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Chock and Bates at the 2017 Internationaux de France
Personal information
Full name Madison La'akea Te-Lan Hall Chock
Country represented  United States
Born (1992-07-02) July 2, 1992 (age 32)
Redondo Beach, California
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Partner Evan Bates (since 2011)
Greg Zuerlein (2007–11)
Coach Marie-France Dubreuil
Romain Haguenauer
Patrice Lauzon
Skating club All Year Figure Skating Club
Began skating 1997

Madison La'akea Te-Lan Hall Chock (born July 2, 1992) is an American ice dancer. With her skating partner, Evan Bates, she is an 2022 Olympic gold medalist in the team event, the 2023 and 2024 World champion, the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final champion, a three-time Four Continents champion (2019, 2020, and 2023), and a five-time U.S. national champion (2015, 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024). She is a three-time Olympian, having represented the United States at the 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics.

With former partner Greg Zuerlein, Chock is the 2009 World Junior champion, 2008 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and 2011 U.S. national bronze medalist. They competed together from 2006 to 2011.

Personal life

Madison La'akea Te-Lan Hall Chock was born in Redondo Beach, California. She went to Novi High School. She is of Hawaiian, Chinese, German, English, Irish, French, and Dutch descent. La'akea means "sacred light from heaven" and Te-Lan (特蘭) means "unique orchid."

After partnering on ice for several years, Chock and Bates began a romantic relationship in 2017. On June 11, 2022 they became engaged.

Early career

Madison Chock began skating at age five, becoming interested after watching it on TV with her parents. Ice dance was suggested to her at the age of 12, and she found that she enjoyed it, although she initially had no interest in dance. She also tried pair skating and took tests through the intermediate level.

Chock skated for one season with Kurt Lingenfelter on the intermediate level. They won the pewter medal at the 2006 U.S. Junior Championships.

First two seasons with Zuerlein

Chock teamed up with ice dancer Greg Zuerlein in June 2006. They placed fifth in the novice division at the 2007 U.S. Championships. They began working with Igor Shpilband and Marina Zueva in 2007.

Making their Junior Grand Prix debut, Chock and Zuerlein won gold in September 2007 in Tallinn, Estonia. With a bronze medal at their second event, in Chemnitz, Germany, they qualified to the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final in Gdańsk, Poland, where they placed fifth. They received the junior bronze medal at the 2008 U.S. Championships.

2008–09 season: World Junior title

In December 2008, Chock and Zuerlein won gold at the Junior Grand Prix Final in Goyang, South Korea.

They won the junior title in January at the 2009 U.S. Championships. They capped off their season by becoming the 2009 World Junior champions in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2009–10 season

Chock and Zuerlein moved up to the senior level. Making their Grand Prix debut, they placed sixth at the 2009 Skate America and eighth at the 2009 Cup of China. They finished fifth at their senior national debut in January 2010. Later that month, they were sent to the 2010 Four Continents Championships in Jeonju, South Korea, where they had the same result.

2010–11 season

Chock and Zuerlein won their first senior Grand Prix medal, bronze, at the 2010 Skate Canada International and followed it up with bronze at the 2010 Trophée Éric Bompard. They won their first senior national medal, bronze, at the 2011 U.S. Championships. After placing fifth again at the 2011 Four Continents Championships, they finished ninth in their first and only appearance at the World Championships, setting personal best scores in both segments of the competition.

On June 7, 2011, Chock and Zuerlein announced the end of their five-year partnership; Zuerlein retired from competition, while Chock said she intended to continue competing. In her subsequent search for a new partner, she was contacted by skaters including Todd Gilles and Paul Poirier.

Chock and Bates

2011–12 season: First season with Bates

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Chock and Bates at the 2011 Trophée Éric Bompard

On July 1, 2011, Chock and Evan Bates announced their partnership and that they would continue to be coached by Shpilband and Zueva. They finished fourth at the 2011 Skate Canada International, fifth at the 2011 Trophée Éric Bompard, and 5th at the 2012 U.S. Championships. After Zueva and Shpilband ended their coaching partnership, Chock/Bates were the first team to announce that they would continue training with Shpilband.

2012–13 season

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Chock and Bates at the 2013 World Championships

Chock/Bates finished fourth at the 2012 U.S. International Classic and then won gold at the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy. They then competed at the 2012 Cup of China and finished fourth. At the 2013 U.S. Nationals, Chock/Bates were able to win the silver medal ahead of Shibutani/Shibutani. They were named in the U.S. team to the 2013 Four Continents, where they won the bronze medal. They finished seventh overall at the 2013 World Championships. Chock/Bates competed at the 2013 World Team Trophy and placed first in ice dance, helping Team USA win the team gold for the first time since 2009.

2013–14 season: First Olympics

Chock/Bates were assigned to two Grand Prix events, the 2013 Cup of China and 2013 Rostelecom Cup, and won bronze at both. They won the silver medal at the 2014 U.S. Championships and were named in the U.S. Olympic team. They finished eighth at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Chock/Bates placed fourth in the short dance, fifth in the free, and fifth overall at the 2014 World Championships in Saitama, Japan.

2014–15 season: World silver medal

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Chock and Bates at the 2014 Skate America

Chock/Bates took silver at the 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy, an ISU Challenger Series event, and then won both their Grand Prix events at the 2014 Skate America and 2014 Rostelecom Cup. The team went on to win the silver at the Grand Prix Final in December and then their first senior national title at the 2015 U.S. Championships in January.

In February, Chock/Bates won silver at the 2015 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, where they finished second to Canada's Weaver/Poje by a margin of 1.28 points. In March, they capped off their season with silver at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, China. Ranked first in the short dance and second in the free, they finished with a total score 2.94 points less than the champions, Papadakis/Cizeron of France, and 1.92 more than the bronze medalists, Weaver/Poje.

2015–16 season: World bronze medal

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2016 World Championships

Chock/Bates won gold at the 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy, again an ISU Challenger Series event. At the event, they received comments that "Dark Eyes" was not suitable for a polka rhythm. They changed the short dance music to "More" and "Unchained Melody" to clarify the rhythms, and won the gold at the 2015 Skate America followed by a silver at 2015 Cup of China. They then won the silver medal at the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final in Barcelona, behind Canadians Weaver/Poje.

In March, Chock/Bates won the bronze medal at the 2016 World Championships in Boston, having finished third behind Papadakis/Cizeron and Shibutani/Shibutani in both segments.

2016–17 season

Chock/Bates began their season with silver medals at four international events, the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial, 2016 Skate Canada International, and 2016 Rostelecom Cup. In December, they placed sixth in the short dance, fourth in the free, and sixth overall at the Grand Prix Final in Marseille, France. In January, they ranked second in the short dance and first in the free dance at the 2017 U.S. Championships, losing overall to the Shibutanis by 1.01.

Chock/Bates took the bronze medal at the 2017 Four Continents Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, where they finished behind Canada's Virtue/Moir and the Shibutanis. They finished seventh overall (fourth in the short, eighth in the free) at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

2017–18 season: Second Olympics

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Madison and Evan at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Chock competed with an injury after bone fragments chipped off her right ankle in August 2017, just before Champs Camp. She and Bates won silver medals at the 2017 Cup of China and 2017 Internationaux de France, which meant that they qualified to their fourth consecutive Grand Prix Final. They placed fifth in the short dance, third in the free, and fifth overall at the December event in Nagoya, Japan.

At the 2018 U.S. Championships, Chock/Bates placed third in the short dance, first in the free dance, and third overall, scoring 0.52 less than the champions, Hubbell/Donohue, and 0.33 less than the Shibutanis. They were not selected for the team competition but competed in the individual ice dancing event at the 2018 Winter Olympics, which took place in February in Gangneung, South Korea. Chock reinjured her ankle in the final moments of the warm-up before the short dance. She stated that it was an "osteochondral lesion" with a loose bone fragment in her joint. The duo placed seventh in the short dance. Skating their "Imagine" program in the free dance, the blades of their skates caught on the entrance of their combination spin, resulting in both falling and invalidating the entire element. They placed twelfth in the free dance and ninth overall. Speaking afterward, Chock said that her previous injury was not responsible for the fall and that at that moment, "I knew it was over. I knew there was no shot. After working so hard all this season and going through so much and trying to stay healthy and then just losing it at a crucial moment, it was really, really heartbreaking."

In March, they finished fifth at the 2018 World Championships in Milan, Italy. On April 6, 2018, Chock underwent surgery to remove the loose bone fragments in her right ankle. In late May, Chock/Bates announced a coaching change, stating that they would begin training in the summer with Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, and Romain Haguenauer in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2018–19 season: Four Continents gold

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First Four Continents title (2019)

Chock and Bates were initially assigned to two Grand Prix events, the newly created Helsinki Grand Prix and the Rostelecom Cup. Chock's recovery from her ankle surgery necessitated their withdrawal, and they did not compete in the first half of the season.

In January, they returned to competition at the Toruń Cup in Poland, winning decisively. They then competed at the 2019 U.S. Championships in Detroit, where they placed second in both programs, winning the silver medal behind Hubbell/Donohue. Both praised their new coaches and training environment afterward, with Bates saying they were "really happy with the performance here in Detroit. This self-belief is a belief in each other, our training mates, and coaches, and that is a strength that will carry us back to where we want to go." They were assigned to compete at the Four Continents and World Championships.

At the Four Continents Championships, held in Anaheim, Chock/Bates placed second in the rhythm dance, again behind Hubbell/Donohue. They placed first in the free dance and first overall, following a series of errors by Hubbell/Donohue, principally their planned stationary lift being reduced to base value after traveling too much. This was the team's first gold medal at an ISU Championship, prompting Bates to observe, "we got a lot of medals, none of them are gold. I am surprised. If you had told us that we would win Four Continents when we pulled out of the Grand Prix four months ago, I think we would be very surprised. But we're very happy now." Chock stated that she considered the placement secondary to "newfound joy and happiness" in their skating.

Chock/Bates concluded their season at the 2019 World Championships, where they finished sixth.

2019–20 season: Second Four Continents and national titles

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Madison and Evan at the 2019 Internationaux de France

Beginning the season on the Challenger series, Chock/Bates won gold at the 2019 CS U.S. Classic, winning by almost 14 points over silver medalists Carreira/Ponomarenko. At their second Challenger, the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy, they won a second gold medal, despite the loss of an element in their free dance.

On the Grand Prix, Chock/Bates began at the 2019 Internationaux de France, where they placed second in the rhythm dance despite hitting only one of the four key points in the Finnstep pattern dance. Second in the free dance, they also won the silver medal. The following week at the 2019 Cup of China, they again placed second in the rhythm dance and obtained only one of the four Finnstep key points. Chock/Bates won the free dance decisively, but remained in second place overall. At the Grand Prix Final, Chock/Bates scored a season's best in the rhythm dance, placing third while obtaining three of the four Finnstep key points. They also scored a personal best in the free dance, finishing second in the free dance and second overall, returning to the Grand Prix Final podium for the first time since 2015. Speaking afterward, Chock attributed much of their success to their Egyptian Snake Dance free program, saying, "there’s no other program like this in ice dance."

At the 2020 US Championships in Greensboro, Chock/Bates finished first in the rhythm dance, 1.02 points ahead of Hubbell/Donohue despite a slip in their Finnstep pattern. After the free dance, they were first overall, winning their second US title five years after their first one, which is the longest gap between ice dance titles in US history. They also won with the largest margin of victory in US ice dance since the Davis/White era, 4.67 points.

At the 2020 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, Chock/Bates finished second in the rhythm dance with a personal best score of 85.76, just 0.2 points behind Hubbell/Donohue. In the free dance, Chock/Bates finished first despite falling on a transition. They successfully defended their Four Continents title, becoming the first ice dance couple to do so since Belbin/Agosto from 2004 to 2006. Chock/Bates were assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were canceled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

2020–21 season

Chock and Bates remained in Montreal during the pandemic and were off-ice for three months before the rink reopened for training. The duo lost a month of training to an injury to Chock. She suffered a concussion after fainting after a walk on a hot day in July. They spent another two weeks in quarantine due to COVID-19 exposure, though neither tested positive. As a result, they abandoned plans to use a new free dance for the season and withdrew from the 2020 Skate America.

At the 2021 U.S. Championships, Chock/Bates finished first in the rhythm dance, 0.44 points ahead of Hubbell/Donohue despite Chock losing a twizzle level. In the free dance, Bates stepped out of his twizzles, resulting in them finishing second in the free dance and overall. They were named to the US team for the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm.

The Stockholm World Championships were held without an audience due to the pandemic, with Chock/Bates' training partners and four-time World Champions Papadakis/Cizeron declining to attend due to their own COVID illness and lost training time. This led to a hotly contested podium, generally seen as being between six teams, them included. Chock/Bates placed third in the rhythm dance, narrowly behind Hubbell/Donohue in second and over two points ahead of Canada's Gilles/Poirier in fourth. Bates lost a twizzle level in the free dance. They placed fourth in that segment, dropping to fourth place overall behind Gilles/Poirier in third. Their fourth place combined with Hubbell/Donohue's second qualified three berths for American dance teams at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

2021–22 season: Olympic gold, World bronze, and third national title

The team selected a medley of Billie Eilish songs to perform for their rhythm dance while, following the success of their Egyptian Snake Dance program, aimed to replicate that success with a new "Contact" program built around the concept of an astronaut romancing an alien. Making their season debut at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, Chock/Bates won the silver medal behind training mates Papadakis/Cizeron.

On the Grand Prix, Chock/Bates competed first at the 2021 Skate America, also attended by primary domestic rivals Hubbell/Donohue. Placing second in both programs, they won the silver medal after finishing 1.31 points behind Hubbell/Donohue. At their second event, the 2021 NHK Trophy, Chock/Bates placed narrowly second in the rhythm dance, only 0.31 points behind reigning World champions Sinitsina/Katsalapov. Bates fell right at the beginning of the free dance, though not on an element, and they remained in second place. Assessing the error, Bates said afterward, "we responded well and put together a good performance considering the early mishap." Their results qualified them to the Grand Prix Final, but it was subsequently canceled due to restrictions prompted by the Omicron variant.

At the 2022 U.S. Championships, Chock/Bates placed first in the rhythm dance, leading by 2.55 points over Hubbell/Donohue. They placed second in the free dance but won overall by 1.78 points due to their lead in the rhythm dance. They were named to the American Olympic team, the third such for Chock and fourth for Bates. Bates became the first U.S. skater of any discipline to compete in four Winter Olympics.

Chock/Bates began the 2022 Winter Olympics as the team captains and American entries in the free dance segment of the Olympic team event. At the time they took the ice, a fifth-place finish in the pairs free segment by Knierim/Frazier had raised the possibility of the second-place American team dropping to third behind Team Japan. However, Chock/Bates would unexpectedly win the segment over Russian entries Sinitsina/Katsalapov, securing America's position over Japan. The American team ultimately won the silver medal, the first Olympic medal for both Chock and Bates. However following a positive doping test of Russia's gold medalist Kamila Valieva, the team members were not awarded their medals, pending an investigation. In January 2024, the Court of Arbitration for Sport disqualified her, and the gold medal is projected to be awarded to the U.S. team. In the dance event days later, Chock stumbled midway through the performance, and they finished fourth in the segment. Bates admitted to having "mixed feelings" about the performance," but said, "it's not over yet." Fourth in the free dance as well, they finished fourth overall. Bates said after: "I think the fourth place sometimes can be one of the hardest places to finish. But the fact that there are only three spots on the podium is what makes this sport so furious and so loved by so many people and the fans at home and the athletes too. We want the competition to be strong and deep, and that’s exactly what it is."

Chock and Bates concluded the season at the 2022 World Championships, held in Montpellier. Chock/Bates were third in the rhythm dance with a personal best 87.51 score. Third as well in the free dance, they took the bronze medal returning to the World podium for the first time in six years. With Papadakis/Cizeron taking the gold medal and Hubbell/Donohue the silver, the entire podium consisted of skaters from the Ice Academy of Montreal. Chock said, "it was a dream to be able to share that podium with our training mates and to be back on the podium after what feels like a very, very long time."

2022–23 season: World champions

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Chock/Bates with coaches, Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon at the 2022-23 Grand Prix Final

With another Olympic cycle, the two faced questions about retirement, to which Bates responded, "these are the most enjoyable years of our career. We're not ready to step away from competitive ice just yet." With Hubbell/Donohue retired and Papadakis/Cizeron sitting out at least the season, the two entered the 2022–23 season perceived as favorites for the World title; Chock called this "a big goal of ours, and it always has been." The two toured for three months following the Montpellier World Championships, performing in forty skating shows, and as a result, were not prepared in time to participate in a Challenger event.

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Chock and Bates with South Korean ice dancers Hannah Lim and Ye Quan, 2022

For their free dance for the new season, they opted for a medley of songs by Quebec musician Jorane and a program theme inspired by Chock's vintage 1920 engagement ring, namely, "how love is connected and flows through time and transcends the physical world." In their competitive debut on the Grand Prix at the 2022 Skate America, they won the gold medal, albeit losing the free dance to domestic rivals Hawayek/Baker after their choreographic slide element was invalidated. This was their first Grand Prix gold since 2015. Following Skate America, significant alterations were made to their free dance, incorporating the music "Souffrance" by Orange Blossom while also "evolving" the concept to be "about the relationship of the spirit of fire and spirit of air and how one cannot survive without each other." They were generally considered the favorites to win the 2022 NHK Trophy, their second event, but they unexpectedly finished second behind Canadian training partners Fournier Beaudry/Sørensen, taking the silver medal. Chock acknowledged the expectations, saying, "we discussed what the season will look like for ourselves, and I think each season always offers new adversity and new obstacles. And this season is no different. Our goal remains the same: we want to win Worlds this year."

Entering the Grand Prix Final in Turin perceived to be on the back foot against top-seeded Canadians Gilles/Poirier and Italian champions Guignard/Fabbri. However, they performed well in the rhythm dance, finishing in second place and only 0.44 points behind Gilles/Poirier. Chock remarked, "based on how the season has been so far, we are just really proud of how much work we accomplished in such a short amount of time." They were second in the free dance as well, finishing 3.70 points behind Gilles/Poirier and winning their fourth Grand Prix Final silver, which Chock called "everything we hoped it would be for where we have been and the amount of work we’ve put in since Skate America and NHK."

Heavy favourites going into the 2023 U.S. Championships, Chock/Bates successfully defended their title, winning a second consecutive and fourth overall national gold medal together.

With rivals Gilles/Poirier absent from the 2023 Four Continents Championships due to Gilles' requiring an appendectomy, Chock/Bates entered the event as heavy favourites for their third title. They won the rhythm dance with a personal best 87.67, albeit with second-place Fournier Beaudry/Sørensen unexpectedly close behind with 86.28. They won the free dance by a wider margin of over five points, taking the gold medal again and setting new personal bests in the segment and overall. Bates reflected on their victories at Four Continents, saying "the first time we were very surprised we won. The second time we won, we didn't skate our best. And today, I think, was the right mix of feeling really prepared, skating really well, and still being surprised."

Going into the 2023 World Championships, Chock/Bates were perceived to have reestablished themselves as the title frontrunners, with Guignard/Fabbri and a returning Gilles/Poirier their main challengers. In the rhythm dance, they set a new personal best score of 91.94 to finish in first place in the segment, more than three points clear of the Italians in second. Despite Chock falling at the end of their free dance, they won that segment as well, setting a new personal best in that segment and overall in the process. Chock and Bates won their first World title, becoming only the second American team to do so, after Davis and White. With Guignard/Fabbri and Gilles/Poirier joining them on the podium, all the ice dance medalists were aged 30 or over for the first time in the history of the event.

Chock/Bates finished the season at the World Team Trophy, winning the rhythm dance with a new world record score. They set world records in the free dance and total score as well. Chock said she was pleased to have performed so well after the difficulties in the free dance at the World Championships. Team USA won the gold medal.

2023–24 season: Grand Prix Final gold and second World title

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Madison and Evan at the 2024 World Championships

Skipping the Challenger circuit for a second consecutive season, Chock and Bates' first competition was a defense of their title at the 2023 Skate America. They finished first in the rhythm dance by seven points in front of Canadian training mates Lajoie/Lagha, despite having had a dangerous fall in practice the morning of the segment. They won the free dance as well, taking their fourth event title by a wide margin. They cite the fiftieth anniversary of The Dark Side of the Moon as the inspiration for their Pink Floyd medley free program. Despite twizzle errors in the free dance at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo, they won that event as well.

Chock/Bates qualified to the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final, their seventh appearance at the event, a record for American competitors in any discipline. They scored 89.15 in the rhythm dance, the highest score for any team to that point in the season. Winning the free dance as well, they took their first gold medal, and first Final medal of any color other than silver.

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Free dance at the 2024 World Championships

In advance of the 2024 U.S. Championships, Chock/Bates were preemptively named to the American team for the 2024 Four Continents Championships, which were to be held the following week in Shanghai. Chock began to experience flu-like symptoms in the days before the national championships. They won the rhythm dance by an 8.98-point margin over Carreira/Ponomarenko, but Chock's symptoms continued to worsen, and the decision to compete in the free dance was only firmly made shortly before their final warmup. They lost that segment to Carreira/Ponomarenko, finishing second there, but remained in first place overall. Chock/Bates subsequently withdrew from the Four Continents team, and were replaced by Zingas/Kolesnik.

The 2024 World Championships were held in Montreal, home of the team's training base. They won the rhythm dance with a score of 90.08 points, with Chock calling it their best of the season. In the free dance, they lost a level on their opening stationary lift, and ultimately finished second in that segment behind Canada's Gilles/Poirier, but remained first overall and claimed the gold medal. With this result they equaled Davis/White's record for most World titles for an American dance team, and became the first American team to win two World titles consecutively. They said they were pleased to have achieved this in their "adopted hometown."

Honors and Awards

  • ISU Skating Awards 2020:Best Costume
  • ISU Skating Awards 2023:Best Costume
  • Four-time winners of the Edi Award from the Professional Skaters Association for outstanding ice dance performance at US Nationals

World record scores

Combined total records
Date Score Segment Event Ref.
April 13, 2023 93.91 Rhythm dance 2023 ISU World Team Trophy
April 14, 2023 138.41 Free dance
232.32 Combined total

Programs

With Bates

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Free dance at 2014 Winter Olympics
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Chock/Bates at the 2017 Four Continents
Madison Chock and Evan Bates - 2019 Internationaux de France
Snake Dance at 2019 Internationaux de France
Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2023–2024
  • Another One Bites the Dust
  • Who Wants to Live Forever
  • I Want It All
    by Queen
    choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil
  • Time
  • Breathe
  • Eclipse
    by Pink Floyd
    choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil

  • Another One Bites the Dust
  • Who Wants to Live Forever
  • I Want It All
    by Queen
    choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil

2022–2023
  • Samba: Let's Dance
  • Rhumba: Let's Dance
  • Samba: Let's Dance
    by David Bowie
    remix by Ben Liebrand
  • Souffrance
    by Orange Blossom
  • Les Tectoniques
    by Jorane

  • Film III
  • Les Tectoniques
  • Fem III
    by Jorane

2021–2022
  • Blues: My Boy
  • Therefore I Am
  • Hip Hop: Bad Guy
    by Billie Eilish
    choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil
  • Contact
  • Touch
  • Within
    by Daft Punk
    choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil, Ginette Cournoyer, Sam Chouinard
  • I Hear a Symphony
    by Cody Fry

  • Contact
  • Touch
  • Within
    by Daft Punk
    choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil, Ginette Cournoyer, Sam Chouinard
2019–2021
  • Blues: Too Darn Hot
  • Quickstep: Too Darn Hot
  • Swing: Too Darn Hot
    by Cole Porter
    choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil and Sam Chouinard

Egyptian Snake Dance:

  • Yearning
    by Raul Ferrando
  • Sahara Nights
    by DJ Quincy Ortz
  • Layali Al Sharq
    performed by Al-Ahram Orchestra
    choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil and Sam Chouinard
2018–2019
  • Flamenco: Dinner
  • Tango: Assassin's Tango
    by John Powell
    choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil
  • Haunted
    by Beyoncé
    choreo. by Rohene Ward
2017–2018
  • Salsa: Aguanile
  • Rumba: Qué Lío
  • Samba: Vivir Mi Vida
    performed by Marc Anthony
  • Santa María
    by Gotan Project
2016–2017

  • Tango (Santa María)
    by Gotan Project


  • Haunted
    by Beyoncé
    choreo. by Rohene Ward
2015–2016
  • Foxtrot: More
    from Concerto: One Night in Central Park
    by Andrea Bocelli
  • Waltz: Unchained Melody
    covered by Il Divo

  • Waltz and Polka: Dark Eyes
    performed by André Rieu
    and the Johann Strauss Orchestra

  • Haunted
    by Beyoncé
    choreo. by Rohene Ward

2014–2015

  • Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
    by Elton John
2013–2014
  • Quickstep: Hollywood
    by The Puppini Sisters
  • Foxtrot: There's No Business Like Show Business
    (from Annie Get Your Gun)
    by Irving Berlin
2012–2013
  • Waltz and Polka: Quidam
    by Cirque du Soleil
  • Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
    by Elton John
2011–2012
  • Samba: Chick Chick Boom
  • Rhumba: Boom Diggy Diggy

With Zuerlein

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2010–2011
  • Cabaret (soundtrack)
  • Nothing Else Matters
    performed by Santa Esmeralda
  • Satellite
    by J. Moreno feat. Santana
Original dance
2009–2010
  • Yema Ya
  • Agua Nile
    by Afro-Cuban Folk
2008–2009
  • Minnie the Moocher
    by The Dancing Fool
2007–2008
  • Dark Eyes
2006–2007
  • My Sweet and Tender Beast
    by Eugen Doga

Results

Ice dance with Evan Bates

  • GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
  • CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
  • C – Event was cancelled
  • WD – Withdrew from competition
  • Medals at team events are awarded for the team results only. Individual placements at team events are listed in parentheses.
Competition placements at senior level 
Season 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Winter Olympics 8th 9th 4th
Winter Olympics
(Team event)
1st
World Championships 7th 5th 2nd 3rd 7th 5th 6th C 4th 3rd 1st 1st
Four Continents Championships 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st
Grand Prix Final 2nd 2nd 6th 5th 2nd C 2nd 1st
U.S. Championships 5th 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st
World Team Trophy 1st
(1st)
1st
(3rd)
3rd
(2nd)
1st
(1st)
GP Cup of China 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd
GP Finland 1st
GP France 5th 2nd 2nd
GP NHK Trophy 2nd 2nd TBD
GP Rostelecom Cup 3rd 1st 2nd WD
GP Skate America 1st 1st WD 2nd 1st 1st TBD
GP Skate Canada 4th 2nd
CS Finlandia Trophy 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 1st 2nd 1st 2nd
CS Nepela Trophy 2nd
CS U.S. Classic 4th 1st
Mentor Toruń Cup 1st
Team Challenge Cup 1st
(2nd)

Ice dance with Greg Zuerlein

Madison Chock Greg Zuerlein 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard
Chock and Zuerlein at the 2010 Trophée Éric Bompard
  • GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
  • JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
Competition placements at junior level 
Season 2007–08 2008–09
World Junior Championships 1st
Junior Grand Prix Final 5th 1st
U.S. Championships 3rd 1st
JGP Estonia 1st
JGP Germany 3rd
JGP Great Britain 1st
JGP Italy 1st
Competition placements at senior level 
Season 2009–10 2010–11
World Championships 9th
Four Continents Championships 5th 5th
U.S. Championships 5th 3rd
GP Cup of China 8th
GP Skate America 6th
GP Skate Canada 3rd
GP Trophée Éric Bompard 3rd

Detailed results

Ice dance with Evan Bates

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 232.32 2023 World Team Trophy
Rhythm dance TSS 93.91 2023 World Team Trophy
TES 55.16 2023 World Team Trophy
PCS 38.75 2023 World Team Trophy
Free dance TSS 138.41 2023 World Team Trophy
TES 79.41 2023 World Team Trophy
PCS 59.00 2023 World Team Trophy
ISU personal bests in the +3/-3 GOE system (from 2010–11) 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 189.01 2017 World Team Trophy
Short dance TSS 79.05 2017 World Team Trophy
TES 41.51 2017 World Team Trophy
PCS 37.54 2017 World Team Trophy
Free dance TSS 113.31 2016 World Championships
TES 57.44 2016 Skate Canada International
PCS 56.09 2016 World Championships
Madison Chock & Evan Bates 2024 Worlds Practice 3
Chock and Bates at the 2024 World Championships
2019–2020 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Ice dancing medal ceremonies 2019 12 08 2675
Medal ceremony at 2018–19 Grand Prix Final
2016 Worlds - Madison Chock and Evan Bates - 10
Chock and Bates at the 2016 World Championships
2015 Worlds - Madison Chock and Evan Bates - 07
Chock and Bates at the 2015 World Championships
2015 Worlds - Madison Chock and Evan Bates - 01
Chock and Bates at the 2015 World Championships
2014 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Madison Chock Evan Bates - 02
Chock and Bates at 2014–15 Grand Prix Final
2013 Four Continents Madison Chock Evan Bates 5
Chock and Bates at the 2013 Four Continents Championships
  • Small medals for the short program and free skating are only awarded at ISU Championships.
  • Medals at team events are awarded for the team results only. Individual placements at team events are listed in parentheses.
Results in the 2011–12 season 
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 6–9, 2011 Finland 2011 Finlandia Trophy 3 53.91 3 82.97 3 136.88
Oct 27–30, 2011 Canada 2011 Skate Canada International 6 51.24 4 84.67 4 135.10
Nov 17–20, 2011 France 2011 Trophée Éric Bompard 5 52.01 5 78.93 5 130.94
Jan 22–29, 2012 United States 2012 U.S. Championships 5 55.49 5 89.59 5 145.08
Results in the 2013–14 season 
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 13–15, 2012 United States 2012 U.S. International Classic 1 62.89 5 76.95 4 139.84
Sep 27–29, 2012 Germany 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy 2 56.97 1 90.82 1 147.79
Nov 2–4, 2012 China 2012 Cup of China 4 59.26 4 90.28 4 149.54
Jan 19–27, 2013 United States 2013 U.S. Championships 2 70.80 2 105.11 2 175.91
Feb 8–11, 2013 Japan 2013 Four Continents Championships 3 65.44 5 94.98 3 160.42
Mar 11–17, 2013 Canada 2013 World Championships 7 66.74 6 97.19 7 163.93
Apr 11–14, 2013 Japan 2013 World Team Trophy 1 66.54 1 98.37 1 (1) 164.91
Results in the 2013–14 season 
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 4–6, 2013 Finland 2013 Finlandia Trophy 2 53.34 2 89.72 2 143.06
Nov 1–3, 2013 China 2013 Cup of China 3 56.77 3 93.76 3 150.53
Nov 22–24, 2013 Russia 2013 Rostelecom Cup 4 57.80 3 95.57 3 153.37
Jan 5–12, 2014 United States 2014 U.S. Championships 2 73.41 2 108.03 2 181.44
Feb 6–22, 2014 Russia 2014 Winter Olympics 8 65.46 8 99.18 8 164.44
Mar 24–30, 2014 Japan 2014 World Championships 5 67.71 4 99.88 5 167.59
Results in the 2014–15 season 
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 24–27, 2014 Germany 2014 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2 62.80 1 100.93 2 163.73
Oct 24–26, 2014 United States 2014 Skate America 1 68.96 1 102.07 1 171.03
Nov 14–16, 2014 Russia 2014 Rostelecom Cup 1 68.86 1 105.42 1 174.28
Dec 11–14, 2014 Spain 2014–15 Grand Prix Final 2 65.06 2 102.03 2 167.09
Jan 18–25, 2015 United States 2015 U.S. Championships 1 73.95 1 111.11 1 185.06
Feb 9–15, 2015 South Korea 2015 Four Continents Championships 1 70.38 2 105.80 2 176.18
Mar 23–29, 2015 China 2015 World Championships 1 74.47 2 106.87 2 181.34
Apr 16–19, 2015 Japan 2015 World Team Trophy 2 72.17 3 102.24 1 (3) 174.41
Results in the 2015–16 season 
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 24–26, 2015 Germany 2015 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 1 67.74 1 101.76 1 169.50
Oct 23–25, 2015 United States 2015 Skate America 1 70.56 1 102.66 1 173.22
Nov 5–8, 2015 China 2015 Cup of China 2 65.36 2 103.80 2 169.16
Dec 10–13, 2015 Spain 2015–16 Grand Prix Final 2 71.64 3 105.91 2 177.55
Jan 15–24, 2016 United States 2016 U.S. Championships 1 75.14 2 111.79 2 186.93
Feb 16–21, 2016 Taiwan 2016 Four Continents Championships 4 67.05 2 107.59 2 174.64
Mar 28 – Apr 3, 2016 United States 2016 World Championships 3 72.46 3 113.31 3 185.77
Apr 22–24, 2016 United States 2016 Team Challenge Cup 2 111.30 1 (2)
Results in the 2016–17 season 
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 22–24, 2016 Germany 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2 70.78 2 108.40 2 179.18
Sep 30 – Oct 2, 2016 Slovakia 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial 1 72.72 2 98.20 2 170.92
Oct 28–30, 2016 Canada 2016 Skate Canada International 2 76.21 1 112.03 2 188.24
Nov 4–6, 2016 Russia 2016 Rostelecom Cup 1 75.04 3 107.09 2 182.13
Dec 8–11, 2016 France 2016–17 Grand Prix Final 6 70.87 4 108.45 6 179.32
Jan 14–22, 2017 United States 2017 U.S. Championships 2 79.96 1 119.08 2 199.04
Feb 15–19, 2017 South Korea 2017 Four Continents Championships 3 74.67 3 110.91 3 185.58
Mar 29 – Apr 2, 2017 Finland 2017 World Championships 4 76.25 8 105.79 7 182.04
Apr 20–23, 2017 Japan 2017 World Team Trophy 1 79.05 2 109.96 3 (2) 189.01
Results in the 2017–18 season 
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 3–5, 2017 China 2017 Cup of China 2 72.66 2 111.84 2 184.50
Nov 17–19, 2017 France 2017 Internationaux de France 2 73.55 2 108.30 2 181.85
Dec 7–10, 2017 Japan 2017–18 Grand Prix Final 5 74.36 3 112.79 5 187.15
Jan 5–7, 2017 United States 2018 U.S. Championships 3 77.61 1 118.99 3 196.60
Feb 19–20, 2018 South Korea 2018 Winter Olympics 7 75.45 12 100.13 9 175.58
Mar 19–25, 2018 Italy 2018 World Championships 5 75.66 5 111.62 5 187.28
Results in the 2018–19 season 
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 8–13, 2019 Poland 2019 Mentor Cup 1 75.30 1 122.12 1 197.42
Jan 19–27, 2019 United States 2019 U.S. Championships 2 82.33 2 129.19 2 211.52
Feb 7–10, 2019 United States 2019 Four Continents Championships 2 81.17 1 126.25 1 207.42
Mar 18–24, 2019 Japan 2019 World Championships 6 82.32 6 122.60 6 204.92
Results in the 2019–20 season 
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 17–22, 2019 United States 2019 CS U.S. International Classic 1 80.18 1 122.22 1 202.40
Oct 11–13, 2019 Finland 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 1 78.80 1 119.46 1 198.26
Nov 1–3, 2019 France 2019 Internationaux de France 2 80.69 2 124.15 2 204.84
Nov 8–10, 2019 China 2019 Cup of China 2 80.34 1 128.21 2 208.55
Dec 5–8, 2019 Italy 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 3 81.67 2 129.01 2 210.68
Jan 20–26, 2020 United States 2020 U.S. Championships 1 87.63 1 134.23 1 221.86
Feb 4–9, 2020 South Korea 2020 Four Continents Championships 2 85.76 1 127.42 1 213.18
Results in the 2020–21 season 
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 11–21, 2021 United States 2021 U.S. Championships 1 90.10 2 132.83 2 222.93
Mar 22–28, 2021 Sweden 2021 World Championships 3 85.15 4 127.54 4 212.69
Results in the 2021–22 season 
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 7–10, 2021 Finland 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 2 83.72 2 124.59 2 208.31
Oct 22–24, 2021 United States 2021 Skate America 2 82.55 2 125.68 2 208.23
Nov 12–14, 2021 Japan 2021 NHK Trophy 2 86.02 2 124.76 2 210.78
Jan 3–9, 2022 United States 2022 U.S. Championships 1 91.94 2 135.43 1 227.37
Feb 4–7, 2022 China 2022 Winter Olympics – Team event 1 129.07 1
Feb 12–14, 2022 China 2022 Winter Olympics 4 84.14 4 130.63 4 214.77
Mar 21–27, 2022 France 2022 World Championships 3 87.51 3 129.32 3 216.83
Results in the 2022–23 season 
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 21–23, 2022 United States 2022 Skate America 1 82.63 2 120.95 1 202.80
Nov 18–20, 2022 Japan 2022 NHK Trophy 2 85.00 2 124.13 2 209.13
Dec 8–11, 2022 Italy 2022–23 Grand Prix Final 2 85.49 2 126.45 2 211.94
Jan 23–29, 2023 United States 2023 U.S. Championships 1 91.90 1 137.85 1 229.75
Feb 7–12, 2023 United States 2023 Four Continents Championships 1 87.67 1 133.14 1 220.81
Mar 22–26, 2023 Japan 2023 World Championships 1 91.94 1 134.07 1 226.01
Apr 13–16, 2023 Japan 2023 World Team Trophy 1 93.91 1 138.41 1 (1) 232.32
Results in the 2023–24 season 
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 20–22, 2023 United States 2023 Skate America 1 84.87 1 128.09 1 212.96
Nov 17–19, 2023 Finland 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo 1 85.61 1 123.85 1 209.46
Dec 7–10, 2023 China 2023–24 Grand Prix Final 1 89.15 1 132.46 1 221.61
Jan 22–28, 2024 United States 2024 U.S. Championships 1 92.17 2 123.75 1 215.92
Mar 18–24, 2024 Canada 2024 World Championships 1 90.08 2 132.12 1 222.20

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