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Patrick Chan was born December 31st,1990 in Ottawa, Ontario; and is one of the greatest Canadian figure skaters today. Chan is 21 years old & started the well-known sport when he was just 6 years old. He has come a long was. Chan is the 2011 World Champion, a two-time (2009 & 2012) Four Continents Champion and a five-time (2008-2012) Canadian champion, and that's to name a few. In fact, Chan has progessed so much that he was nominated to represent Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics. (which he placed 5th in the men's event.) On April 27th, 2011, Chan set a new world record of 93.02 points for the short program. On April 28th, 2011, Chan then set a new world record for his free skate, recieving an overall score of 280.98. In recongnition, Chan was named the redipient of the prestigious Lou Marsh Award as Canada's top athlete. When it somes to World Standing, Patrick is #1! (as of February 15th, 2012) Patrick Chan is a member of the Granite Skating Club; and his current trainig locations are in Colorado Springs, Colorada, U.S. Chan's current coaches are Don Laws, Ellen Burka, Shin Amano, Osborne Colson, & Mei Yang. That's a lot; but you can sure tell Chan's progressing! And Just lately, Patrick was nominated for the 2011 athlete of the year! This is pretty exciting for him.