Jin Yang

Jin Yang
silver medalist in 2012 Junior Worlds
Personal information
Country represented	China
Born	(1994-05-16) May 16, 1994[1] or (1989-05-16) May 16, 1989[2] (see also Age controversy below) Harbin
Home town	Beijing
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Partner	Yu Xiaoyu
Coach	Luan Bo
Former coach	Yang Ding
Choreographer	Helen Zhang Wei
Skating club	Beijing Century Star FSC
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	173.58 2013 JGP Estonia
Short program	62.25 2013 JGP Estonia
Free skate	112.76 2012 World Junior
Medal record Competitor for  China Pairs' Figure skating Winter Youth Olympics Gold 2012 Innsbruck Pairs World Junior Championships Silver 2012 Minsk Pairs Junior Grand Prix Final Gold 2013–2014 Fukuoka Pairs Bronze 2010–2011 Beijing Pairs

Jin Yang (simplified Chinese: 金扬; traditional Chinese: 金揚; pinyin: Jīn Yáng; born in Harbin) is a Chinese male pair skater. With partner Yu Xiaoyu, he is the 2012 Junior World silver medalist, 2010–2011 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, 2010 JGP Cup of Austria champion and 2010 Chinese national silver medalist.

Career

Yu and Jin were paired together by their coaches in 2009.^[3] They do on- an off-ice training from eight in the morning to five in the afternoon with a break in the middle.^[3]

Yu and 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.

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).^[3] They finished 7th at the 2011 Skate Canada and 6th at the 2011 Cup of China. They then won the bronze medal at their national championships. Yu and Jin competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships and won the silver medal.

In the 2012-13 season, Yu and Jin finished 4th in JGP Austria and 2nd in JGP Croatia in their JGP Events. They finished 5th at the JGP Final. Yu and Jin Then competed at the 2013 World Junior Championships and finished 4th.

In the 2013-14 season, Yu and Jin 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.

Age controversy

In February 2011, Jin and his partner's ages became the subject of controversy. Although his ISU bio lists Jin as born on May 16, 1994, a Chinese website suggested he was born on that day in 1989, meaning he was too old to compete in Junior Grand Prix events during the 2010–11 season.^[2] His partner's age also came under scrutiny. Her ISU bio states that she was born on January 2, 1996 but the Chinese website suggested she was born on that day in 1998, meaning she was too young to compete in junior events.^[2]

Programs

Competitive highlights

(with Yu)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jin Yang.

• Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN at the International Skating Union