Phillip Harris

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Phillip Harris (born 29 September 1989) is a British former figure skater. He is a three-time British national champion (2014–2015, 2015–2016, 2017–2018) and has qualified for the free skate at four ISU Championships.

Phillip Harris
Harris at the 2018 European Championships
Born	(1989-09-29) 29 September 1989 (age 35) Blackpool, England
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	United Kingdom
Coach	Yuri Bureiko, Marina Serova
Skating club	ISS Coventry
Began skating	2000
Retired	17 March 2019

Career

Early career

Harris began skating in Blackpool at the age of eleven, in 2000.^[1][2] After winning the British junior title in January 2008,^[3] he relocated to Coventry and began to be coached by Yuri Bureiko.^[1][4]

Harris never competed on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.^[5] He made his senior international debut at the 2009 NRW Trophy, placing 19th. In the 2010–2011 season, he stepped onto the British national podium for the first time, taking the bronze medal. He repeated as the bronze medalist in the 2011–2012 season, finished fourth in 2012–2013, and withdrew in the 2013–2014 Olympic season. He landed the triple Axel jump for the first time in 2013.^[1] In 2014, he began working as a coach to cover his expenses.^[4][1]

2014–2015 season

Harris competed at three ISU Challenger Series (CS) events, placing 8th at the Lombardia Trophy, fifth at the Ice Challenge, and ninth at the Golden Spin of Zagreb. In late November 2014, he won his first senior national title.^[6] Harris was assigned to his first ISU Championship, the European Championships held in January 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden. Ranked 12th in the short program, he earned qualification to the final segment and finished 15th overall.

2015–2016 season

Harris began his season on the Challenger Series, placing 10th at the 2015 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and 6th at the 2015 CS Ice Challenge, before finishing 4th at the NRW Trophy. In December, he won his second national title. He reached the final segment at two ISU Championships – the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, where he finished 18th, and the 2016 World Championships in Boston, where he ranked 22nd.

2016–2017 season

Harris finished third at the British Championships, behind Graham Newberry and Peter James Hallam. As a result, he was not assigned to any ISU Championships.

2017–2018 season

Harris won his third national title in December 2017. In January, he placed 13th at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow.

2018–2019 season

Harris got his first Grand Prix event, the Grand Prix of Helsinki, where he placed 10th. This was the only competition he competed at this season.

He announced his retirement on 17 March 2019.^[7]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2018–2019	Bloodstream By Tokio Myers	Fix You By Coldplay
2017–2018 [8]	Dig Down by Muse	Blues for Klook by Eddy Louiss
2016–2017 [1][2]	Le Désir by Saint-Preux
2015–2016 [9]		The Globalist by Muse
2013–2015 [10][11]	All Is Hell That Ends Well by Two Steps From Hell	Medley by Two Steps From Hell
2012–2013 [12]	The Blues Tribute to the Eagles	Private Investigation by Dire Straits

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series

International[5]
Event	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19
Worlds									22nd		24th
Europeans								15th	18th		13th
GP Finland												10th
CS Finlandia												WD
CS Golden Spin								9th
CS Ice Challenge								5th	6th
CS Lombardia								8th
CS Nebelhorn									10th
CS Nepela Memorial										8th
CS Warsaw Cup										8th
Challenge Cup						8th	6th	4th
Crystal Skate					9th
Cup of Nice				17th	18th		10th	8th			7th
Dragon Trophy						6th
Golden Bear										2nd
Merano Cup						6th
Mladost Trophy						1st
Nebelhorn Trophy						18th
NRW Trophy			19th	13th					4th
Seibt Memorial							12th	4th
Triglav Trophy							4th
Volvo Open											3rd
National[5]
British Champ.	1st J	6th	6th	3rd	3rd	4th	WD	1st	1st	3rd	1st
J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew