Karen Chen

Karen Chen
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born August 16, 1999
Fremont, California
Home town Fremont, California
Height 1.47 m (4 ft 10 in)
Coach Tammy Gambill
Former coach Gilley Nicholson, Sherri Krahne-Thomas
Choreographer Justin Dillon, Cindy Stuart
Former choreographer Mark Pillay
Skating club Peninsula FSC San Jose
Training locations Riverside, California
Began skating 2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 179.08
2013 JGP Slovakia
Short program 64.46
2013 JGP Slovakia
Free skate 114.62
2013 JGP Slovakia
Karen Chen
Traditional Chinese 陳楷雯
Simplified Chinese 陈楷雯

Karen Chen (born August 16, 1999) is an American figure skater. She is the 2013 JGP Slovakia champion and the 2015 U.S. national bronze medalist.

Personal life

Karen Chen was born in Fremont, California.[1] Her parents moved to the U.S. from Taipei, Taiwan.[2][3] She has a younger brother, Jeffrey.[3] She is studying at home through Connections Academy.[3]

Career

Chen won gold on the national intermediate level in 2011 and then gold competing as a novice in 2012. The following season, she competed on the junior level at the 2013 U.S. Championships, placing fourth. She made her international debut at the 2013 Gardena Spring Trophy where she won gold on the novice level.

In the 2013–14 season, Chen received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments. She won bronze in Riga, Latvia, followed by gold in Košice, Slovakia, and qualified for the JGP Final.[4] While practicing a triple Lutz,[5] she sustained a type three tibia fracture in her right ankle.[2][6] The injury led her to withdraw from the JGP Final. Chen spent four weeks on crutches and resumed training in mid-December.[5] She withdrew from the junior event at the 2014 U.S. Championships after placing fifth in the short program.[6] At the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, she placed sixth in the short program, ninth in the free skate, and ninth overall.

For 2014-2015 season, Chen was assigned to compete at Czech Skate and Croatia Cup where she won bronze[7] and silver[8] respectively. Chen made her debut at the senior circuit at the 2015 U.S Championships where she placed third overall behind Ashley Wagner and Gracie Gold.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2014–2015
[2][9]
  • Requiem for a Tower
    performed by Escala
  • Requiem for a Dream
    by Clint Mansell
    choreo. by Justin Dillon, Cindy Stuart
  • The Godfather Suite
    by Nino Rota, Drew Tretick
    choreo. by Justin Dillon, Cindy Stuart
    2013–2014
    [10]
    2012–2013
    [1]
    2011–2012
    [1]
    • Butterfly Dance

    Competitive highlights

    JGP: Junior Grand Prix

    International[11]
    Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
    Junior Worlds 9th 8th
    JGP Final WD
    JGP Croatia 2nd
    JGP Czech Rep. 3rd
    JGP Latvia 3rd
    JGP Slovakia 1st
    Gardena 1st N.
    National[1]
    U.S. Champ. 1st N. 4th J. WD 3rd
    U.S. Jr. Champ. 4th Jv. 1st I.
    Pacific Coast 1st N. 2nd J. 1st
    Central Pacific 1st Jv. 1st I. 1st N.
    TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
    Levels: Jv. = Juvenile; I. = Intermediate; N. = Novice; J. = Junior

    Detailed results

    2014–2015 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    March 2–8, 2015 2015 World Junior Championships Junior 12
    51.64    		 8
    105.66    		 8
    157.30
    January 18–25, 2015 2015 U.S. Championships Senior 6
    64.66    		 3
    135.13    		 3
    199.79
    November 18-22, 2014 2015 Pacific Coast Senior 2
    54.83     		1
    116.75     		1
    171.58
    October 8–12, 2014 2014 Junior Grand Prix, Crotia Junior 1
    62.71     		3
    106.70     		2
    169.41
    September 3–7, 2014 2014 Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic Junior 1
    60.68    		 4
    100.27    		 1
    160.95

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Karen Chen". IceNetwork.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Slater, Paula (September 19, 2014). "Chen brings home third consecutive JGP medal". Golden Skate.
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Rosewater, Amy (August 12, 2013). "The next big thing? Precocious Chen turns heads". IceNetwork.
    4. ↑ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2013/2014: Junior Ladies". International Skating Union.
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rosewater, Amy (January 8, 2014). "Intense preparation pays off for Texan Glenn". IceNetwork.
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rosewater, Amy (January 10, 2014). "Glenn stars in Boston with junior ladies gold". IceNetwork.
    7. ↑ http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00028162.htm
    8. ↑ http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00028158.htm
    9. ↑ "Karen CHEN: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014.
    10. ↑ "Karen CHEN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014.
    11. ↑ "Competition Results: Karen CHEN". International Skating Union.

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