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Jin Yang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Jin.

Jin Yang (Chinese: 金杨; pinyin: Jīn Yáng; Mandarin pronunciation: [tɕín jǎŋ]; born in Harbin) is a Chinese male pair skater. With former 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 and the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Jin Yang
Peng and Jin in 2016
Born (1994-05-16) May 16, 1994 (age 29)[1]
Harbin, China
HometownBeijing
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country China
CoachHongbo Zhao, Bin Yao, Bing Han
Skating clubBeijing Century Star FSC
Medal record
Figure skating: Pairs
Representing  China
(with Peng Cheng)
Four Continents Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Seoul Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Anaheim Pairs
Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 2018–19 Vancouver Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2019–20 Torino Pairs
Asian Winter Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sapporo Pairs
Representing  China
(with Yu Xiaoyu)
Four Continents Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Taipei Pairs
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2015 Granada Pairs
Winter Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2012 Innsbruck Pairs
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sofia Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tallinn Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2012 Minsk Pairs
Junior Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2013–14 Fukuoka Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2010–11 Beijing Pairs
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 edit

Partnership with Yu Xiaoyu edit

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 edit

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. They won the bronze medal at the Junior Grand Prix Final.

2011–12 season edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

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 for 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 edit

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 the short program and free skate to finish in 5th place. They then won 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 successfully defended their Junior World title, winning both segments of the competition.

2015–16 season edit

Yu/Jin were assigned to Cup of China and NHK Trophy. They attempted their first throw quadruple salchow in competition at the 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 edit

2016–17 season edit

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. They won their first national title at the 2017 Chinese Championships.

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 edit

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 edit

With both Sui Wenjing / Han Cong and Yu/Zhang sidelined by injury at the beginning of the season, Peng/Jin were the only 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 the 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 for 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]

They won their second national title at the 2019 Chinese Championships. 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 also came third in the free skate, making an error on the side-by-side triple Salchow jumps, finishing third overall, their first ISU Championship medal. Peng commented, "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. Jin reflected on the season: " 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 edit

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 also placed first in the free skate, despite a fall on a throw triple loop, taking their first Grand Prix gold medal together. They did not skate in the gala because the throw jump fell impacted 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 for the Grand Prix Final, Peng/Jin lost their skates on the way there and consequently could not practice for five days. However, 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. At the same time, 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 step out on a throw triple loop, they won the silver medal behind Sui/Han.[21] They were assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[22]

2020–21 season edit

With the pandemic continuing to affect international travel, the ISU assigned the Grand Prix based mainly on geography, with Peng/Jin being assigned to the 2020 Cup of China. Following withdrawals from some other Chinese teams, including Sui/Han, Peng/Jin won the gold medal by almost 50 points out of the three teams attending.[23]

In March at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, Peng fell at the beginning of the short program, breaking one of the zippers on her dress, but continued the performance and put her hand down on her underrotated jump attempt. They placed fifth in that segment.[24] Peng also made errors on both jumps in the free skate, and they placed sixth in that segment but remained in fifth place overall.[25]

2021–22 season edit

Peng/Jin's first Grand Prix assignment was initially the 2021 Cup of China, but following its cancellation, they were reassigned to the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia.[26] Making their season debut, they placed second in both segments to take the silver medal behind Sui/Han.[27] The Chinese federation opted to withdraw them from their second event, the 2021 Internationaux de France, as a result of which they could not qualify for the Grand Prix Final.[28]

Assigned to the Chinese Olympic team, Peng/Jin began the 2022 Winter Olympics as their country's entry in the pairs free skate segment of the Olympic team event. They were third in the segment despite Peng's multiple jump errors and their final lift exiting early, while the Chinese team finished in fifth place.[29] In the pairs event, Peng/Jin were fifth in the short program.[30] In the free skate, Peng underrotated and stepped out of her triple Salchow attempt, but they placed sixth in the segment and remained fifth overall. Jin said they had been under "great pressure because we had the disappointing score" at the previous Olympics and failed to qualify for the free skate but that they were pleased to have performed well in Beijing.[31]

2022–23 season edit

Peng and Jin were slated to compete at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo and 2022 Grand Prix de France, but withdrew from both events.

In June, it was announced that Peng and Jin had split.[32]

Programs edit

With Peng edit

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2022–2023
[33]
2021–2022
[34]
2020–2021
[35]
2019–2020
[36]
2018–2019
[37]
2017–2018
[38]
2016–2017
[39][40]

With Yu edit

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–16
[41]
2014–15
[42]
2013–14
[43]
2012–13
[44]
2011–12
[45]
2010–11
[1]
2009–10
[46]
  • The Love of Death
    by Park Sei Joon
2008–09 unknown

Competitive highlights edit

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

With Peng edit

International[47]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
Olympics 17th 5th
Worlds 9th 4th C 5th
Four Continents 5th WD 3rd 2nd
GP Final 6th 2nd 2nd
GP Cup of China 2nd 2nd 1st C
GP Finland WD
GP France 5th WD WD
GP Italy 2nd
GP NHK Trophy 2nd 2nd
GP Skate America 1st
GP Skate Canada 5th 2nd
CS Asian Open 1st
CS Finlandia 1st
CS U.S. Classic 3rd
Asian Games 2nd
Shanghai Trophy 2nd 1st
National[47]
Chinese Champ. 1st 2nd 1st 1st
Team events
Olympics 5th T
3rd P
World Team Trophy 5th T
3rd P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

With Yu edit

International[48]
Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16
Four Continents 3rd
GP Final 5th 5th
GP Cup of China 6th 2nd 3rd
GP NHK Trophy 3rd 2nd
GP Skate Canada 7th
Universiade 1st
International: Junior[48]
Junior Worlds 8th* 2nd 4th 1st 1st
Youth Olympics 1st
JGP Final 3rd 5th 5th 1st
JGP Austria 3rd 2nd 4th
JGP Croatia 2nd
JGP Czech Rep. 1st
JGP Estonia 1st
JGP Latvia 2nd 1st
National[48]
Chinese Champ. 6th 4th 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd 1st
Chinese NG 7th 4th
*Placement removed as China was erroneously allowed one too many entries.

Detailed results edit

With Peng edit

2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 18–19, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics 5
76.10 		6
138.74 		5
214.84
February 4–7, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics — Team event — 3
131.75 		5T
November 5–7, 2021 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia 2
76.71 		2
135.15 		2
211.86
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 22–28, 2021 2021 World Championships 5
71.32 		6
129.86 		5
201.18
November 6–8, 2020 2020 Cup of China 1
75.62 		1
148.28 		1
223.90
2019–20 season
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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External links edit

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