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Jeffrey Chen
Wolfkostin/Chen at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Born (2002-07-21) July 21, 2002 (age 22)
Fremont, California
HometownHayward, California
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
PartnerKatarina Wolfkostin
CoachIgor Shpilband
Pasquale Camerlengo
Adrienne Lenda
Natalia Deller
Skating clubPeninsula SC
Began skating2010
Medal record
Representing  United States
Figure skating: Ice dance
Winter Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Lausanne Ice dance

Jeffrey Chen (born July 21, 2002) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Katarina Wolfkostin, he is the 2021 U.S. junior national champion, the 2020 U.S. junior national silver medalist, and the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics bronze medalist.

Personal life

Jeffrey Chen was born in Fremont, California, on July 21, 2002, to Taiwanese parents, Hsiu-Hui Tseng and Chih-Hsiu Chen.[1] He is the younger brother of 2017 U.S. national ladies' champion and 2018 Winter Olympian Karen Chen.[2] Chen enjoys hip-hop dance, gaming, and photography.[2] He has a pet sun conure named Mango.[3]

Career

Early career

Chen began skating in 2010, after following his older sister Karen onto the ice.[4][5] He competed in singles until the 2014–15 season and was the 2014 U.S. national juvenile pewter medalist.[6] As a singles skater, Chen trained in Riverside, California alongside his sister under Tammy Gambill.[1]

Chen switched to ice dance and teamed up with Layla Karnes in the 2015–16 season. Together, they were the 2016 U.S. national juvenile ice dance champions and the 2017 U.S. national intermediate silver medalists.[7] Chen changed coaches and began training with Marina Zoueva prior to the next season. He competed with Gianna Buckley during the 2017–18 season, winning the 2018 U.S. national novice silver medal.[1][8] Chen then skated two months with Anna Lavrova during the 2018–19 season, but the partnership ended before the 2019 U.S. Championships.[3]

2019–2020 season

Chen began skating with Katarina Wolfkostin in 2019 and moved to train with her coaches, Igor Shpilband and Pasquale Camerlengo, in Novi, Michigan.[3] They placed fifth in their international debut at 2019 JGP France. Wolfkostin/Chen improved to fourth at 2019 JGP Russia, after placing second in the free dance. They won the inaugural U.S. Ice Dance Final to qualify for the 2020 U.S. Championships.[3] Wolfkostin/Chen won their first international medal at the 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb, earning the silver medal behind Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov of Russia.

Wolfkostin/Chen were named as the sole ice dance entrant on the U.S. team for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.[9] They were fifth after the rhythm dance, before placing third in the free dance, to win the bronze medal overall behind Russians Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano and Sofia Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitsky.[10] Their medal was the first won by Team USA at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.[11][12] Wolfkostin/Chen were drawn as part of Team Determination for the team event, alongside singles skaters Cha Young-hyun of South Korea and Nella Pelkonen of Finland and pairs skaters Brooke McIntosh / Brandon Toste of Canada. They placed fourth in the free dance segment to help Team Determination finish fourth, after losing the tie-breaker.

Wolfkostin/Chen placed fourth in the rhythm dance and second in the free dance to win the silver medal at the 2020 U.S. Championships, behind Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik.[13] Assigned to compete at their first World Junior Championships, they placed seventh.[14]

Programs

With Wolfkostin

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2020–2021
2019–2020
[5]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.

With Wolfkostin

Wolfkostin/Chen (right) on the podium at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
International: Junior[15]
Event 19–20 20–21
Junior Worlds 7th
Youth Olympics 3rd
JGP France 5th
JGP Russia 4th
Golden Spin 2nd
National[15]
U.S. Championships 2nd J
U.S. Ice Dance Final 1st J
Team events
Youth Olympics 4th T
4th P
Levels: J = Junior
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result.

With Lavrova

National
Event 2018–19
Levels: N = Novice

With Buckley

National[8]
Event 2017–18
U.S. Championships 2nd N
Pacific Coast Sectionals 2nd N
Levels: N = Novice

With Karnes

National[7]
Event 2015–16 2016–17
U.S. Championships 1st V 2nd I
Pacific Coast Sectionals 1st V 2nd I
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate

Men's singles

National[6]
Event 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
U.S. Championships 4th V 5th V
Pacific Coast Sectionals 5th V 2nd V 3rd V
Central Pacific Regionals 2nd V 1st V 1st V
Levels: V = Juvenile

Detailed results

With Wolfkostin

Junior results

2020–21 season
Date Event RD FD Total
January 11–21, 2021 2021 U.S. Championships 1
68.81 		1
98.41 		1
167.22
2019–20 season
Date Event RD FD Total
March 2–8, 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 7
64.77 		7
94.43 		7
159.20
January 20–26, 2020 2020 U.S. Championships 4
60.93 		2
100.46 		2
161.39
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team – 4
90.41 		4T/4P
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 5
57.02 		3
95.41 		3
152.43
December 4–7, 2019 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb 1
66.52 		2
97.29 		2
163.81
November 12–16, 2019 2020 U.S. Ice Dance Final 1
66.23 		2
94.68 		1
160.91
September 11–14, 2019 2019 JGP Russia 6
54.91 		2
93.90 		4
148.81
August 21–24, 2019 2019 JGP France 4
58.90 		5
89.03 		5
147.93

References

  1. ^ a b c Lewis, Michael C. (January 2, 2018). "Fremont's Jeffrey Chen and partner earn silver medal at U.S. Skating Championships". The Mercury News.
  2. ^ a b Truby, Olivia (January 11, 2020). "Figure skater Jeffrey Chen, brother of Olympian Karen Chen, makes own identity on the ice". United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
  3. ^ a b c d "Katarina Wolfkostin and Jeffrey Chen". U.S. Figure Skating.
  4. ^ "Interview: Katarina Wolfkostin and Jeffrey Chen". In the Loop. August 21, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Jeffrey CHEN". International Skating Union.
  6. ^ a b "Jeffrey Chen". Stats on Ice.
  7. ^ a b "Layla Karnes & Jeffrey Chen". Stats on Ice.
  8. ^ a b "Gianna Buckley & Jeffrey Chen". Stats on Ice.
  9. ^ Edmonds, Jamie (January 7, 2020). "Meet this Metro Detroit ice dancing duo with big dreams that are starting to come true". WDIV-TV.
  10. ^ "The future of figure skating is now". International Olympic Committee. January 17, 2020.
  11. ^ Truby, Olivia (January 13, 2020). "Katarina Wolfkostin and Jeffrey Chen skate to bronze for Team USA's first medal at Youth Olympic Games". United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
  12. ^ Wickliffe, Greg (January 13, 2020). "Ann Arbor-based ice skaters earn Team USA's first medal of 2020 Youth Winter Olympics". Michigan Live.
  13. ^ "First Junior Champions Crowned at U.S. Championships". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone. January 22, 2020.
  14. ^ Slater, Paula (March 7, 2020). "Nguyen and Kolesnik dance to Junior World title". Golden Skate.
  15. ^ a b "Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Jeffrey CHEN: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
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