Emily Chan

Emily Chan (born August 11, 1997) is an American pair skater. With her former skating partner, Spencer Howe, she is a two-time Four Continents silver medalist (2022 and 2023), a two-time Grand Prix silver medalist (2022 Skate America; 2022 NHK Trophy), three-time Challenger Series medalist, and a four-time U.S. National medalist (pewter in 2022, 2025, and 2026; silver in 2023).

Earlier in her career, she competed in women's singles, becoming the 2016 U.S. national junior champion and 2015 U.S. national novice champion.

Early life Chan was born on August 11, 1997, in Pasadena, Texas to a Hong Kong–born father and Taiwan-born mother. She has a younger brother named Alan. Making their first appearance at the 2024 Shanghai Trophy, Chan/Howe finished fourth. Chan/Howe subsequently delivered a stronger free program, however, placing third in that competition segment and moving up to fourth place overall.

The following month, Chan/Howe placed seventh overall at the 2026 Winter Olympics in their debut at this event.

In March, Kam/O'Shea withdrew from the 2026 World Championships due to injury. Chan/Howe were called up to compete. They placed sixth in the short program and twentieth in the free skate, finishing sixteenth overall.

On June 10, Chan announced the end of her partnership with Howe through Instagram.

Coaching Later in her competitive skating career, Chan began coaching young figure skaters at The Skating Club of Boston.

Programs Pair skating with Spencer Akira Howe Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2019–20