Jin Yang

Jin Yang (Chinese: 金杨; pinyin: Jīn Yáng; Mandarin pronunciation: [tɕín jǎŋ]; born in Harbin) is a Chinese male pair skater. With current partner Peng Cheng, he is a two-time Four Continents medalist (silver in 2020, bronze in 2019), two-time Grand Prix Final silver medalist (2018–19, 2019–20), and the 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist. Peng/Jin represented China at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Jin.
Jin Yang
Peng and Jin in 2016
Personal information
Country represented China
Born (1994-05-16) May 16, 1994[1]
Harbin, China
Home townBeijing
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PartnerPeng Cheng
Former partnerYu Xiaoyu
CoachHongbo Zhao, Bin Yao, Bing Han
Former coachYang Ding, Luan Bo
ChoreographerLori Nichol
Former choreographerDavid Wilson, Helen Zhang Wei, Marina Zueva
Skating clubBeijing Century Star FSC
ISU personal best scores
Combined total216.90
2018 GPF
Short program75.96
2020 Four Continents
Free skate141.21
2018 GPF
Medal record
Figure skating: Pairs
Representing  China
(with Peng Cheng)
Four Continents Championships
2020 SeoulPairs
2019 AnaheimPairs
Grand Prix Final
2018–19 VancouverPairs
2019–20 TorinoPairs
Asian Winter Games
2017 SapporoPairs
Representing  China
(with Yu Xiaoyu)
Four Continents Championships
2016 TaipeiPairs
Winter Universiade
2015 GranadaPairs
Winter Youth Olympics
2012 InnsbruckPairs
World Junior Championships
2014 SofiaPairs
2015 TallinnPairs
2012 MinskPairs
Junior Grand Prix Final
2013–14 FukuokaPairs
2010–11 BeijingPairs
Jin Yang
Simplified Chinese金杨
Traditional Chinese金楊

With former partner Yu Xiaoyu, he is a two-time (2014, 2015) World Junior champion, the 2012 World Junior silver medalist, the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics champion, the 2013–2014 JGP Final champion, and the 2016 Four Continents bronze medalist.

Career

Partnership with Yu Xiaoyu

Yang Jin were paired together by their coaches in 2009.[2] They do on- and off-ice training from eight in the morning to five in the afternoon with a break in the middle.[2]

2010–11 season

Yu/Jin won the silver medal at the 2010 Chinese Nationals. They made their international debut during the 2010–11 season. They won bronze at JGP Cup of Austria and then won gold at Czech Skate. At the Junior Grand Prix Final, they won the bronze medal.

2011–12 season
Yu and Jin at the 2012 Junior Worlds

The pair performed a quad twist at a national competition in 2011, when Yu was 15 and Jin was 17 years old (or 13 and 22).[2] They finished seventh at the 2011 Skate Canada and sixth at the 2011 Cup of China. They then won the bronze medal at their national championships. Yu/Jin competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships and won the silver medal behind teammates and training partners Sui Wenjing/Han Cong.

2012–13 season

In the 2012-13 season, Yu/Jin finished fourth in JGP Austria and second in JGP Croatia in their JGP Events. They finished fifth at the JGP Final. Yu/Jin then competed at the 2013 World Junior Championships and finished fourth.

2013–14 season

Prior to the 2013-14 season, Yu/Jin changed coaches, moving from Luan Bo to Olympic pairs champion Zhao Hongbo, Yao Bin, and Han Bing. They won the gold medals in their JGP events at the 2013 JGP Latvia and 2013 JGP Estonia qualifying them to their fourth JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan where they won the gold medal. Yu/Jin finished their perfect season by winning gold at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2014–15 season

In the 2014-15 season, Yu/Jin made their official senior debut on the Grand Prix circuit. They won a silver medal at the 2014 Cup of China and a bronze medal at the 2014 NHK Trophy, qualifying them for their first senior Grand Prix Final in Barcelona, Spain. At the Grand Prix Final they set new personal bests in both the short program and free skate to finish in 5th place. They then went on to win their second national title.

With the surprise comeback of Pang/Tong, Yu/Jin were not given a spot to compete at the Four Continents Championships in Seoul and the World Championships in Shanghai, China. Instead, they were sent to the 2015 Winter Universiade where they won the gold medal. It was later announced that they would compete at the 2015 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Despite training senior program layouts for much of the season, they managed to successfully defend their Junior World title, winning both segments of the competition.

2015–16 season

Yu/Jin were assigned to Cup of China and NHK Trophy. They attempted their first throw quadruple salchow in competition at Cup of China and won a bronze medal. They then went on to win silver at 2015 NHK Trophy which helped qualify them for the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final in Barcelona.[3]

At the 2016 Four Continents Championships, Yu/Jin won the bronze medal.[4]

Partnership with Peng Cheng

2016–17 season

On April 14, 2016, International Figure Skating magazine broke the news of Peng's new partnership with Jin Yang. The Chinese Skating Association decided to switch partners between the two pairs of Peng/Zhang and Yu/Jin.[5][6]

Peng/Jin debuted on the Grand Prix with two silver medals at the 2016 Cup of China and the 2016 NHK Trophy, earning a place in the Grand Prix Final, where they finished sixth. At the 2017 Chinese Championships, they won their first national title.

Competing at the 2017 Four Continents Championships, their first ISU Championship event, they placed fifth. At the 2017 Asian Winter Games, Peng/Jin won the silver medal behind Yu/Zhang. This concluded their season.

2017–18 season

The two won the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy, their first international gold medal together. The Grand Prix was a disappointment, with Peng/Jin finishing fifth at both the 2017 Skate America and 2017 Internationaux de France. At the 2018 Chinese Championships, they finished second behind Yu/Zhang, and were named to China's team for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Peng/Jin competed in the pairs event in Pyeongchang, finishing seventeenth in the short program and thus missing the free skate by a single ordinal. Their season concluded at the 2018 World Championships, where they finished ninth.

2018–19 season

With both Sui Wenjing / Han Cong and Yu/Zhang sidelined by injury at the beginning of the season, Peng/Jin were the sole Chinese pair team competing internationally on the senior level.[7] They began with a gold medal at the 2018 CS Asian Open.

On the Grand Prix, Peng/Jin began at the 2018 Skate Canada International, where they won the silver medal, finishing ahead of bronze medalists Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro by 0.15 points. The two struggled on their side-by-side jumps in the free skate, where they finished fourth, an area where Jin said they hoped to improve.[8] At the 2018 NHK Trophy, they won a second silver medal, by a far more decisive margin. They qualified to the Grand Prix Final, with Peng noting that "we feel like we miss our teammates, but advancing to the Grand Prix Final is something we are proud of."[7] At the Final they placed first in the short program and second in the free skate, winning silver overall. This was the team's first major international medal.[9]

At the 2019 Chinese Championships, they won their second national title. At the 2019 Four Continents Championships in Anaheim, they placed third in the short program behind Moore-Towers/Marinaro and a returning Sui/Han, in consequence of Peng falling on their throw jump.[10] They came third in the free skate as well, making an error on the side-by-side triple Salchow jumps, finishing third overall, their first ISU Championship medal. Peng commented that "despite the success rate of the triple jump in the training, we want to try that and challenge ourselves, and show what we have done in our training."[11]

Concluding the season at the 2019 World Championships, Peng/Jin placed third in the short program, earning a small bronze medal.[12] They came fifth in the free skate due to Peng underrotating her triple Salchow attempt, and finished fourth overall, off the podium by 1.97 points. Reflecting on the season, Jin observed: " We are satisfied with overall performances. We could pull out what we can. Of course, for some details, there are some areas to improve. The biggest accomplishment this season is to get our names out so that judges recognize us. For next season, we continue to improve our performance."[13]

2019–20 season

Peng/Jin debuted at the 2019 CS U.S. Classic, taking the bronze medal. They then won the 2019 Shanghai Trophy.

On the Grand Prix series, Peng/Jin first competed at 2019 Skate America, placing first in the short program despite Peng stepping out on and underrotating her side-by-side jump.[14] They placed first in the free skate as well, despite a fall on a throw triple loop, taking their first Grand Prix gold medal together. They did not skate in the gala due to the throw jump fall impacting Peng's foot.[15] At their second event, the 2019 Cup of China, Peng/Jin placed narrowly third in the short program after Peng fell on a jump and they had unison issues with their spins.[16] They rose to second place and the silver medal in the free skate.[17]

Qualifying to the Grand Prix Final, Peng/Jin lost their skates on the way there, and were consequently unable to practice for five days, though they were ultimately returned the day before the competition began.[18] They were fifth in the short program following Peng putting her foot down on their throw triple loop. Jin said that Peng's ankle injury from Skate America was "quite stubborn and not becoming better", impacting their training.[19] They skated cleanly in the free skate, narrowly placing first in that segment, and rose to second place overall, winning their second consecutive Final silver medal.[18]

Peng/Jin skated cleanly to place second in the short program at the 2020 Four Continents Championships in Seoul. Jin said they were quite satisfied with their performance, while Peng revealed that sickness and a leg injury had impacted their training after the Grand Prix Final.[20] Second in the free skate as well with only a stepout on a throw triple loop, they won the silver medal behind Sui/Han.[21]

Programs

With Peng
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2019–2020
[22]
2018–2019
[23]
2017–2018
[24]
2016–2017
[25][26]

With Yu
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–16
[27]
2014–15
[28]
  • Everyday I Miss You
    (from Nessun Dorma)
    by Sun Nan
2013–14
[29]
2012–13
[30]
2011–12
[31]
2010–11
[1]
2009–10
[32]
  • The Love of Death
    by Park Sei Joon

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Peng
International[33]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Olympics17th
Worlds9th4th
Four Continents5thWD3rd2nd
GP Final6th2nd2nd
GP Cup of China2nd2nd
GP France5th
GP NHK Trophy2nd2nd
GP Skate America1st
GP Skate Canada5th2nd
CS Asian Open1st
CS Finlandia1st
CS U.S. Classic3rd
Asian Games2nd
Shanghai Trophy2nd1st
National[33]
Chinese Champ.1st2nd1st1st
Team events
World Team
Trophy		5th T
3rd P
T = Team result; P = Personal result.
Medals awarded for team result only.

With Yu
International[34]
Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16
Four Continents3rd
GP Final5th5th
GP Cup of China6th2nd3rd
GP NHK Trophy3rd2nd
GP Skate Canada7th
Universiade1st
International: Junior[34]
Junior Worlds8th*2nd4th1st1st
Youth Olympics1st
JGP Final3rd5th5th1st
JGP Austria3rd2nd4th
JGP Croatia2nd
JGP Czech Rep.1st
JGP Estonia1st
JGP Latvia2nd1st
National[34]
Chinese Champ.6th4th2nd3rd1st3rd1st
Chinese NG7th4th
*Placement removed as China was erroneously allowed one too many entries.

Detailed results

With Peng
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 16 – 22, 2020 2020 World Championships TBD TBD TBD
February – , 2020 Chinese NWG TBD TBD TBD
February 4–9, 2019 2020 Four Continents Championships 2
75.96		 2
137.33		 2
213.29
December 5–8, 2019 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 5
69.67		 1
134.60		 2
204.27
November 8–10, 2019 2019 Cup of China 3
68.50		 2
131.47		 2
199.97
October 18–21, 2019 2019 Skate America 1
72.73		 1
128.16		 1
200.89
October 3–5, 2019 2019 Shanghai Trophy 1
77.12		 1
132.73		 1
209.85
September 17–22, 2019 2019 U.S. Classic 3
67.90		 3
116.14		 3
184.04
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 18–24, 2019 2019 World Championships 3
75.51		 5
140.33		 4
215.84
February 7–10, 2019 2019 Four Continents Championships 3
69.48		 3
135.94		 3
205.42
December 27–30, 2018 2019 Chinese Championships 2
75.07		 1
136.44		 1
211.51
December 7–9, 2018 2018–19 Grand Prix Final 1
75.18		 2
141.21		 2
216.90
November 9–11, 2018 2018 NHK Trophy 2
70.66		 2
136.58		 2
207.24
October 26–28, 2018 2018 Skate Canada International 2
72.00		 4
129.08		 2
201.08
August 1–5, 2018 2018 Asian Open Trophy 1
71.54		 1
134.88		 1
206.42
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 19–25, 2018 2018 World Championships 6
71.98		 10
130.09		 9
202.07
February 9–25, 2018 2018 Winter Olympics 17
62.61		 – 17
November 17–19, 2017 2017 Internationaux de France 5
62.40		 5
125.74		 5
188.14
October 27–29, 2017 2017 Skate Canada International 7
61.55		 5
120.92		 5
182.50
October 6–8, 2017 2017 Finlandia Trophy 1
70.93		 2
127.10		 1
198.03
2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 20–23, 2017 2017 World Team Trophy 2
71.36		 3
133.13		 3
204.49
February 23–26, 2017 2017 Asian Winter Games 2
67.24		 2
129.82		 2
197.06
February 16–19, 2017 2017 Four Continents Championships 7
66.44		 3
136.48		 5
202.92
December 8–11, 2016 2016–17 Grand Prix Final 4
70.84		 6
112.35		 6
183.19
November 25–27, 2016 2016 NHK Trophy 1
73.33		 2
123.54		 2
196.87
November 18–20, 2016 2016 Cup of China 3
69.93		 2
128.03		 2
197.96
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gollark: That was planned but deemed unworkable.
gollark: OH UTTER BEES WHAT
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