Jeffrey Chen

Jeffrey Chen (born July 21, 2002) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Katarina Wolfkostin, he is the 2020 U.S. junior national silver medalist and the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics bronze medalist.

Jeffrey Chen
Wolfkostin / Chen at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (2002-07-21) July 21, 2002
Fremont, California
Home townHayward, California
ResidenceNovi, Michigan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PartnerKatarina Wolfkostin
Former partnerAnna Lavrova, Gianna Buckley, Layla Karnes
CoachIgor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo, Adrienne Lenda, Natalia Deller
Former coachMarina Zoueva, Oleg Epstein, Anjelika Krylova
ChoreographerIgor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo
Skating clubPeninsula FSC
Training locationsNovi, Michigan
Former training locationsCanton, Michigan
Began skating2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total159.20
2020 Junior Worlds
Short dance64.77
2020 Junior Worlds
Free dance95.41
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Medal record
Representing  United States
Figure skating: Ice dance
Winter Youth Olympics
2020 LausanneIce dance

Personal life

Jeffrey Chen was born in Fremont, California on July 21, 2002 to Taiwanese parents, Hsiu-Hui Tseng and Chih-Hsiu Chen.[1] He is the younger brother of 2017 U.S. national ladies' champion and 2018 Winter Olympian Karen Chen.[2] Chen enjoys hip-hop dance, gaming, and photography.[2] He has a pet sun conure named Mango.[3]

Career

Early career

Chen began skating in 2010, after following his older sister Karen onto the ice.[4][5] He competed in singles until the 2014–15 season and was the 2014 U.S. national juvenile pewter medalist.[6] As a singles skater, Chen trained in Riverside, California alongside his sister under Tammy Gambill.[1]

Chen switched to ice dance and teamed up with Layla Karnes in the 2015–16 season. Together, they were the 2016 U.S. national juvenile ice dance champions and the 2017 U.S. national intermediate silver medalists.[7] Chen changed coaches and began training with Marina Zoueva prior to the next season; he competed with Gianna Buckley during the 2017–18 season, winning the 2018 U.S. national novice silver medal.[1][8] He then skated two months with Anna Lavrova during the 2018–19 season, but the partnership ended before the 2019 U.S. Championships.[3]

2019–2020 season

Chen began skating with Katarina Wolfkostin in 2019 and moved to train with her coaches, Igor Shpilband and Pasquale Camerlengo, in Novi, Michigan.[3] They placed fifth in their international debut at 2019 JGP France. Wolfkostin / Chen improved to fourth at 2019 JGP Russia, after placing second in the free dance. They won the inaugural U.S. Ice Dance Final to qualify for the 2020 U.S. Championships.[3] Wolfkostin / Chen won their first international medal at the 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb, earning the silver medal behind Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov of Russia.

Wolfkostin / Chen were named as the sole ice dance entrant on the U.S. team for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.[9] They were fifth after the rhythm dance, before placing third in the free dance, to win the bronze medal overall behind Russians Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano and Sofia Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitsky.[10] Their medal was the first won by Team USA at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.[11][12] Wolfkostin / Chen were drawn as part of Team Determination for the team event, alongside singles skaters Cha Young-hyun of South Korea and Nella Pelkonen of Finland and pairs skaters Brooke McIntosh / Brandon Toste of Canada. They placed fourth in the free dance segment to help Team Determination finish fourth, after losing the tie-breaker.

Wolfkostin / Chen placed fourth in the rhythm dance and second in the free dance to win the silver medal at the 2020 U.S. Championships, behind Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik.[13] Assigned to compete at their first World Junior Championships, they placed seventh.[14]

Programs

With Wolfkostin
Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2019–2020
[5]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.

With Wolfkostin
Wolfkostin / Chen (right) on the podium at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
International: Junior[15]
Event 2019–20
Junior Worlds7th
Youth Olympics3rd
JGP France5th
JGP Russia4th
Golden Spin2nd
National[15]
U.S. Championships2nd J
U.S. Ice Dance Final1st J
Team events
Youth Olympics4th T
4th P
Levels: J = Junior
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result.

With Lavrova
National
Event 2018–19
Levels: N = Novice

With Buckley
National[8]
Event 2017–18
U.S. Championships2nd N
Pacific Coast Sectionals2nd N
Levels: N = Novice

With Karnes
National[7]
Event 2015–16 2016–17
U.S. Championships1st V2nd I
Pacific Coast Sectionals1st V2nd I
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate

Men's singles
National[6]
Event 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
U.S. Championships4th V5th V
Pacific Coast Sectionals5th V2nd V3rd V
Central Pacific Regionals2nd V1st V1st V
Levels: V = Juvenile

Detailed results

With Wolfkostin

Junior results
2019–20 season
Date Event RD FD Total
2–8 March 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 7
64.77		 7
94.43		 7
159.20
January 20–26, 2020 2020 U.S. Championships 4
60.93		 2
100.46		 2
161.39
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team – 4
90.41		 4T/4P
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 5
57.02		 3
95.41		 3
152.43
December 4–7, 2019 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb 1
66.52		 2
97.29		 2
163.81
November 12–16, 2019 2020 U.S. Ice Dance Final 1
66.23		 2
94.68		 1
160.91
September 11–14, 2019 2019 JGP Russia 6
54.91		 2
93.90		 4
148.81
August 21–24, 2019 2019 JGP France 4
58.90		 5
89.03		 5
147.93
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References
  1. Lewis, Michael C. (January 2, 2018). "Fremont's Jeffrey Chen and partner earn silver medal at U.S. Skating Championships". The Mercury News.
  2. Truby, Olivia (January 11, 2020). "Figure skater Jeffrey Chen, brother of Olympian Karen Chen, makes own identity on the ice". United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
  3. "Katarina Wolfkostin and Jeffrey Chen". U.S. Figure Skating.
  4. "Interview: Katarina Wolfkostin and Jeffrey Chen". In the Loop. August 21, 2019.
  5. "Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Jeffrey CHEN". International Skating Union.
  6. "Jeffrey Chen". Stats on Ice.
  7. "Layla Karnes & Jeffrey Chen". Stats on Ice.
  8. "Gianna Buckley & Jeffrey Chen". Stats on Ice.
  9. Edmonds, Jamie (January 7, 2020). "Meet this Metro Detroit ice dancing duo with big dreams that are starting to come true". WDIV-TV.
  10. "The future of figure skating is now". International Olympic Committee. January 17, 2020.
  11. Truby, Olivia (January 13, 2020). "Katarina Wolfkostin and Jeffrey Chen skate to bronze for Team USA's first medal at Youth Olympic Games". United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
  12. Wickliffe, Greg (January 13, 2020). "Ann Arbor-based ice skaters earn Team USA's first medal of 2020 Youth Winter Olympics". Michigan Live.
  13. "First Junior Champions Crowned at U.S. Championships". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone. January 22, 2020.
  14. Slater, Paula (March 7, 2020). "Nguyen and Kolesnik dance to Junior World title". Golden Skate.
  15. "Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Jeffrey CHEN: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
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