Chantelle Kerry Explained

Chantelle Kerry (born 9 June 1996) is an Australian figure skater. As an ice dancer with Andrew Dodds, she is a two-time Australian national champion and has competed at two Four Continents Championships. Earlier in her career, she competed in ladies' singles. She is the 2013 Skate Down Under champion and 2013 Australian national champion, and competed in the final segment at two Four Continents.

Personal life

Chantelle Kerry was born on 9 June 1996, in Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter of Monica MacDonald, a former competitive ice dancer, and sister of Brendan Kerry, who competes in men's singles.

On June 11, 2022, she became engaged to American ice dancer Zachary Donohue. They were married on September 18, 2022, in Sydney, Australia.

Skating career

Kerry joined a skating club, Macquarie ISC in Sydney, in 2005. She won her first junior national title in the 2010–2011 season and repeated in 2011–2012. She debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in autumn 2011. In January 2012, Kerry competed at the Winter Youth Olympics and finished 10th. After placing 17th at the 2012 Four Continents Championships, she came in 22nd in the preliminary round at her first World Championships and did not advance further.

In the 2012–2013 season, Kerry became the Australian senior champion and placed 14th at the 2013 Four Continents. At the start of the following season, she won gold at Skate Down Under.

Kerry passed her senior ice dancing tests in 2016 and had a tryout with single skater, Andrew Dodds, in April 2017.They announced their partnership in mid-May, after Dodds had passed his own dance tests. The two are coached by Monica MacDonald and John Dunn in Sydney, Australia.

Programs

Ice dancing

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance
2019–2020	: Sweet Transvestite : Time Warp	Love Is a Bitch Never Tear Us Apart Love Is a Bitch
2018–2019	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) ---- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 Night Fever	Enchantress 03 - Victory 1 - Extreme Music/Two Steps from Hell Your Disco Needs You
	Short dance
2017–2018	Ain't No Sunshine Let's Get Loud	Ruled by Secrecy

Single skating

Season	Short program	Free skating
2014–2015	My Immortal	Black Swan
2013–2014	My Immortal	Once Upon a Time
2012–2013	The Balcony	Alice in Wonderland Alice Returns Blood of the Jabberwocky Proposal Alice Returns
2011–2012	Zoot Zoot Riot The Silver Strut Zoot Zoot Riot	Alice in Wonderland Alice Returns Blood of the Jabberwocky Proposal Alice Returns

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Ice dancing with Dodds

International
Event	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22
align=left		30th	26th
align=left		13th	10th	14th		WD
align=left			11th
align=left			4th	WD
align=left						14th
align=left						WD
align=left		13th		12th
align=left		16th
align=left	Lake Placid IDI					9th
align=left						bgcolor=silver	2nd
align=left				4th		4th
align=left				14th
align=left						6th
align=left			5th
National
align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	C	C
TBD = Assigned; C = Event cancelled

Ladies' singles

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International
Event	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16
align=left				40th
align=left				17th	14th
align=left								bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left	Skate Down Under					bgcolor=gold	1st
International: Junior
align=left				10th
align=left				13th
align=left					11th
align=left				24th		17th
align=left							19th
align=left						8th
align=left					19th
align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	3rd		bgcolor=silver	2nd
National
align=left		bgcolor=silver	2nd J	bgcolor=gold	1st J	bgcolor=gold	1st J	bgcolor=gold	1st	WD		bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew