Spencer Howe

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 medallist and 2022 U.S. national pewter medalist.

Spencer Howe
Personal information
Full nameSpencer Akira Howe
Country representedUnited States
Former country(ies) representedJapan
Born (1996-09-11) September 11, 1996
Burbank, California, U.S.
ResidenceLos Angeles, California, U.S.
PartnerEmily Chan
Former partnerNadine Wang, Ami Koga
CoachOlga Ganicheva, Aleksey Letov
Former coachBruno Marcotte, Richard Gauthier, Sylvie Fullum, Cynthia Lemaire
ChoreographerNadine Wang
Former choreographerOlga Ganicheva, Julie Marcotte
Skating clubThe Skating Club of Boston
Training locationsNorwood, Massachusetts
Former training locationsSaint-Leonard, Quebec, Canada
ISU personal best scores
Combined total180.94
2022 Four Continents
Short program64.47
2022 Four Continents
Free skate116.47
2022 Four Continents
Medal record
Representing  United States
Figure skating: Pairs
Four Continents Championships
2022 TallinnPairs

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 Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud to take the silver medal behind fellow Americans Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov.[3]

Programs

With Chan
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2021–22
[4]
  • Nyah
    performed by CH2
2020–21
[5]
2019–20
[2]

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

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[6]
Event 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Four Continents2nd
GP Skate America7th
CS Warsaw Cup9th
Cranberry Cup4th
John Nicks IPC6th
National[2]
U.S. Championships5th4th
ISP Points Challenge8th
Championship Series1st
U.S. Pairs Final6th
Midwestern Sectional2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Pairs with Wang for the United States
International: Junior
Event 2017–18
Mentor Torun Cup2nd
National
U.S. Championships4th J

Pairs with Koga for Japan
International: Junior[7]
Event 2016–17
JGP Czech Republic9th
JGP Germany8th

References
  1. "Ami KOGA / Spencer Akira HOWE: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017.
  3. Slater, Paula (January 22, 2022). "USA's Lu and Mitrofanov: 'It means everything'". Golden Skate.
  4. "Emily CHAN / Spencer HOWE: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022.
  5. "Emily CHAN / Spencer HOWE: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 16, 2021.
  6. "Competition Results: Emily CHAN / Spencer HOWE". International Skating Union.
  7. "Competition Results: Ami KOGA / Spencer Akira HOWE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 30, 2019.
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