Tzu-Han Ting

Tzu-Han Ting (Chinese: 丁子涵; pinyin: Dīng Zǐhán; born February 21, 2006) is a Taiwanese figure skater. She is a three-time Taiwanese junior national champion (2019–21). She finished 17th at the 2020 World Junior Championships.

Tzu-Han Ting
Ting at the 2020 World Junior Championships
Personal information
Native name	丁子涵
Full name	Tzu-Han Ting
Alternative names	Ding Zihan
Country represented	Chinese Taipei
Born	(2006-02-21) February 21, 2006 Taipei, Taiwan
Home town	Taipei
Residence	Taipei
Height	1.48 m (4 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)
Coach	Kuo-Wen Chen
Choreographer	Joey Russell
Training locations	Taipei, Taiwan Toronto, Canada
Began skating	2013
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	149.04 2020 Junior Worlds
Short program	56.27 2019 JGP Poland
Free skate	98.07 2020 Junior Worlds

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ting.

Personal life

Tzu-Han Ting was born on February 21, 2006 in Taipei, Taiwan. Her parents fund all of her career expenses, with the help of donations from friends and local sponsorships.[1] Ting attends a local school and had the fourth-best grades in her class in 2019.[2] She enjoys DIY crafts, cooking, and baking.[3] Ting admires Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu as her future goal and especially likes his "Hope and Legacy" free skating program.[4]

Career

Early career

Ting initially started out learning inline skating, before a coach believed that she had potential and encouraged her to try figure skating.[4] She began skating at age 6.5 years, after she did not fall like other beginners during her first lessons.[4] Ting won the 2016 Taiwanese Championships in the intermediate division, the 2017 and 2018 Taiwanese Championships in the advanced novice division, and the 2019 Taiwanese Championships in the junior division.[5]

On the international level, Ting is the 2016 Asian Open Trophy basic novice A bronze medalist, the 2017–18 Southeast Asian Figure Skating Open Challenge advanced novice champion, the 2018 Rooster Cup advanced novice champion, and the 2019 Oceania International Novice champion.[5][6][2] At the 2017 edition of the Asian Open Trophy, she was the youngest competitor in the advanced novice division, at only 11 years old.[7]

2019–2020 season

Ting began working in Canada at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club with Joey Russell, in addition to training with her current coach Kuo-Wen Chen in Taipei.[2] She won the 2020 Taiwanese junior title in early August by nearly 40 points over Mandy Chiang and Marissa Yi-Shan Wu.[8] Ting then won the 2019 Tokyo Summer Figure Skating Competition.[9]

Ting made her junior international debut on the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix, originally being assigned to 2019 JGP Poland and 2019 JGP Italy.[10] She placed 11th in Poland and later withdrew from Italy. Ting placed fifth in Junior Ladies I at the 2020 Bavarian Open in February. She qualified to the free skating segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, ultimately finishing 17th overall.[11]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2019–2020 [3]	Corpse Bride by Danny Elfman choreo. by Joey Russell	Finding Neverland by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek choreo. by Joey Russell
2018–2019 [4]	Harry Potter by John Williams	The Cat Returns by Yuji Nomi

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International: Junior[12]
Event	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21
Junior Worlds					17th
JGP Italy					WD
JGP Poland					11th
Bavarian Open					5th^1
International: Advanced novice[5][6]
Asian Open Trophy			8th	4th
Oceania International				1st
Rooster Cup			1st
National[5][6]
Taiwanese Champ.	1st I	1st N	1st N	1st J	1st J	1st J
^1 Group I; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

Junior results

2020–2021 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
August 2–3, 2020	2020–21 Taiwanese Championships	1 45.97	1 96.57	1 142.54
2019–2020 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 2–8, 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	22 50.97	14 98.07	17 149.04
February 3–9, 2020	2020 Bavarian Open	4 53.62	5 96.53	5 150.15
September 18–21, 2019	2019 JGP Poland	10 56.27	13 90.08	11 146.35
August 23–25, 2019	2019 Tokyo Summer Competition	2 50.43	1 94.96	1 145.39
August 2–3, 2019	2019–20 Taiwanese Championships	1 48.22	1 96.36	1 144.58

References

1. Chen, Sisy (April 21, 2018). "她的中文名字叫丁子涵，滑冰成績已經是11-13歳級的世界紀錄。" [Her Chinese name is Ding Zihan, and her skating performance is already world-level for an 11-13 year-old.] (Facebook) (in Chinese). Sisy's World News.
2. Jin, Maoxun (May 20, 2019). "丁子涵大洋洲花滑國際賽奪金　目標瞄準2022冬季奧運-風傳媒" [Ding Zihan won the gold medal in the Oceania International Skating International Competition, aiming at the 2022 Winter Olympics] (in Chinese). Storm Media Group.
3. "Tzu-Han TING". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 6, 2020.
4. Zeng, Yixuan (April 23, 2018). "台灣花滑少女新星丁子涵 在法出賽奪冠" [Ding Zihan, Taiwan's rising ladies figure skating star, won the championship in France] (in Chinese). Central News Agency.
5. "Tzu-Han Ting". Stats on Ice.
6. "Tzu Han Ting". Stats on Ice.
7. Cai, Yiting (April 22, 2018). "台灣新星揚威 丁子涵法國國際花式滑冰賽摘后冠" [Taiwan's rising star Ding Zihan won the championship at a French international figure skating competition] (in Chinese). Business Today Taiwan.
8. "2019 TPE National Figure Skating Championships: Junior Ladies". Chinese Taipei Skating Union. August 6, 2019.
9. "2019 東京夏季フィギュアスケート競技大会" [2019 Tokyo Summer Figure Skating Competition]. Japan Skating Federation. August 25, 2019.
10. "2019年ISU花式滑冰青年大獎賽(JGP)-國手及參賽站別選派名單" [2019 ISU Figure Skating Junior Grand Prix (JGP) – List of national athletes and participating events] (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Skating Union. August 27, 2019.
11. "2020年世界青年花式滑冰錦標賽女子個人組第十七名-丁子涵選手" [17th place in the Ladies' Category of the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships – Ding Zihan] (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Skating Union. March 9, 2020.
12. "Tzu-Han TING: Competition Results". International Skating Union.

External links

• Tzu-Han TING at the International Skating Union
• Tzu-Han Ting on Instagram