Jin Boyang (Chinese: ???; pinyin: J?n Bóyáng; October 3, 1997) is a Chinese figure skater. He is two-time World bronze medalist (2016-2017), 2016 Four Continents silver medallist, 2018 Four Continents champion, 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist, and four-time (2014-2017) Chinese national champion. He is the first Chinese skater to medal in the men's singles at the World Figure Skating Championships. On the junior level, he is the 2015 World Junior silver medalist and the 2013 JGP Final champion.
Jin is the first skater to ever land a quad lutz-triple toe loop combination in international competition, the first skater to have landed four quad jumps in a free skate and six quads in international competition, and the former record holder of scoring the most amount of points on one element (the quad lutz-triple toe loop combination).
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Personal life
Jin was born on October 3, 1997 in Harbin, China. His parents formerly competed in middle to long-distance running. Jin enrolled in the Harbin Institute of Physical Education in 2013 and graduated in 2017.
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Career
Jin started skating at age seven and a half, having become interested in the activity when he attended one of Shen/Zhao's ice shows. His first coach was Wang Junxiang.
2012-13 season
Jin debuted on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the 2012-13 season. After taking gold in France and silver in Slovenia, he finished fifth at the JGP Final and fourth at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy.
2013-14 season
In the 2013-14 JGP series, Jin won his assignments in Latvia and Estonia and then obtained gold at the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan. He won his first senior national title at the Chinese Championships. He finished sixth at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
2014-15 season
In the 2014-15 season, Jin won both of his Junior Grand Prix events, in Slovenia and Japan, and was the top qualifier for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where he placed 2nd after the short program. However, a 5th-place free skate left him in 4th overall. He won his second national title at the Championships. Jin concluded his season with a silver medal at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, having placed 5th in the short program and first in the free skate.
2015-16 season
Jin received two 2015-16 Grand Prix assignments. At the 2015 Cup of China, he won the silver medal behind reigning World champion Javier Fernández. He became the first man to land a quad lutz triple toe and also the first to land a quad lutz with a positive GOE. At the 2015 NHK Trophy, Jin took silver behind reigning Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu, thus qualifying for the 2015 Grand Prix Final in Barcelona, where he finished fifth. At the 13th National Winter Games of China, he represented the city of Harbin and finished first in both short program and free skate. At his debut Four Continents Championships, in Taipei, he landed a total of six quadruple jumps in his programs and achieved new personal bests in his short program, free skate, and combined total scores. With a quad lutz, quad salchow, and two quad toeloops in his free skate, Jin also became the first skater to pull off three kinds of quads in a single program, and ultimately placed second overall behind Canada's Patrick Chan by a narrow difference of 0.38 points. At the 2016 World Championships in Boston, Jin won the bronze medal and became the first Chinese man to medal in men's singles on the world stage.
2016-17 season
At the beginning of the 2016-2017 season, Jin was assigned to the 2016 Skate America, where he took 5th place, and the 2016 Cup of China, where he succeeded in finishing 2nd. Jin did not make the top six in the series standings and thus did not qualify for the 2016-2017 Grand Prix Final. Later in the season, at the Chinese National Championships, Jin placed second in the SP. He rebounded in the free, however, and was able to win his fourth straight national title. Jin retained his bronze medalist at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, achieving new personal bests in his short, free, and overall combined total scores.
2017-18 season
Jin started his season at the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy. He placed 2nd in the short program, 3rd in the free skate and won the gold medal overall with a score of 252.60. His Grand Prix assignments for this season were 2017 Cup of China and 2017 Skate America. Jin reportedly had injured his right ankle, as the head coach of the Chinese national team, Hongbo Zhao, said in an interview after the Cup of China that Jin competed with a foot injury. Jin confirmed that he sprained both of his ankles due to loose boot laces. He placed second at the Cup of China and 4th at the Skate America. He withdrew from the Grand Prix Final and Chinese Nationals due to the ankle injuries.
At 2018 Four Continents, his first competition post injury, Jin surpassed 100 points in the short program for the first time internationally, with a score of 100.17. In the free skate he scored 200.78 points, for an overall score of 300.95, surpassing the 200 and 300 point barrier once again and winning the gold medal.
Records and achievements
- The first skater to have landed six quadruple jumps in the competition.
- The first skater to have landed four quad jumps in one free skate.
- The first skater to ever land a quad lutz-triple toe loop combination in a competition.
Programs
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Detailed results
Small medals for short and free programs are awarded only at ISU Championships. ISU personal bests are highlighted in bold.
References
External links
Media related to Jin Boyang at Wikimedia Commons
- Boyang JIN at the International Skating Union
- Jin Boyang's Weibo
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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