Logan Bye
American ice dancer

Logan Bye

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2 March 1998(Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA)
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Introduction

Logan Bye (born March 2, 1998) is an American ice dancer. With former partner Chloe Lewis, he is the 2016 Youth Olympic silver medalist.

Personal life

Logan Bye was born on March 2, 1998 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He moved to Portland, Oregon in 2012, and then, two years later, to Michigan. He has a younger sister named Jessica. He is a student at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Career

Bye started learning to skate in 2001.

Intermediate and novice career

Bye and Chloe Lewis met in February 2010 at a rink in Sun Valley, Idaho and began training together in August 2010. Because they lived in different cities, they trained half a month together, half apart during their first two seasons. In the 2010–11 season, they qualified to compete on the intermediate level at the U.S. Junior Championships and finished sixth.

Lewis/Bye placed fourth on the novice level at the 2012 U.S. Championships. They began training together regularly after Bye moved to Beaverton, Oregon in autumn 2012.They won the novice title at the 2013 U.S. Championships.

Junior career

During the 2013–14 season, Lewis/Bye were coached by Ikaika Young in Portland, Oregon; by Judy Blumberg in Sun Valley, Idaho; and by Igor Shpilband in Novi, Michigan. Making their ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut, they placed fifth in September 2013 in Mexico City, Mexico, and 11th the following month in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The two finished sixth on the junior level at the 2014 U.S. Championships.

In 2014–15, Lewis/Bye were coached by Shpilband and Blumberg in Novi, Michigan. They placed fifth in Courchevel, France at their sole 2015 JGP assignment and seventh in junior ice dancing at the 2015 U.S. Championships.

Coached by Shpilband, Lewis/Bye placed fifth at both of their 2015–16 JGP assignments. In January 2016, they finished 6th on the junior level at the 2016 U.S. Championships. In February, they represented the United States at the 2016 Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway. Ranked third in the short dance and second in the free dance, they were awarded the silver medal behind Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov and ahead of Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin.

Senior career

Bye and Eva Pate partnered up in June of 2019 and were coached by Igor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo, Adrienne Lenda and Natalia Deller in Novi, Michigan. In November of 2019, they won the 2020 US Dance Final in Hyannis, Massachusetts.In January 2020, they finished 7th at the 2020 US Figure Skating Championships.

Programs

(with Pate)

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2019–2020
  • Selections from Anything Goes
  • Say Something
    by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera
  • Primavera
    by Ludovico Einaudi

(with Lewis)

Season Short dance Free dance
2017–2018
  • Carino
    by Jennifer Lopez
  • Como Ama Una Mujer
    by Jennifer Lopez
  • On the Floor
    by Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull
  • Final Breath
  • Place de République
  • Metal Gleamed in Twilight
    by Cœur de Pirate
2016–2017
  • Blues: Save My Soul
    by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
  • Swing: Jumpin' Jack
    by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
2015–2016
2014–2015
  • Samba: Chiqui Chiqui Boom
    by David Civera
  • Mambo: Mambo Jambo
    (Qué rico el mambo)
  • Mambo: It's Mambo Time
  • Preludes
    by Frédéric Chopin:
    • Prelude in C minor
    • Prelude in F minor
    • Prelude in E minor
2013–2014
  • Quickstep: Call Me Irresponsible
    by Bobby Darin
  • Foxtrot: Oh Marie
    by Michael Bublé
  • Waltz

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Pate

National
Event 2019–20
U.S. Championships 7th

With Lewis

International
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
Junior Worlds 7th
Youth Olympics 2nd
JGP Italy 5th
JGP Australia 5th
JGP Czech Rep. 11th 6th
JGP Estonia 3rd
JGP France 5th
JGP Mexico 5th
JGP Spain 5th
JGP USA 5th
Lake Placid IDI 2nd J
National
U.S. Champ. 4th N 1st N 6th J 7th J 6th J 4th J 3rd J
U.S. Jr. Champ. 6th I
Pacific Coast 1st I 1st N 1st N 1st J 1st J 2nd J