Cha Jun-hwan
Cha Jun-hwan | |||||||||||||||
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Native name | 차준환 | ||||||||||||||
Born | Seoul, South Korea | October 21, 2001||||||||||||||
Hometown | Seoul | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
Country | South Korea | ||||||||||||||
Coach | Brian Orser | ||||||||||||||
Skating club | Korea National Training Center Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club | ||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2009 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cha Jun-hwan (born October 21, 2001) is a South Korean figure skater. He is the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, two-time South Korean national champion (2017, 2018), and a two-time (2012, 2013) South Korean national junior champion. He placed 5th at the 2016 Youth Olympics, 7th at the 2016 World Junior Championships and 5th at the 2017 World Junior Championships.
Personal life
Cha was born on October 21, 2001 in Seoul.[2] He has worked as a child actor, model, and ballet dancer.[3][4] His brother is four years older.[5]
Career
Cha began skating at the age of seven,[6] during a school excursion.[5] His first coach was Shin Hea-sook.[4] His skating idols were Evgeni Plushenko and Daisuke Takahashi.[7]
Early career
Cha placed fourth as a junior skater at the 2011 South Korean Championships. In 2012, he won the junior level at the South Korean Championships. In the 2012–13 season, he took the novice gold medal at the Asian Trophy and repeated as the junior champion at the South Korean Championships. At the 2014 Korean Championships, he placed fifth at the senior level. This was his first senior experience at national championships.
During the 2014–15 season, Cha won the novice gold medal at the Merano Cup and the senior bronze medal at the South Korean Championships. In March 2015, he began training in Toronto under Brian Orser to improve his jumps, including the triple Axel and quads.[8]
2015–16 season: Junior international debut
Making his junior international debut, Cha won gold at the 2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic by over 30 points. Competing with an ear infection at the 2016 South Korean Championships, he repeated as the senior national bronze medalist.[9] In February, he represented South Korea at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, placing 4th in the short program, 5th in the free skating, and 5th overall. In March, Cha competed in Debrecen, Hungary at the 2016 World Junior Championships, placing 7th in the short program, 6th in the free skating, and 7th overall.
2016–17 season
In the 2016–17 season, Cha made his Junior Grand Prix debut at the JGP Japan. He performed a clean short program except for his flying camel spin, which got a level 2. He received 79.34 points, which put him in second place. In the Free program, he skated clean except for an under-rotation on his triple Salchow. He was the last skater in the free skate, placing first by scoring another personal best of 160.13 points, and set a new world record of 239.47 points for junior men's combined total score.
Cha won his first national title in January 2017, at the South Korean Championships.[10][11]
2017–18 season
Cha won his second national title in January 2018, at the South Korean Championships. Having accumulated the highest point total across the three qualifying events, Cha was selected to represent South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[12]
Records and achievements
- Set the junior-level men's record for the combined total to 239.47 points at the 2016 JGP Japan. Record was broken by Dmitri Aliev at the 2016–17 JGP Final, and broken again by Vincent Zhou at the 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships with 258.11 total points.
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2017–2018 [13][14][15][16] |
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2016–2017 [2][17] |
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2015–2016 [18] |
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2014–2015 |
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2013–2014 |
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2012–2013 |
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2011–2012 |
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2010–2011 |
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2009–2010 |
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Competitive highlights
International[19] | ||||||||
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Event | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 |
Olympics | TBD | |||||||
Four Continents | ||||||||
GP Skate America | WD | |||||||
GP Skate Canada | 9th | |||||||
International: Junior, Novice[19] | ||||||||
Junior Worlds | 7th | 5th | TBD | |||||
Youth Olympics | 5th | |||||||
JGP Final | 3rd | |||||||
JGP Germany | 1st | |||||||
JGP Japan | 1st | |||||||
Autumn Classic | 1st J | |||||||
Asian Trophy | 1st N | |||||||
Merano Cup | 1st N | |||||||
National[19] | ||||||||
South Korean | 4th J | 1st J | 1st J | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st |
Team events | ||||||||
Youth Olympics | 6th T 3rd P |
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TBD = Assigned Levels: J = Junior; N = Novice T = Team result; P = Personal result |
Detailed results
Senior level
At team events, medals awarded for team results only.
2017–18 season | |||||
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Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
February 14–23, 2018 | 2018 Winter Olympics (men's singles) | 15 83.43 |
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February 9–12, 2018 | 2018 Winter Olympics (team event) | 6 77.70 |
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January 5–7, 2018 | 2018 South Korean Championships | 1 84.05 |
1 168.60 |
1 252.65 | |
November 3–5, 2017 | 2017 Skate Canada | 11 68.46 |
8 141.86 |
9 210.32 |
Junior level
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only. Previous ISU world best highlighted in bold.
2017–18 season | |||||
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Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
March 5–11, 2018 | 2018 World Junior Championships | Junior | TBD |
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2016–17 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
March 15–19, 2017 | 2017 World Junior Championships | Junior | 2 82.34 |
6 160.11 |
5 242.45 |
January 6–8, 2017 | 2017 South Korean Championships | Senior | 1 81.83 |
1 157.24 |
1 238.07 |
December 8–11, 2016 | 2016–17 JGP Final | Junior | 4 71.84 |
3 153.70 |
3 225.55 |
October 5–9, 2016 | 2016 JGP Germany | Junior | 1 76.82 |
1 143.72 |
1 220.54 |
September 8–11, 2016 | 2016 JGP Japan | Junior | 2 79.34 |
1 160.13 |
1 239.47 |
2015–16 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
March 14–20, 2016 | 2016 World Junior Championships | Junior | 7 74.38 |
6 132.73 |
7 207.11 |
February 12–21, 2016 | 2016 Youth Olympics - team event | Junior | - - |
3 139.97 |
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February 12–21, 2016 | 2016 Youth Olympics | Junior | 4 68.76 |
5 130.14 |
5 198.90 |
January 8–10, 2016 | 2016 South Korean Championships | Senior | 4 58.60 |
3 131.38 |
3 189.98 |
October 12–15, 2015 | 2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic | Junior | 1 65.48 |
1 132.96 |
1 198.44 |
Novice level
2014–15 season | |||||
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Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
January 5–9, 2015 | 2015 South Korean Championships | Senior | 4 58.28 |
3 122.85 |
3 181.13 |
November 14–16, 2014 | 2014 Merano Cup | Novice | 1 46.16 |
1 88.68 |
1 134.84 |
2013–14 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
January 3–5, 2014 | 2014 South Korean Championships | Senior | 5 60.44 |
3 123.94 |
5 184.38 |
2012–13 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
January 2–6, 2013 | 2013 South Korean Championships | Junior | 1 50.67 |
1 100.07 |
1 150.74 |
August 7–12, 2012 | 2012 Asian Trophy | Novice | 2 36.15 |
1 79.01 |
1 115.16 |
2011–12 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
January 4–8, 2012 | 2012 South Korean Championships | Junior | 1 46.26 |
1 86.95 |
1 133.21 |
2010–11 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
January 12–16, 2011 | 2011 South Korean Championships | Junior | 3 37.16 |
4 70.65 |
4 107.81 |
- Personal best highlighted in bold.
References
- ^ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Men". International Skating Union. December 17, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ^ a b "Jun Hwan CHA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
- ^ "국내 男피겨 '역대 최고점' 차준환 "연기활동 위해 배운건데…"" [Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan] (in Korean). news.donga.com. December 8, 2015.
- ^ a b "피겨 프린스 차준환, 내일은 피겨왕!" [Figure skating prince Cha Jun-hwan] (in Korean). ohmynews.com. July 21, 2011. Archived from the original on February 20, 2016.
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- ^ "차준환 "다카하시 다이스케 닮고 싶다"" [Cha Jun-hwan: "I want to be like Daisuke Takahashi"] (in Korean). donga.com. January 5, 2013.
- ^ "Figure skater Cha Joon-hwan emerges as Male Kim Yu-na". English Donga. December 9, 2015.
- ^ "이준형, '男 피겨 역대 최고점' 종합선수권 2연패" [Lee June-hyoung's second straight title] (in Korean). joynews.inews24.com. January 10, 2016.
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- ^ 서, 대원 (June 9, 2017). "차준환, 새 시즌 프로그램 공개…새로운 변화 시도". SBS.
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3차 선발전을 앞두고 차준환은 프리스케이팅 음악을 올 시즌 '더 플래니츠'에서 지난 시즌의 '일 포스티노'로 바꿨습니다.
- ^ Xiong, Wei (September 18, 2016). "Jun-Hwan Cha off to strong start". Golden Skate.
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External links
Media related to Cha Jun-hwan at Wikimedia Commons