Spencer Howe

Spencer Howe
Spencer Howe
Personal information
Full name	Spencer Akira Howe
Country represented	United States
Former country(ies) represented	Japan
Born	September 11, 1996 (age 25); Burbank, California, U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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	Nadine Wang
Former choreographer	Olga Ganicheva, 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	180.94; 2022 Four Continents
Short program	64.47; 2022 Four Continents
Free skate	116.47; 2022 Four Continents
Medal record
Representing United States
Figure skating: Pairs
Four Continents Championships

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.

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
2021–22 ^[4]	Nyah performed by CH2	Elegy For The Arctic by Ludovico Einaudi Divenire by Ludovico Einaudi
2020–21 ^[5]	Onmyoji 2 by Shigeru Umebayashi	The Prayer by David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa, Tony Renis performed by Andrea Bocelli, Celine Dion
2019–20 ^[2]	Je Crois Entendre Encore by Alison Moyet	On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter

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^[6]
Event	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22
Four Continents			2nd
GP Skate America		7th
CS Warsaw Cup			9th
Cranberry Cup			4th
John Nicks IPC			6th
National^[2]
U.S. Championships		5th	4th
ISP Points Challenge		8th
Championship Series		1st
U.S. Pairs Final	6th
Midwestern Sectional	2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Pairs with Wang for the United States[]

International: Junior
Event	2017–18
Mentor Torun Cup	2nd
National
U.S. Championships	4th J

Pairs with Koga for Japan[]

International: Junior^[7]
Event	2016–17
JGP Czech Republic	9th
JGP Germany	8th

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Ami KOGA / Spencer Akira HOWE: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c
- "Emily Chan and Spencer Howe: 2021/2022". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on January 9, 2022.
- "Emily Chan and Spencer Howe: 2020/2021". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on July 20, 2021.
^ Slater, Paula (January 22, 2022). "USA's Lu and Mitrofanov: 'It means everything'". Golden Skate.
^ "Emily CHAN / Spencer HOWE: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022.
^ "Emily CHAN / Spencer HOWE: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 16, 2021.
^ "Competition Results: Emily CHAN / Spencer HOWE". International Skating Union.
^ "Competition Results: Ami KOGA / Spencer Akira HOWE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 30, 2019.

External links[]

[ISU-1617-1] "Ami KOGA / Spencer Akira HOWE: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017.

[USFS-ECSH-2] 
"Emily Chan and Spencer Howe: 2021/2022". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on January 9, 2022.

"Emily Chan and Spencer Howe: 2020/2021". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on July 20, 2021.

[3] "Emily Chan and Spencer Howe: 2021/2022". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on January 9, 2022.

[4] "Emily Chan and Spencer Howe: 2020/2021". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on July 20, 2021.

[GS220122-3] Slater, Paula (January 22, 2022). "USA's Lu and Mitrofanov: 'It means everything'". Golden Skate.

[ISU-2122-4] "Emily CHAN / Spencer HOWE: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022.

[ISU-2021-5] "Emily CHAN / Spencer HOWE: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 16, 2021.

[ISU-ECSH-6] "Competition Results: Emily CHAN / Spencer HOWE". International Skating Union.

[ISU-AKSH-7] "Competition Results: Ami KOGA / Spencer Akira HOWE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 30, 2019.

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