Zhang Min
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Personal Info | ||
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Country: | People's Republic of China | |
Height: | 176 cm | |
Coach: | Gao Haijun | |
Skating Club: | Qiqihar Skating Club | |
ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
Short + Free Total: | 196.27 | 2006 Winter Olympics |
Short Program: | 67.55 | Skate America 2003 |
Free Skate: | 128.88 | 2006 Winter Olympics |
Zhang Min (born March 24, 1976 in Qiqihar, China) is a Chinese figure skater. He has won several national titles and several medals at the Four Continents Championships, and competed in the Winter Olympics three times.
Zhang is a very strong jumper. He is the first skater to land a clean quadruple toe loop in the short program at an ISU Championship (1999 Four Continents). He has also landed quadruple salchows in competition. At the 2006 World Championships, the day before his 30th birthday, he landed a quadruple toe loop/triple toe loop combination and a quadruple salchow in his free skate.
His idol in skating is Elvis Stojko.
[edit] Competitive highlights
- Olympics - 20th
- Four Continents Championships - 4th
- Four Continents Championships - 3rd
- Four Continents Championships - 5th
- World Championships - 15th
- Olympics - 16th
- World Championships - 9th
- Four Continents Championships - 2nd
- World Championships - 11th
- World Championships - 7th
- Four Continents Championships - 9th
- World Championships - 16th
- Olympics - 10th
- World Championships - 15th