Yu Xiaoyu

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Yu Xiaoyu

silver medalist in 2012 Junior Worlds
Personal information
Country represented China
Born (1996-01-02) January 2, 1996[1] or (1998-01-02) January 2, 1998[2] (see also Age controversy below)
Beijing
Home town Beijing
Height 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Partner Jin Yang
Coach Luan Bo
Former coach Yang Ding
Choreographer Marina Zueva
Former 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

Yu Xiaoyu (Chinese: 于小雨; pinyin: Yú Xiǎoyǔ; born in Beijing) is a Chinese female pair skater. With partner Jin Yang, she 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, Yu and Jin's ages became the subject of controversy. Although her ISU bio lists Yu as born on January 2, 1996, a Chinese website suggested she was born on that day in 1998, meaning she was too young to compete in Junior Grand Prix events during the 2010–11 season.[2] Her partner's age also came under scrutiny. His ISU bio states that he was born on May 16, 1994 but the Chinese website suggested he was born on that day in 1989, meaning he was too old to compete in junior events.[2]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2013–2014
[4]
2012–2013
[5]
2011–2012
[6]
  • You Are Not From Here
2010–2011
[1]
2009–2010
[7]
  • The Love of Death
    by Park Sei Joon
  • The Way We Were
    by Marvin Hamlisch

Competitive highlights

(with Jin)

Results[8]
International
Event 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
GP Cup of China 6th
GP Skate Canada 7th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 8th* 2nd 4th
Youth Olympics 1st
JGP Final 3rd 5th 5th 1st
JGP Estonia 1st
JGP Croatia 2nd
JGP Austria 3rd 2nd 4th
JGP Latvia 2nd 1st
JGP Czech Rep. 1st
National
Chinese Champ. 6th 4th 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd
Chinese NG 7th 4th
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix
*Placement removed as China was erroneously allowed one too many entries.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "China eyed over 9 athletes' ages". Associated Press (ESPN). February 14, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Flade, Tatjana (March 7, 2012). "Xiaoyu Yu and Yang Jin on the rise". Golden Skate. 
  4. ↑ "Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 26, 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. 
  7. ↑ "Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 14, 2010. 
  8. ↑ "Competition Results: Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN". International Skating Union. 

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