Nathan Chen

Nathan Chen

Chen at the 2014 US Championships
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (1999-05-05) May 5, 1999
Salt Lake City, Utah
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Coach Marina Zueva, Rafael Arutyunyan, Oleg Epstein
Former coach Nadia Kanaeva, Vera Arutyunyan, Evgenia Chernyshova, Stephanie Grosscup, Karel Kovar
Choreographer Nadia Kanaeva, Marina Zueva
Former choreographer Nikolai Morozov, Phillip Mills, Stephanie Grosscup, Evgenia Chernyshova
Skating club Salt Lake Figure Skating
Training locations Canton, Michigan Lakewood, California
Former training locations Salt Lake City, Utah
Lake Arrowhead, California
Artesia, California
Began skating 2002
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 268.91
2016 NHK Trophy
Short program 92.85
2016 Trophée de France
Free skate 180.97
2016 NHK Trophy
Medal record
Representing  United States
Figure skating: Men's singles
Grand Prix
2016 NHK Trophy Men's singles
World Junior Championships
2014 Sofia Men's singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
2015–16 Barcelona Men's singles
2013–14 Fukuoka Men's singles
U.S. Championships
2016 St. Paul Men's singles

Nathan Chen (born May 5, 1999) is an American figure skater. He is the Grand Prix 2016 NHK Trophy silver medalist, 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy champion and 2016 U.S. national bronze medalist. Earlier in his career, he became the 2015 JGP Final champion, 2014 World Junior bronze medalist, and 2014 U.S. junior champion. At the 2016 U.S. Championships, Chen became the first American skater ever to land two quadruple jumps in a short program and also the first American ever to complete four quads in a free skate. He is the only skater in the world capable of landing both the quad lutz and quad flip jumps in competitions. Chen is currently the top U.S. scorer (268.91) in international figure skating competitions.

Personal life

Nathan Chen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1] He attended West High School (Utah) in Salt Lake City and Rim of the World High School in Lake Arrowhead, California, before enrolling at Connections Academy, an online high school, in August 2013 as a sophomore.[2] In addition to figure skating, Chen trained in ballet with Ballet West Academy[3] as well as competing in gymnastics at the state and regional levels for seven years.

Skating career

Early years

Nathan Chen started figure skating at age three and entered his first skating competition in 2003. From 2007 to 2009, Chen qualified to compete in the U.S. Junior Nationals at the juvenile and intermediate levels. He placed 10th and 3rd in juveniles at the 2007 and 2008 Junior Nationals. At the 2009 Junior Nationals, he won the intermediate men's silver medal.

Chen advanced to the novice level in the 2009–10 season. He won the national novice title at the 2010 U.S. Championships[4] in Spokane, Washington, and became the youngest novice champion in the history of U.S. Figure Skating at age 10.[5] Due to his young age, he opted to remain at the novice level for the 2010–11 season and defended his novice title at the 2011 U.S. Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina.[6][7]

In the 2011–12 season, Chen moved up nationally to the junior level. He was coached by Genia Chernyshova and also traveled to Lake Arrowhead, California to work with jump specialist Rafael Arutyunyan.[8] Arutyunyan became his main coach in mid-December 2011.[9] Chen won the junior men's title at the 2012 U.S. Championships in San Jose, California on January 24, 2012.[10] Making his first international appearance, he won the novice men's event at the 2012 Gardena Spring Trophy in Selva Val Gardena, Italy.[11][12]

2012–13 season: Junior international debut

In 2012–13, Chen stayed at the junior level nationally, and became age-eligible (13 years old) to compete in the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series.[10] His first assignment was JGP Austria in Linz from September 12–16, 2012.[13] He won the gold medal with the highest score (222.00 points) ever awarded to date in the JGP series.[14] A lower leg injury resulted in Chen's withdrawal following the short program at JGP Croatia in early October 2012, ending his chances of qualifying for the JGP Final.[15] He won the junior men's bronze medal at the 2013 U.S. Championships in Omaha, Nebraska, on January 22, 2013.[16]

2013–14 season: Bronze at Junior Worlds

In 2013–14, Chen started his season by winning gold both at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Mexico, in September 2013, and at the JGP in Belarus. He qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where he won the bronze medal. On January 9, 2014 Chen broke a six-year U.S. junior men's record of 213.76 at the 2014 U.S. Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, en route to his second U.S. junior title.[17] His final combination spin in the short program received 4.86 points, the highest among active male skaters in the world.[18] Chen was awarded the bronze medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria in March 2014.[19] The results of Chen and his teammates, Jordan Moeller and Shotaro Omori, gained three entries for the United States to the 2015 World Junior Championships.

2014–15 season

In the 2014-15 season, Chen moved up to the senior level domestically. At the Pacific Sectional Championships in November 2014, he landed a clean quadruple toe loop and double toe loop combination (4T+2T) in his free skate,[20] winning the senior men's division, and advanced to the 2015 U.S. Championships in Greensboro, NC. He developed a growth-related heel injury one week before the national championships.[21] He competed scaled-back versions of his short and long programs on pain medications. He placed eighth overall in his senior national championship debut from January 17–25, 2015. After the competition, Chen was named to the U.S. team for the 2015 World Junior Championships.[22] He finished 4th at the event in Tallinn, Estonia on March 8, 2015.

2015–16 season: Junior Grand Prix Final champion

In the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Chen won gold in Colorado Springs, Colorado and in Logroño, Spain. In December 2015, he stood atop the podium at the JGP Final in Barcelona.[23]

In January 2016, Chen made history at the U.S. Championships by becoming the first American man to land two quadruple jumps in the short program.[24] On January 24, he became the first American man to land four quadruple jumps in a long program. He finished third overall behind Adam Rippon and Max Aaron, who landed zero and two quads, respectively, reigniting the debate over whether artistry should trump athleticism in figure skating scoring.[25] While attempting a jump during exhibitions on the same day, Chen sustained an avulsion injury to his left hip, leading to surgery on January 27.[26] As a result, he withdrew from the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, and the 2016 World Championships in Boston.[26]

Chen underwent a month of rehabilitation at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (OTC) in Chula Vista, California,[27] and by May was training off-ice in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[28] He resumed full-strength on-ice training around July.[27]

2016–17 season: Senior international debut

In preparation for his international senior debut, Chen started to train the difficult quad lutz and quad flip jumps six months after his hip surgery.[29] Armed with four different types of quads - quad toe, quad sal, quad flip and quad lutz - Chen began his season with a gold medal at the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy, 7.71 points ahead of silver medalist Patrick Chan of Canada. His Grand Prix assignments are the 2016 Trophée de France and 2016 NHK Trophy. At the 2016 Trophée de France in Paris, Chen cleanly landed a 4Lz+3T combination jump and a 4F jump in both his short and long programs. His short program scored 92.85, breaking the American short program record of 90.30 held by Olympic champion Evan Lysacek since the 2010 Winter Olympics.[30] At the 2016 NHK Trophy in Sapporo, Chen placed second behind the reigning Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu and thus qualified for the 2016–17 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final (GPF) to be held in Marseille, France.

Records and achievements

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2016–17
[1][27]
2015–16
[31][32]
2014–15
[33]
  • Smile
    (based on Modern Times theme)
    performed by Michael Jackson
  • Smooth Criminal
    by Michael Jackson
    choreo. by Nadia Kanaeva
2013–14
[34]
2012–13
[35]
2011–12
[36]
2010–11
[36]
  • Rawhide
    choreo. by Evgenia Chernyshova
  • Rawhide
    choreo. by Evgenia Chernyshova
2009–10
[36]
  • Peter and the Wolf
    by Sergei Prokofiev
    choreo. by Evgenia Chernyshova

Competitive highlights

Medalists of 2015 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final - Nathan Chen (center), Dmitri Aliev and Sota Yamamoto.

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

International[37]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Worlds WD
GP NHK Trophy 2nd
GP Trophée 4th
CS Finlandia 1st
International: Junior[37]
Junior Worlds 3rd 4th WD
JGP Final 3rd 1st
JGP Austria 1st
JGP Belarus 1st
JGP Croatia WD 2nd
JGP Mexico 1st
JGP Spain 1st
JGP USA 1st
Gardena 1st N
National[36]
U.S. Champ. 1st N 1st N 1st J 3rd J 1st J 8th 3rd
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total Ref
Nov. 25-27, 2016 2016 NHK Trophy Senior 2
87.94		 2
180.97		 2
268.91		 [38]
Nov. 11-13, 2016 2016 Trophée de France Senior 2
92.85		 4
171.95		 4
264.80		 [39]
Oct. 6–10, 2016 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy Senior 2
87.50		 1
168.94		 1
256.44		 [40]
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total Ref
Jan. 16–24, 2016 2016 U.S. Championships Senior 4
86.33		 2
180.60		 3
266.93		 [41]
Dec. 9–Dec. 13, 2015 2015 JGP Final Junior 1
78.59		 1
146.45		 1
225.04		 [42]
Sept. 30–Oct. 3, 2015 2015 JGP Spain Junior 1
77.94		 2
158.43		 1
236.37		 [43]
Sept. 2–5, 2015 2015 JGP United States Junior 1
77.13		 1
159.63		 1
236.76		 [44]
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total Ref
Mar. 2–8, 2015 2015 World Junior Championships Junior 9
69.87		 4
143.98		 4
213.85		 [45]
Jan. 17–25, 2015 2015 U.S. Championships Senior 8
76.20		 8
154.79		 8
230.99		 [46]
Oct. 9–10, 2014 2014 JGP Croatia Junior 2
72.57		 2
135.59		 2
208.16		 [47]
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total Ref
Mar. 10–16, 2014 2014 World Junior Championships Junior 6
69.65		 3
142.38		 3
212.03		 [48]
Jan. 5–12, 2014 2014 U.S. Championships Junior 1
79.61		 1
144.32		 1
223.93		 [49]
Dec. 5–8, 2013 2013 JGP Final Junior 3
71.52		 3
143.09		 3
214.61		 [50]
Sept. 25-28, 2013 2013 JGP Belarus Junior 1
69.96		 1
141.15		 1
211.11		 [51]
Sept. 4-8, 2013 2013 JGP Mexico Junior 1
74.22		 1
144.40		 1
218.62		 [52]
2012–13 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total Ref
Jan. 19–27, 2013 2013 U.S Championships Junior 3
63.60		 4
117.71		 3
181.31		 [53]
Sept. 13–14, 2012 2012 JGP Austria Junior 1
75.15		 1
146.85		 1
222.00		 [54]
2011–12 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total Ref
Apr. 12–15, 2012 2012 Gardena Spring Trophy Novice 2
44.03		 1
85.42		 1
129.45		 [55]
Jan. 22–29, 2012 2012 U.S. Championships Junior 2
63.15		 1
130.75		 1
193.90		 [56]
2010–11 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total Ref
Jan. 22–30, 2011 2011 U.S. Championships Novice 1
52.47		 1
110.93		 1
163.40		 [57]
2009–10 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total Ref
Jan. 14–24, 2010 2010 U.S. Championships Novice 1
51.24		 3
85.80		 1
137.04		 [58]

Honors

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