American figure skater
Ellie Kam (born December 20, 2004) is a Japanese-born American pair skater. With her current skating partner, Danny O'Shea, she is the 2023 Finlandia Trophy champion and the 2023 U.S. national bronze medalist.
Skating career
2022–23 season
Kam teamed up with Danny O'Shea in the summer of 2022.[1] In the fall, they made their international debut at the 2022 Ice Challenge and won the gold medal in the pairs competition. They then made their Challenger debut at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, winning the silver medal.[2]
Kam/O'Shea competed next at the 2023 U.S. Championships, placing third in the short program. They opened their free skate with Kam falling on their triple twist, but still managed to place third in that segment, winning the bronze medal. Kam called the experience "quite the whirlwind."
Having reached the national podium, Kam/O'Shea were assigned to make their ISU championship debut together at the 2023 Four Continents Championships, held in their home training location of Colorado Springs. O'Shea considered this "pretty special." They placed seventh in the short program, but a fifth-place free skate moved them to sixth overall. Kam/O'Shea finished the season at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, where they finished twelfth.
2023–24 season
Kam/O'Shea began the season with a victory at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy.[3] They were invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2023 Grand Prix de France, and finished fifth in the short program, but had to withdraw after Kam suffered an injury in training. Despite this, Kam/O'Shea was able to attend their second Grand Prix, the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo, coming sixth.
