My Take
Evan Bates is the kind of athlete who makes you forget you're watching a sport — the guy is 188 centimeters of pure grace on ice, and paired with Madison Chock, they've built something that goes well beyond technical skating. Growing up in Ann Arbor, the brainy college-town heart of Michigan, probably gave him that composed, almost scholarly quality you sense in his performances: nothing flashy for its own sake, everything intentional. Their back-to-back World Championship wins in 2023 and 2024 cemented what fans already knew — this duo doesn't just execute programs, they tell stories. As a Pisces, he supposedly lives in his feelings, and honestly? It shows in the best possible way every time he steps onto the ice.
Overview
Evan Bates (born February 23, 1989) is an American ice dancer. With his wife and skating partner, Madison Chock, he is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the team event (2022, 2026), the 2026 Winter Olympics silver medalist, a three-time World champion (2023, 2024 and 2025), three-time Grand Prix Final champion (2023–24, 2024–25 and 2025–26), a three-time Four Continents champion (2019, 2020, 2023), a twenty-two-tim…
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Evan Bates
- Name (Japanese)
- エヴァン・ベイツ
- Reading
- えゔぁん・べいつ
- Born
- February 23, 1989 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Snake
- Origin
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 188 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- ice dancer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Huron High School
- University
- University of Michigan
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.