Zhang Yue (figure skater)

Zhang Yue

Zhang / Wang perform a lift at the 2008-2009 Junior Grand Prix Final.
Personal information
Full name Zhang Yue
Country represented  China
Born January 27, 1993
Qiqihar, Heilongjiang
Residence Beijing
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Partner Wang Lei
Coach Yao Bin,
Yu Sun
Former coach Xiao Peng
Choreographer Liu Wei
Skating club Qiqihar Winter Sport Centre
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 147.89
2009 JGP Germany
Short program 51.22
2008 World Juniors
Free skate 97.69
2009 JGP Germany
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Yue (simplified Chinese: 张悦; traditional Chinese: 張悅; pinyin: Zhāng Yuè; born January 27, 1993 in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese pair skater. With partner Wang Lei, she is the 2009 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and 2008 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist.

Career

Zhang / Wang teamed up in 2006.[1] They began competing together in the 2007-2008 season. They won two bronze medals on the 2007–2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit and qualified for the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final. They made their senior Grand Prix debut at the 2007 Cup of China.

Although they placed eighth on the day, they were later moved up a spot to a seventh-place finish at the 2007–2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final following the retroactive disqualification of first-place-finishers Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov due to a positive doping sample from Larionov.

They finished their season at the 2008 World Junior Championships where they helped China earn three pairs spots to the 2009 event.

Programs

(with Wang)

Season Short program Free skating
2011–2012
[2]
  • Singin' in the Rain Suite
  • Singin' in the Rain (soundtrack)
2010–2011
[3]
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
    by Sergei Rachmaninov
2009–2010
[4]
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
    by Sergei Rachmaninov
  • Coppelia
    by Leon Delibes
2008–2009
[5]
  • Coppelia
    by Leon Delibes
2007–2008
[6]
  • Sailor's Hornpipe
  • Anchor's Away
  • A Life on the Ocean Wave
  • What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor
  • Coppelia
    by Leon Delibes

Competitive highlights

(with Wang Lei)

Results[7]
International
Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
Worlds 16th 13th
Four Continents 6th 9th 9th
GP Cup of China 4th 5th
GP Skate America 8th
GP NHK Trophy 8th
Universiade 3rd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 7th 8th
JGP Final 7th 2nd 3rd
JGP Belarus 3rd 2nd
JGP Estonia 3rd
JGP Germany 2nd
JGP Great Britain 3rd
JGP Mexico 5th
National
Chinese Champ. 6th 2nd 3rd 3rd
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

References

  1. ↑ "Rising ice skating stars leading youth movement". People's Daily Online. October 19, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 8, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 22, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 9, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Competition Results: Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG". International Skating Union.

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