Evan Bates

Evan Bates
Chock/Bates at the 2011 TEB
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1989-02-23) February 23, 1989 (age 28) Ann Arbor, Michigan
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Partner	Madison Chock
Former partner	Emily Samuelson, Arielle Chudnofsky
Coach	Igor Shpilband
Former coach	Marina Zueva, Yuri Chesnichenko, Yaroslava Nechaeva
Choreographer	Christopher Dean, Rohene Ward
Former choreographer	Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva, Yuri Chesnichenko, Yaroslava Nechaeva
Skating club	Ann Arbor FSC
Former training locations	Canton, Michigan
Began skating	1993
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	188.24 2016 Skate Canada
Short dance	76.21 2016 Skate Canada
Free dance	113.31 2016 Worlds
Medal record Figure skating: Ice dancing Representing  United States (with Chock) World Championships 2015 Shanghai Ice dancing 2016 Boston Ice dancing Four Continents Championships 2015 Seoul Ice dancing 2016 Taipei Ice dancing 2013 Osaka Ice dancing 2017 Gangneung Ice dancing Grand Prix Final 2014–15 Barcelona Ice dancing 2015–16 Barcelona Ice dancing Representing  United States (with Samuelson) Four Continents Championships 2009 Vancouver Ice dancing World Junior Championships 2008 Sofia Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2006–07 Sofia Ice dancing 2007–08 Gdansk Ice dancing

Evan Bates (born February 23, 1989) is an American ice dancer. With partner Madison Chock, he is a two-time World medalist (silver in 2015, bronze in 2016), a two-time Grand Prix Final silver medalist (2014–15, 2015–16), a four-time Four Continents medalist (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017), and the 2015 U.S. national champion. The two represented the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

With former partner Emily Samuelson, Bates is the 2009 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2008 World Junior champion, and the 2009 U.S. national silver medalist. They competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics.