Ting Tzu-Han or Anna Tzu-Han Ting (Chinese: 丁子涵; pinyin: Dīng Zǐhán; born February 21, 2006) is a Taiwanese figure skater. She is the 2022 Nordic silver medalist, the 2023 Asian Open Trophy silver medalist, the 2022 Asian Open Trophy bronze medalist, and a three-time Taiwanese national champion (2022–24).
| Ting Tzu-Han | |
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 Ting at the 2024 World Championships | |
| Full name | Ting Tzu-Han |
| Native name | 丁子涵 |
| Other names | Ding Zihan Anna Tzu-Han Ting |
| Born | February 21, 2006 Taipei, Taiwan |
| Hometown | Taipei |
| Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Chinese Taipei |
| Coach | Chen Kuo-Wen Joey Russell |
| Began skating | 2013 |
She has represented Taiwan at the World Junior Championships, Four Continents Championships, and World Championships.
Personal life edit
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 edit
Early career edit
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 edit
Ting began working in Canada at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club with Joey Russell, in addition to training with her current coach Chen Kuo-Wen 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. In February, Ting placed fifth in Junior Ladies I at the 2020 Bavarian Open. She qualified to the free skating segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, ultimately finishing 17th overall.[11]
2020–2021 season edit
Ting won her third consecutive junior national title at the 2021 Taiwanese Championships in August. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix, where she would have competed, was canceled. Ting won the 2021 Chinese Taipei Figure Skating Elites Cup in the senior division.[12]
2021–2022 season edit
Ting was assigned to compete at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to attempt to qualify a berth for Taiwan at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She placed tenth at the event with new personal bests in both the free skate and total score, resulting in Taiwan being the third reserve for the Olympics. She finished the fall season with a fourth place at the 2021 Asian Open and gold at the Taiwanese championships. Assigned to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, she finished fifteenth. Ting concluded the season by making her World Championship debut, coming in twenty-sixth position.[13]
2022–2023 season edit
In her season debut, Ting placed eighth at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy, before coming fourth at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. She went on to win a bronze medal at the 2022 Asian Open Trophy, and win a second consecutive Taiwanese national title. She finished thirteenth at the 2023 Four Continents Championships.[13]
2023–2024 season edit
Ting began the season by winning the silver medal at the 2023 Asian Open Trophy, behind An Xiangyi of China. She then finished tenth at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy.[13]
After winning another Taiwanese national title, Ting came tenth at the 2024 Four Continents Championships.[14] In her second appearance at the World Championships, she finished twenty-second.[13]
Programs edit
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2023–2024 [15] |
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| 2022–2023 [16] |
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| 2020–2022 [17] |
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| 2019–2020 [3] |
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| 2018–2019 [4] |
Competitive highlights edit
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[13] | ||||||
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| Event | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 |
| Worlds | 26th | 22nd | ||||
| Four Continents | 15th | 13th | 10th | |||
| CS Finlandia | 10th | |||||
| CS Lombardia | 8th | |||||
| CS Nebelhorn | 10th | 4th | ||||
| Asian Open | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | |||
| Bosphorus Cup | 1st | |||||
| Nordics | 2nd | |||||
| Sofia Trophy | 5th | |||||
| International: Junior[13] | ||||||
| Junior Worlds | 17th | |||||
| JGP Poland | 11th | |||||
| Bavarian Open | 5th1 | |||||
| National[5][6] | ||||||
| Taiwan Champ. | 1st J | 1st J | 1st J | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| 1 Group I; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew J = Junior | ||||||
Detailed results edit
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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| Total | TSS | 171.87 | 2024 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships |
| Short program | TSS | 59.17 | 2024 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships |
| TES | 33.01 | 2019 JGP Poland | |
| PCS | 28.03 | 2024 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships | |
| Free skating | TSS | 112.70 | 2024 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships |
| TES | 60.17 | 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | |
| PCS | 54.92 | 2024 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships |
Senior results edit
| 2023–2024 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
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| March 18–24, 2024 | 2024 World Championships | 22 56.32 |
22 101.51 |
22 157.83 |
| Jan. 30 – Feb. 4, 2024 | 2024 Four Continents Championships | 10 59.17 |
10 112.70 |
10 171.87 |
| Nov. 27 – Dec. 3, 2023 | Bosphorus Cup | 1 63.72 |
3 101.01 |
1 165.53 |
| October 4–8, 2023 | 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy | 12 52.16 |
9 100.09 |
10 152.25 |
| August 16–19, 2023 | 2023 Asian Open Trophy | 2 54.85 |
4 91.42 |
2 146.27 |
| 2022–2023 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 7–12, 2023 | 2023 Four Continents Championships | 17 45.19 |
13 95.32 |
13 140.51 |
| December 7–10, 2022 | 2022 Asian Open Trophy | 2 48.48 |
3 87.92 |
3 136.40 |
| September 21–24, 2022 | 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 11 49.92 |
4 112.50 |
4 162.42 |
| September 16–18, 2022 | 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy | 9 53.22 |
8 103.13 |
8 156.35 |
| 2021–2022 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 21–27, 2022 | 2022 World Championships | 26 55.24 |
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26 55.24 |
| January 18–23, 2022 | 2022 Four Continents Championships | 17 49.15 |
14 96.42 |
15 145.57 |
| October 13–17, 2021 | 2021 Asian Open Trophy | 8 51.84 |
3 103.19 |
4 155.03 |
| September 22–25, 2021 | 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 13 51.33 |
8 105.88 |
10 157.21 |
Junior results edit
| 2020–2021 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
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| 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 edit
- ^ 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 Ting Tzu-Han, and her skating performance is already world-level for an 11-13 year-old.] (Facebook) (in Chinese). Sisy's World News.
- ^ a b c 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" [Ting Tzu-Han won the gold medal in the Oceania International Skating International Competition, aiming at the 2022 Winter Olympics] (in Chinese). Storm Media Group.
- ^ a b "Tzu-Han TING: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 6, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Zeng, Yixuan (April 23, 2018). "台灣花滑少女新星丁子涵 在法出賽奪冠" [Ting Tzu-Han, Taiwan's rising ladies figure skating star, won the championship in France] (in Chinese). Central News Agency.
- ^ a b c "Tzu-Han Ting". Stats on Ice.
- ^ a b "Tzu Han Ting". Stats on Ice.
- ^ 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 Ting Tzu-Han won the championship at a French international figure skating competition] (in Chinese). Business Today Taiwan.
- ^ "2019 TPE National Figure Skating Championships: Junior Ladies". Chinese Taipei Skating Union. August 6, 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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 – Ting Tzu-Han] (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Skating Union. March 9, 2020.
- ^ "2021 Chinese Taipei Figure Skating Elites Cup results".
- ^ a b c d e f "Tzu-Han TING: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ Slater, Paula (February 2, 2024). "Mone Chiba commands Women at 2024 Four Continents". Golden Skate. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
- ^ "Tzu-Han TING: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
- ^ "Tzu-Han TING: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 11, 2023.
- ^ "Tzu-Han TING: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 25, 2021.
- ^ "TPE-Tzu-Han TING". Skating Scores.