Karen Chen

Karen Chen

Chen at the 2014 World Junior Championships
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (1999-08-16) August 16, 1999
Fremont, California
Home town Fremont, California
Height 1.49 m (4 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Coach Tammy Gambill
Former coach Gilley Nicholson, Sherri Krahne-Thomas
Choreographer Jonathan Cassar
Former choreographer Justin Dillon, Cindy Stuart, Mark Pillay
Skating club Peninsula FSC San Jose
Training locations Riverside, California
Began skating 2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 179.39
2016 Cup of China
Short program 64.46
2013 JGP Slovakia
Free skate 121.11
2016 Cup of China
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 a bronze medalist at two ISU Challenger Series events, the 2013 JGP Slovakia champion, and the 2015 U.S. national bronze medalist.

Personal life

Karen Chen was born in Fremont, California.[1][2] Her parents moved to the U.S. from Taiwan.[3][4] She has a younger brother, Jeffrey, who is also a figure skater.[4] She is studying at home through Connections Academy.[4]

Career

Early career

Chen began learning to skate in 2005.[1] She 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.

2013–14 season: Junior international debut

In the 2013–14 season, Chen received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments. She won bronze in Riga, Latvia, followed by gold in Košice, Slovakia, and qualified for the JGP Final.[5] While practicing a triple Lutz,[6] she sustained a type three tibia fracture in her right ankle.[3][7] The injury led her to withdraw from the JGP Final. Chen spent four weeks on crutches and resumed training in mid-December.[6] She withdrew from the junior event at the 2014 U.S. Championships after placing fifth in the short program.[7] At the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, she placed sixth in the short program, ninth in the free skate, and ninth overall.

2014–15 season: First senior national medal

In the 2014–15 JGP series, Chen won bronze at Czech Skate and silver at the Croatia Cup, respectively.[8][9] She was awarded the bronze medal in her senior national debut at the 2015 U.S Championships, behind Ashley Wagner and Gracie Gold.

2015–16 season: Senior international debut

In September 2015, Chen finished fourth at the 2015 U.S. International Classic, an ISU Challenger Series (CS) event and her first senior international. Making her Grand Prix debut, she placed fifth at both the 2015 Skate America and 2015 Cup of China. She won bronze at her second CS assignment, the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb in December, and finished 8th at the 2016 U.S Championships in January.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2016–17
[1][10]
2015–16
[11]
2014–15
[3][12]
  • Requiem for a Tower
    performed by Escala
  • Requiem For a Dream
    arranged and performed by Jennifer Thomas
  • 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
2013–14
[13]
2012–13
[2]
2011–12
[2]
  • The Godfather Suite
    by Nino Rota, Drew Tretick
    choreo. by Justin Dillon, Cindy Stuart
  • Butterfly Dance
2010-11

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[14]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Four Continents 12th
GP Cup of China 5th 7th
GP NHK Trophy 6th
GP Skate America 5th
CS Golden Spin 3rd
CS U.S. Classic 4th 3rd
International: Junior[14]
Junior Worlds 9th 8th
JGP Final WD
JGP Croatia 2nd
JGP Czech Rep. 3rd
JGP Latvia 3rd
JGP Slovakia 1st
Gardena 1st N
National[2]
U.S. Champ. 1st N 4th J WD 3rd 8th
U.S. Jr. Champ. 4th V 1st I
Pacific Coast 1st N 2nd J 1st
Central Pacific 1st V 1st I 1st N
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

Senior career

2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 25–27, 2016 2016 NHK Trophy 7
58.76		 5
119.69		 6
178.45
November 18–20, 2016 2016 Cup of China 9
58.28		 5
121.11		 7
179.39
September 14–18, 2016 2016 CS U.S. Classic 6
51.50		 3
110.58		 3
162.08
2015–16 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 16–21, 2016 2016 Four Continents Championships 12
53.55		 10
107.97		 12
161.52
January 16–24, 2016 2016 U.S. Championships 12
54.86		 8
113.89		 8
168.75
December 3–5, 2015 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb 4
56.82		 3
118.53		 3
175.35
November 5–8, 2015 2015 Cup of China 7
58.30		 5
117.63		 5
175.93
October 23–25, 2015 2015 Skate America 4
62.28		 6
110.26		 5
172.54
September 16–20, 2015 2015 U.S. Classic 3
60.94		 5
98.24		 4
159.18

Junior career

2014–15 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, Croatia 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		 3
160.95

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Karen CHEN: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 23, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Karen Chen". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016.
    • "Earlier version". Archived from the original on April 21, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Slater, Paula (September 19, 2014). "Chen brings home third consecutive JGP medal". Golden Skate.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Rosewater, Amy (August 12, 2013). "The next big thing? Precocious Chen turns heads". IceNetwork.com.
  5. ↑ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2013/2014: Junior Ladies". International Skating Union.
  6. 1 2 Rosewater, Amy (January 8, 2014). "Intense preparation pays off for Texan Glenn". IceNetwork.com.
  7. 1 2 Rosewater, Amy (January 10, 2014). "Glenn stars in Boston with junior ladies gold". IceNetwork.com.
  8. ↑ "Entry/Resultlist". Isuresults.com. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  9. ↑ "Entry/Resultlist". Isuresults.com. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  10. ↑ Rutherford, Lynn (August 25, 2016). "Wagner, Gold hit Champs Camp in different places". IceNetwork.com.
  11. ↑ "Karen CHEN: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Karen CHEN: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 22, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Karen CHEN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014.
  14. 1 2 "Competition Results: Karen CHEN". International Skating Union.

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