Xie Zhong

Xie Zhong
Personal information
Country represented China
Born (1998-09-19) September 19, 1998
Harbin, China
Residence Beijing, China
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Partner Gao Yumeng
Former partner Zhao Ying, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Mingyang, Wang Wen
Coach Zhao Hongbo
Former coach Luan Bo, Song Lun, Li Yanwei
Choreographer Elvin Wong
Skating club China Youth Team
Former skating club Harbin Winter Sports Training Centre
Training locations Beijing
Former training locations Harbin
Began skating 2003
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 161.09
2017 Junior Worlds
Short program 59.97
2017 Junior Worlds
Free skate 101.12
2017 Junior Worlds
Medal record
Figure skating: Pairs
Representing  China
(with Gao Yumeng)
World Junior Championships
2017 Taipei Pairs

Xie Zhong (Chinese: 解众; born September 19, 1998) is a Chinese pair skater. With his skating partner, Gao Yumeng, he is the 2017 World Junior bronze medalist and 2017 Chinese national bronze medalist on the senior level.

Early career

Xie began learning to skate in 2003.[1] Following a partnership with Wang Wen, he teamed up with Zhang Mingyang. The two competed on the 2013 Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series, placing fourth in August in Riga, Latvia.

Xie placed fifth skating with Zhang Ziyi at the Chinese Championships in December 2014.

2015–2016 season

During the 2015–2016 season, Xie skated in partnership with Zhao Ying. They appeared at two 2015 JGP events, placing 8th in August in Riga, Latvia, and 7th the following month in Linz, Austria. Competing on the senior level, the pair won the bronze medal at the Chinese Championships in December. They placed 5th at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, held in February in Hamar, Norway.

Zhao/Xie were assigned to the 2016 World Junior Championships but withdrew a couple of weeks before the start of the event.[2] The pair was coached by Luan Bo, Song Lun, and Li Yanwei in Harbin, China.[3]

Partnership with Gao Yumeng

Xie and Gao Yumeng are coached by Zhao Hongbo in Beijing.[1]

2016–2017 season

Making their international debut as a pair, Gao/Xie placed 5th at a Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in early September 2016 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. They had the same result at their second JGP assignment, in Saransk, Russia. In December, they won the bronze medal competing as seniors at the Chinese Championships.

In March 2017, Gao/Xie won the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Taipei, having ranked second in the short program and third in the free skate.

Programs

With Gao Yumeng

Season Short program Free skating
2016–2017
[1]

With Zhao Ying

Season Short program Free skating
2015–2016
[3]

With Zhang Mingyang

Season Short program Free skating
2013–2014
[4]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Gao Yumeng

International[5]
Event 2016–17
World Junior Championships 3rd
JGP Czech Republic 5th
JGP Russia 5th
National[5]
Chinese Championships 3rd

Earlier partnerships

International[6][7]
Event 2013–14
(Zhang Mingyang)		 2014–15
(Zhang Ziyi)		 2015–16
(Zhao Ying)
World Junior Champ. WD
Winter Youth Olympics 5th
JGP Austria 7th
JGP Latvia 4th 8th
National
Chinese Championships 5th 3rd
Team events
Winter Youth Olympics 5th T
4th P
WD= Withdrew; T = Team result; P = Personal result
Medals awarded for team result only.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Yumeng GAO / Zhong XIE: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Entries: Pairs". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Ying ZHAO / Zhong XIE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Mingyang ZHANG / Zhong XIE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Competition Results: Yumeng GAO / Zhong XIE". International Skating Union.
  6. ↑ "Competition Results: Mingyang ZHANG / Zhong XIE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Competition Results: Ying ZHAO / Zhong XIE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 4, 2016.
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