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Tong Jian
Pang and Tong at the 2010 Worlds
Full nameTong Jian
Born (1979-08-15) August 15, 1979 (age 45)
Harbin
HometownHarbin
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country China
PartnerPang Qing
CoachYao Bin
Liu Wei
Skating clubHarbin Skating Club
Began skating1986
RetiredMarch 28, 2015
Medal record
Pairs' figure skating
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver Pairs
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Calgary Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2010 Turin Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2007 Tokyo Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Dortmund Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Moscow Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Shanghai Pairs
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Jeonju Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2004 Hamilton Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2008 Goyang Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2009 Vancouver Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2011 Taipei Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2003 Beijing Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2005 Gangneung Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2007 Colorado Springs Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Seoul Pairs
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2008–2009 Goyang Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2009–2010 Tokyo Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2010–2011 Beijing Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2004–2005 Beijing Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2007–2008 Turin Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2012–2013 Sochi Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2013–2014 Fukuoka Pairs
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Astana-Almaty Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2007 Changchun Pairs
In this Chinese name, the family name is Tong.

Tong Jian (Chinese: 佟健; pinyin: Tóng Jiàn; born August 15, 1979 in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese retired pair skater. With his wife Pang Qing, he is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, 2006 and 2010 World Champion, a five-time Four Continents champion (2002, 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2011) and the 2008 Grand Prix Final Champion.

Career

Tong was born into a Manchurian family in the city of Harbin, China, the home of Chinese pair skating. He began skating at age six. He originally competed as a single skater. He then competed as an ice dancer for two years because of his weak jumps. After his short ice dancing career, Tong switched to pairs. He previously competed with Zhang Xiwen. In 1993, coach Yao Bin teamed him up with Qing and they have been skating together ever since.

When Yao moved to Beijing, Pang and Tong trained without a coach until 1997, when they began training under Yao again.

Pang and Tong did not have a strong junior career, perhaps due to the fact that the Junior Grand Prix did not exist when they were skating at the junior level. They placed 14th, 9th, and 8th at the World Junior Championships between 1997 and 1999. After that, they went senior.

Pang and Tong won the silver medal at the 1997 Chinese national championships, but did not represent China at the World Championships until 1999. They are the 2000 Chinese national champions. At their first major senior international, the 1999 Four Continents Championships (the first Four Continents ever held), they placed 5th. They then went to their first Worlds, where they placed 14th.

In the 1999–2000 season, Pang and Tong made their Grand Prix debut. They placed 4th at Skate Canada and 5th at Cup of Russia. They slowly moved up the ranks over the years. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, coming in as the Four Continents Champions, they placed 9th.

Following the 2001–2002 season, Pang and Tong began to be contenders. They consistently placed on the podium at their Grand Prix events. They won their first World medal (a bronze) at the 2004 World Championships.

After their first world medal, they had a rough 2004–2005 season and a shaky start at the beginning of the 2005–2006 season. They recovered with consistency by the 2006 Olympics, where they placed a controversial 4th behind teammates Shen Xue & Hongbo Zhao and Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao. They went to the 2006 Worlds and won it.

In the 2006–2007 season, Pang and Tong were unable to defend their World title. They were forced to withdraw from Skate America due to injury. They won the silver medal at the Cup of China, the Asian Winter Games, and the Four Continents Championships. At Worlds, they placed second.

During the 2007–2008 season, Pang and Tong had a rough start, losing two out of their three Grand Prix events. They came back strong midseason by winning the bronze at the Grand Prix Final and their third Four Continents title. They ended their season with a disappointing 5th at the World Championships.

During the 2008–2009 season, Pang and Tong had another rough outing at their first event, the Cup of China. Despite this, they went on the two win their next Grand Prix events and the final. During that season, they made history, when they went on to win a record setting fourth Four Continents title and have now won more Four Continent titles than any other person. Despite the momentum they had built, they had another disappointing World Championships, where they were once again finished the podium.

During the 2009–2010 season, Pang and Tong won both of their Grand Prix events and a silver at the Grand Prix Final, defeating all the world medalists at the previous world championship.

In the 2010 Winter Olympics, Pang and Tong set a new World Record for the free skate with a score of 141.81 points.[5] They placed second place behind Shen Xue and Hongbo Zhao thanks to their teammates world record-setting short program. The People's Republic of China broke Russia's 46-year twelve Olympic gold medal streak in pairs skating, sweeping gold and silver places.[6] Pang and Tong became the 2010 World Champions in Turin, Italy.[7]

For the 2010–2011 ISU Grand Prix season, Pang and Tong were assigned to the 2010 NHK Trophy and to the 2010 Cup of China. They won both of their Grand Prix assignments to qualify for the Grand Prix Final where they won silver. They won the bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships.

Pang and Tong withdrew from their assigned 2011–12 Grand Prix events,[8] however, returned to competition in January 2012, where they won gold at the Chinese National Winter Games. They earned first-place marks in the short program (70.24) and free skate (126.31). They competed at and finished fourth at the 2012 World Championships in what was their only ISU international event of the season.

For the 2012–13 season, Pang and Tong medaled at both their Grand Prix events, taking second at 2012 Skate America and first at 2012 Cup of China. They went on to win the bronze at the 2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. They were fifth at the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships.

During the 2013–14 season, Pang and Tong finished second at 2013 Cup of China and first at 2013 Trophée Éric Bompard before winning bronze again at the 2013–14 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. They went on to finish fourth at the 2014 Winter Olympics, their fourth consecutive Olympic Games.

For the 2014–15 season, Pang and Tong competed at the 2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships[9] and 2015 World Figure Skating Championships, placing third at both events.

Personal life

Although they had not spoken about their personal lives, Pang and Tong revealed publicly in an issue of Vanity Fair during the 2010 Winter Olympics that they were romantically involved.

In June 2011, the pair became engaged after Tong proposed on-ice to Pang at a show in Shanghai.[10] They got married on June 18, 2016.[11]

Programs

Pang and Tong perform a triple twist at the 2010 Olympics.
Tong Jian in 2013.
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2014–2015
2013–2014
2012–2013
2011–2012
2010–2011
2009–2010
2008–2009
2007–2008
2006–2007
2005–2006
2004–2005
2003–2004
2002–2003
2001–2002
1999–2001
1998–1999
1996–1997
  • Unknown music

Competitive highlights

(with Pang)

Results[12]
International
Event 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15
Olympics 9th 4th 2nd 4th
Worlds 14th 15th 10th 5th 4th 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 5th 4th 1st 3rd 4th 5th 3rd
Four Continents 5th 5th 4th 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 3rd
Grand Prix Final 5th 3rd 6th 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd
GP Bompard 6th 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st
GP Cup of China 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 1st 2nd
GP Cup of Russia 5th 2nd 1st
GP NHK Trophy 4th 5th 2nd 1st 1st 1st
GP Skate America 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd
GP Skate Canada 4th 5th 4th 2nd 2nd
Universiade 2nd
Asian Games 2nd 2nd 1st
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 14th 9th 8th
JGP China 5th
National
Chinese Champ. 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd
GP = Grand Prix; TBD = Assigned

Detailed results

2014–15 season
Date Event SP FS Total
23–29 March 2015 2015 World Championships 2
72.59 		3
140.18 		3
212.77
9–15 February 2015 2015 Four Continents Championships 4
66.87 		2
133.12 		3
199.99
2013–14 season
Date Event SP FS Total
6–22 February 2014 2014 Winter Olympics 4
73.30 		3
136.58 		4
209.88
5–8 December 2013 2013–14 Grand Prix Final 3
75.40 		3
138.58 		3
213.98
15–17 November 2013 2013 Trophée Éric Bompard 1
67.69 		1
126.17 		1
193.86
1–3 November 2013 2013 Cup of China 1
70.38 		2
124.00 		2
194.38
2012–2013 season
Date Event SP FS Total
13–15 March 2013 2013 World Championships 6
63.95 		4
130.69 		5
194.64
6–9 December 2012 2012–13 Grand Prix Final 3
64.74 		3
128.07 		3
192.81
2–4 November 2012 2012 Cup of China 1
68.57 		1
120.25 		1
188.82
19–20 October 2012 2012 Skate America 2
61.96 		2
125.20 		2
185.16
2011–2012 season
Date Event SP FS Total
26 March – 1 April 2012 2012 World Championships 2
67.10 		6
118.95 		4
186.05
2010–2011 season
Date Event SP FS Total
25 April – 1 May 2011 2011 World Championships 1
74.00 		3
130.12 		3
204.12
15–20 February 2011 2011 Four Continents Championships 1
71.41 		1
128.04 		1
199.45
3–5 February 2010 2011 Asian Winter Games 1
68.36 		1
127.54 		1
195.90
8–12 December 2010 2010–11 Grand Prix Final 2
68.63 		2
121.30 		2
189.93
4–7 November 2010 2010 Cup of China 1
60.62 		1
116.88 		1
177.50
22–24 October 2010 2010 NHK Trophy 1
67.10 		1
122.27 		1
189.37
2009–2010 season
Date Event SP FS Total
22–28 March 2010 2010 World Championships 1
75.28 		1
136.11 		1
211.39
14–15 February 2010 2010 Winter Olympics 4
71.50 		1
141.81 		2
213.31
2–6 December 2009 2009–10 Grand Prix Final 4
68.04 		2
133.82 		2
201.86
5–8 November 2009 2009 NHK Trophy 2
67.30 		1
132.35 		1
199.65
22–25 October 2009 2009 Cup of Russia 1
65.40 		1
125.93 		1
191.33
2008–2009 season
Date Event SP FS Total
23–29 March 2009 2009 World Championships 5
65.18 		4
115.90 		4
181.08
2–8 February 2009 2009 Four Continents Championships 1
65.60 		1
129.34 		1
194.94
10–14 December 2008 2008–09 Grand Prix Final 3
66.24 		1
125.25 		1
191.49
27–30 November 2008 2008 NHK Trophy 1
63.10 		1
122.96 		1
186.06
5–9 November 2008 2008 Cup of China 3
59.36 		3
112.50 		3
171.86
2007–2008 season
Date Event SP FS Total
16–23 March 2008 2008 World Championships 5
67.87 		5
119.91 		5
191.33
11–17 February 2008 2008 Four Continents Championships 2
67.70 		1
119.63 		1
187.33
13–16 December 2007 2007–08 Grand Prix Final 3
66.68 		3
118.45 		3
185.13
15–18 November 2007 2007 Trophée Éric Bompard 2
64.32 		2
122.61 		2
186.93
7–11 November 2007 2007 Cup of China 1
65.48 		1
111.27 		1
176.75
25–28 October 2007 2007 Skate America 2
60.32 		2
104.87 		2
165.19
2006–2007 season
Date Event SP FS Total
20–25 March 2007 2007 World Championships 3
66.75 		2
121.71 		2
188.46
7–10 February 2007 2007 Four Continents Championships 2
65.80 		2
119.53 		2
185.33
2–3 February 2007 2007 Asian Winter Games 2
65.65 		2
115.82 		2
181.47
9–12 November 2006 2006 Cup of China 2
62.00 		2
110.56 		2
172.56
2005–2006 season
Date Event SP FS Total
19–26 March 2006 2006 World Championships 2
64.98 		1
124.22 		1
189.20
11–24 February 2006 2006 Winter Olympics 4
63.19 		4
123.48 		4
186.67
16–18 December 2005 2005–06 Grand Prix Final 6
57.94 		5
110.40 		6
168.34
17–20 November 2005 2005 Trophée Éric Bompard 2
62.26 		2
120.38 		2
182.64
2–6 November 2005 2005 Cup of China 2
58.64 		2
117.82 		2
176.46

References

  1. ^ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Pairs". International Skating Union. March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  2. ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2010/2011 : Pairs". International Skating Union. May 6, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  3. ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2009/2010 : Pairs". International Skating Union. March 24, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  4. ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2008/2009 : Pairs". International Skating Union. April 18, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  5. ^ Agence France Presse, "Shen, Zhao claim China's first figure skating gold", Emmeline Moore, 16 February 2010 (accessed 16 February 2010)
  6. ^ "Shen, Zhao end Russian Olympic pairs dominance". Icenetwork.com. 2010-02-16.
  7. ^ "AFP: Pang, Tong open Asian figure skating gold rush". Archived from the original on 2010-03-27.
  8. ^ "庞清佟健为充电放弃大奖赛只战全运世锦赛慎做老大". sports.sina.com.cn. August 10, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
  9. ^ Xiong, Wei (16 March 2015). "Pang and Tong: 'For the love of the sport'". Golden Skate.
  10. ^ Ainsworth, Alexa (June 20, 2011). "On-ice proposal for figure skaters Pang and Tong". Universal Sports. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  11. ^ "双人滑名将庞清佟健结婚 合作22年终领证". Sina Entertainment. June 18, 2016.
  12. ^ "Competition Results: Qing PANG / Jian TONG". International Skating Union.
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