Cha Jun-hwan

Cha Jun-hwan

Cha in 2015
Personal information
Native name 차준환
Country represented South Korea South Korea
Born (2001-10-21) October 21, 2001
Seoul, South Korea
Home town Seoul
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Coach Brian Orser
Former coach Shin Hea-sook
Choreographer David Wilson
Jeffrey Buttle
Former choreographer Kenji Miyamoto
Cindy Stuart
Joey Russell
Shin Yea-ji
Skating club Korea National Training Center
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club
Training locations Toronto
Former training locations Seoul
Began skating 2009
World standing 75 (As of 17 December 2016)[1]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 242.45
2017 Junior Worlds
Short program 82.34
2017 Junior Worlds
Free skate 160.13
2016 JGP Japan
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Figure skating: Men's singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
2016–17 Marseille Men' singles

Cha Jun-hwan (Hangul:차준환) (born October 21, 2001) is a South Korean figure skater. He is the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, 2017 South Korean national champion, and a two-time (2012, 2013) South Korean national junior champion. He placed 5th at the 2016 Youth Olympics, 7th at the 2016 World Junior Championships and 5th at the 2017 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Cha was born on October 21, 2001 in Seoul.[2] He has worked as a child actor, model, and ballet dancer.[3][4] His brother is four years older.[5]

Career

Cha began skating at the age of seven,[6] during a school excursion.[5] His first coach was Shin Hea-sook.[4] His skating idols were Evgeni Plushenko and Daisuke Takahashi.[7]

Early career

Cha placed fourth as a junior skater at the 2011 South Korean Championships. In 2012, he won the junior level at the South Korean Championships. In the 2012–13 season, he took the novice gold medal at the Asian Trophy and repeated as the junior champion at the South Korean Championships. At the 2014 Korean Championships, he placed fifth at the senior level. This was his first senior experience at national championships.

During the 2014–15 season, Cha won the novice gold medal at the Merano Cup and the senior bronze medal at the South Korean Championships. In March 2015, he began training in Toronto under Brian Orser to improve his jumps, including the triple Axel and quads.[8]

2015–16 season: Junior international debut

Making his junior international debut, Cha won gold at the 2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic by over 30 points. Competing with an ear infection at the 2016 South Korean Championships, he repeated as the senior national bronze medalist.[9] In February, he represented South Korea at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, placing 4th in the short program, 5th in the free skating, and 5th overall. In March, Cha competed in Debrecen, Hungary at the 2016 World Junior Championships, placing 7th in the short program, 6th in the free skating, and 7th overall.

2016–17 season

In the 2016–17 season, Cha made his Junior Grand Prix debut at the JGP Japan. He performed a clean short program except for his flying camel spin, which got a level 2. He received 79.34 points, which put him in second place. In the Free program, he skated clean except for an under-rotation on his triple Salchow. He was the last skater in the free skate, placing first by scoring another personal best of 160.13 points, and set a new world record of 239.47 points for junior men's combined total score.

Cha won his first national title in January 2017, at the South Korean Championships.[10][11]

Records and achievements

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2017–2018
[12]
    2016–2017
    [2][13]
    2015–2016
    [14]
    2014–2015
    2013–2014
    2012–2013
    • Gopher Mambo
      by Yma Sumac
      choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
    2011–2012
    • St. Louis Blues Mambo
      by Pérez Prado
      choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
    • Piano Concerto No. 2
      by Sergei Rachmaninoff
      choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
    2010–2011
    • Strictly Ballroom
      by David Hirschfelder
      choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
    2009–2010

    Competitive highlights

    Cha at the 2016–17 JGP Final
    International[15]
    Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
    GP Skate America TBD
    GP Skate Canada TBD
    International: Junior, Novice[15]
    Youth Olympics 5th
    Junior Worlds 7th 5th
    JGP Final 3rd
    JGP Germany 1st
    JGP Japan 1st
    Autumn Classic 1st J
    Asian Trophy 1st N
    Merano Cup 1st N
    National[15]
    South Korean 4th J 1st J 1st J 5th 3rd 3rd 1st
    Team events
    Youth Olympics 6th T
    3rd P
    TBD = Assigned
    Levels: J = Junior; N = Novice
    T = Team result; P = Personal result

    Detailed results

    Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.

    2016–17 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    March 15–19, 2017 2017 World Junior Championships Junior 2
    82.34    		 6
    160.11    		 5
    242.45
    January 6–8, 2017 2017 South Korean Championships Senior 1
    81.83    		 1
    157.24    		 1
    238.07
    December 8–11, 2016 2016–17 JGP Final Junior 4
    71.84    		 3
    153.70    		 3
    225.55
    October 5–9, 2016 2016 JGP Germany Junior 1
    76.82    		 1
    143.72    		 1
    220.54
    September 8–11, 2016 2016 JGP Japan Junior 2
    79.34    		 1
    160.13    		 1
    239.47
    2015–16 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    March 14–20, 2016 2016 World Junior Championships Junior 7
    74.38    		 6
    132.73    		 7
    207.11
    February 12–21, 2016 2016 Youth Olympics - team event Junior -
    -    		 3
    139.97    		 6
    February 12–21, 2016 2016 Youth Olympics Junior 4
    68.76    		 5
    130.14    		 5
    198.90
    January 8–10, 2016 2016 South Korean Championships Senior 4
    58.60    		 3
    131.38    		 3
    189.98
    October 12–15, 2015 2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic Junior 1
    65.48    		 1
    132.96    		 1
    198.44
    2014–15 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    January 5–9, 2015 2015 South Korean Championships Senior 4
    58.28    		 3
    122.85    		 3
    181.13
    November 14–16, 2014 2014 Merano Cup Novice 1
    46.16    		 1
    88.68    		 1
    134.84
    2013–14 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    January 3–5, 2014 2014 South Korean Championships Senior 5
    60.44    		 3
    123.94    		 5
    184.38
    2012–13 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    January 2–6, 2013 2013 South Korean Championships Junior 1
    50.67    		 1
    100.07    		 1
    150.74
    August 7–12, 2012 2012 Asian Trophy Novice 2
    36.15    		 1
    79.01    		 1
    115.16
    2011–12 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    January 4–8, 2012 2012 South Korean Championships Junior 1
    46.26    		 1
    86.95    		 1
    133.21
    2010–11 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    January 12–16, 2011 2011 South Korean Championships Junior 3
    37.16    		 4
    70.65    		 4
    107.81

    References

    1. ↑ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Men". International Skating Union. December 17, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
    2. 1 2 "Jun Hwan CHA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
    3. ↑ "국내 男피겨 ‘역대 최고점’ 차준환 "연기활동 위해 배운건데…"" [Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan] (in Korean). news.donga.com. December 8, 2015.
    4. 1 2 "피겨 프린스 차준환, 내일은 피겨왕!" [Figure skating prince Cha Jun-hwan] (in Korean). ohmynews.com. July 21, 2011. Archived from the original on February 20, 2016.
    5. 1 2 "Featured Interview: Jun Hwan Cha (KOR)". International Skating Union. 14 March 2017. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017.
    6. ↑ "4대륙 피겨 특집 평창 피겨 팀, 2018년에는 '드림팀' 꿈꾼다" [2018 dream team] (in Korean). spotvnews.co.kr. February 3, 2015.
    7. ↑ "차준환 "다카하시 다이스케 닮고 싶다"" [Cha Jun-hwan: "I want to be like Daisuke Takahashi"] (in Korean). donga.com. January 5, 2013.
    8. ↑ "Figure skater Cha Joon-hwan emerges as Male Kim Yu-na". English Donga. December 9, 2015.
    9. ↑ "이준형, '男 피겨 역대 최고점' 종합선수권 2연패" [Lee June-hyoung's second straight title] (in Korean). joynews.inews24.com. January 10, 2016.
    10. ↑ "Olympic figure skating hopeful claims 1st nat'l title". Yonhap News Agency. January 8, 2017. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017.
    11. ↑ Baek, Byung-yeul (January 8, 2017). "Teenage figure skater Cha Jun-hwan wins nat'l championship". Korea Times. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017.
    12. ↑ 서, 대원 (June 9, 2017). "차준환, 새 시즌 프로그램 공개…새로운 변화 시도". SBS.
    13. ↑ Xiong, Wei (September 18, 2016). "Jun-Hwan Cha off to strong start". Golden Skate.
    14. ↑ "Jun Hwan CHA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
    15. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Jun Hwan CHA". International Skating Union.

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