP Points Challenge		8th
Championship Series		1st
U.S. Pairs Final	6th
Midwestern Sectionals	2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Pairs with Wang for the United States

International: Junior
Event	17–18
Mentor Torun Cup	2nd
National
U.S. Championships	4th J
Eastern Sect.	1st J

Pairs with Koga for Japan

International: Junior[11]
Event	16–17
JGP Czech Republic	9th
JGP Germany	8th

Mens Singles for the United States

International: Junior
Event	13-14	14-15
JGP Belarus	15th
JGP Estonia		12th
National
U.S. Championships	8th J	6th J
Pacific Coast Sect.		4th J
Southwest Pacific Reg.		2nd J

References

External links

• ISU Biography
• U.S. Figure Skating Biography

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