Summary
Wang Yuchen (Chinese: 王瑀晨; pinyin: Wáng Yǔchén; born June 15, 2005) is a Chinese pair skater. With her former skating partner, Huang Yihang, she is the 2020 Cup of China silver medalist, the 2020 Chinese junior national champion, and placed in the top eight at the 2020 World Junior Championships.
| Wang Yuchen | |
|---|---|
 Wang/Huang at the 2019 JGP United States | |
| Native name | 王瑀晨 (Chinese) |
| Born | June 15, 2005 Changchun, China |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  China |
| Partner | Zhu Lei |
| Coach | Zhao Hongbo Guan Jinlin Zhang Tianci |
| Skating club | Jilin Winter Sports Center |
| Began skating | 2011 |
Personal life edit
Career edit
Partnership with Huang edit
Wang started skating in 2011. Her first pairs coach was Luan Bo.[1]
Wang teamed up with Huang Yihang prior to the 2017–18 season. They placed eighth at the 2018 Chinese Championships, where there was no separate junior division.
2018–2019 season edit
Wang/Huang were added to the Chinese national team ahead of the season to replace an injured Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao.[2] They made their junior international debut on the Junior Grand Prix, placing eighth in Canada and 13th in the Czech Republic. In early December, Wang/Huang competed at the Russian-Chinese Winter Youth Games, where they finished fourth. They ended their season at the 2019 Chinese Championships at the end of the month. As there was no separate junior division, Wang/Huang finished fifth among seniors.
2019–2020 season edit
Wang/Huang opened their season on the Junior Grand Prix and finished eighth at both their events in the United States and Croatia. In between the two JGP events, they competed at the 2020 Chinese Championships, where they won the junior title by 0.01 points ahead of Wang Huidi / Jia Ziqi and Li Jiaen / Wang Zijian.
Wang/Huang were assigned to compete at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland in January. On being selected, Wang said: "I am very excited to participate in such a large competition for the first time. In order to achieve our competition goal, I will train hard and strive to skate in my best form and win glory for the country."[3] Wang/Huang went on to place fifth in the individual event. Huang expressed dissatisfaction with their performance and called it a "learning opportunity."[4] As part of Team Future during the team event, they again placed fifth to help the team finish seventh overall.[5]
Wang/Huang finished their season at the 2020 World Junior Championships in March. Placing eighth in the short program and sixth in the free skating, they ended in eighth place overall.
2020–2021 season edit
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Junior Grand Prix series was cancelled and the Grand Prix events were limited to domestic competitors or skaters who trained in the host nation's immediate geographic region. As a result, Wang/Huang were assigned to make their senior debut at the 2020 Cup of China.[6] They finished second in both segments to earn the silver medal behind Peng Cheng / Jin Yang.[7]
In January 2021, Wang/Huang participated in the New Year's Day Ice Carnival, a domestic team competition held among the Chinese national team, as part of Sui Wenjing's Team Elite alongside Jin Boyang, Chen Hongyi, Wang Yihan, and Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming.[8] They lost the competition to Han Cong's Team Sharp Blades after falling behind on the first day of competition.[9]
2021–2022 season edit
Wang/Huang were assigned to compete at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to attempt to qualify a third berth for Chinese pairs at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They placed fourth in the short program, third among the teams seeking the three available spots, but dropped to sixth place after three falls in their free skate, and did not qualify a place.[10]
They went on to win the bronze medal at the 2021 CS Asian Open Trophy. The pair parted ways following the season.[11]
Partnership with Zhu edit
2023–24 season edit
For the 2023–24 figure skating season, it was announced that Wang had teamed up with Zhu Lei.[12] Wang/Zhu were invited to make their ISU Grand Prix debut at the 2023 Cup of China, where they finished in seventh place.[13]
Programs edit
- With Zhu
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2023–2024 [14] |
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- With Huang
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2021–2022 [11] |
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| 2020–2021 [1] | ||
| 2019–2020 [15] |
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| 2018–2019 [16] |
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Competitive highlights edit
CS: Challenger Series; GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Zhu edit
| International[17] | |
|---|---|
| Event | 23–24 |
| Four Continents | 12th |
| GP Cup of China | 7th |
| TBD = Assigned | |
With Huang edit
| International[18] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | |
| Worlds | WD | |||||
| GP Cup of China | 2nd | |||||
| GP France | WD | |||||
| CS Nebelhorn | 6th | |||||
| CS Asian Open | 3rd | |||||
| International: Junior[18] | ||||||
| Junior Worlds | 8th | |||||
| Youth Olympics | 5th | |||||
| JGP Canada | 8th | |||||
| JGP Croatia | 9th | |||||
| JGP Czech Rep. | 13th | |||||
| JGP USA | 9th | |||||
| National[18] | ||||||
| Chinese Champ. | 8th | 5th | 1st J | |||
| Team events[18] | ||||||
| Youth Olympics | 7th T 5th P |
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| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: J = Junior T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. | ||||||
Detailed results edit
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
With Zhu edit
| 2023–2024 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 30-February 4, 2024 | 2024 Four Continents Championships | 11 53.66 |
12 85.90 |
12 139.56 |
| November 10–12, 2023 | 2023 Cup of China | 7 49.95 |
8 89.40 |
7 139.35 |
With Huang edit
Senior results edit
| 2021–22 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 13–17, 2021 | 2021 CS Asian Open Trophy | 3 61.70 |
3 112.67 |
3 174.37 |
| September 22–25, 2021 | 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 4 60.21 |
6 102.45 |
6 162.66 |
| 2020–21 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| November 6–8, 2020 | 2020 Cup of China | 2 63.56 |
2 111.84 |
2 175.40 |
| 2018–19 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 29–30, 2018 | 2019 Chinese Championships | 6 47.44 |
5 83.84 |
5 131.28 |
| 2017–18 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 23–24, 2017 | 2018 Chinese Championships | 8 42.66 |
8 76.92 |
8 119.58 |
Junior results edit
| 2019–20 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 2–8, 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 8 54.09 |
6 98.01 |
8 152.10 |
| January 10–15, 2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team | – | 5 91.35 |
7T/5P |
| January 10–15, 2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | 6 46.96 |
5 94.65 |
5 141.61 |
| September 25–28, 2019 | 2019 JGP Croatia | 10 47.20 |
7 85.56 |
9 132.76 |
| September 14–16, 2019 | 2020 Chinese Championships | 1 57.53 |
2 98.37 |
1 155.90 |
| August 28–31, 2019 | 2019 JGP United States | 6 51.33 |
10 69.71 |
9 121.04 |
| 2018–19 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 14–19, 2018 | 2018 Russian-Chinese Winter Youth Games | 4 45.89 |
4 81.81 |
4 127.70 |
| September 26–29, 2018 | 2018 JGP Czech Republic | 15 35.95 |
12 74.86 |
13 110.81 |
| September 12–15, 2018 | 2018 JGP Canada | 9 39.62 |
8 72.59 |
8 112.21 |
References edit
- ^ a b "Yuchen WANG / Yihang HUANG: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 16, 2021.
- ^ ZX, ed. (July 9, 2018). "New Chinese figure skating national team training roster confirmed". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018.
- ^ "第三届冬青奥会中国体育代表团成立" [The establishment of the Chinese sports delegation for the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games]. China News Service (in Chinese). December 26, 2019.
- ^ "冬青奥会花滑比赛：中国小将在历练中成长" [Figure skating competition at the Winter Youth Olympic Games: Chinese teenagers grow up through experience]. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). January 13, 2020.
- ^ "冬青奥会花样滑冰混合组队赛：中国选手所在"未来之队"获得第七名" [Figure skating mixed team competition at the Winter Youth Olympic Games: the Chinese athletes' "Team Future" won seventh place]. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). January 16, 2020.
- ^ McCarvel, Nick (November 4, 2020). "Cup of China: Four things to watch at skating season's second Grand Prix". Olympic Channel.
- ^ huaxia, ed. (November 7, 2020). "Peng/Jin win pairs title, Jin dominates at figure skating GP Cup of China". Xinhua News Agency.
- ^ Wang, Jing (January 4, 2021). "花滑集训队团体对抗赛别开生面迎新年" [Figure skating national training group team competition kicks off to welcome the new year]. Chinese Olympic Committee (in Chinese).
- ^ Li, Jia; Niu, Mengtong (January 3, 2021). Li Xu (ed.). ""尖刀队"战胜"精英队" 花滑国家集训队团体对抗赛落幕" ["Team Sharp Blades" defeats "Team Elite" as the national figure skating team competition ends]. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese).
- ^ Flade, Tatjana (September 24, 2021). "Germany's Hase and Seegert claim victory on home ice at Nebelhorn". Golden Skate.
- ^ a b "Yuchen WANG / Yihang HUANG: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021.
- ^ "2023中国杯花样滑冰大奖赛选手完整名单正式出炉，中国队女单：安香怡、陈虹伊、朱易". Sohu. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ Slater, Paula (November 11, 2023). "Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps score another victory in China". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ "Yuchen WANG / Lei ZHU: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 14, 2023.
- ^ "Yuchen WANG / Yihang HUANG: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 2, 2020.
- ^ "Yuchen WANG / Yihang HUANG: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019.
- ^ "Yuchen WANG / Lei ZHU: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b c d "Yuchen WANG / Yihan Huang: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
External links edit
- Yuchen WANG / Lei ZHU at the International Skating Union
- Yuchen WANG / Yihang HUANG at the International Skating Union