Ting Cui

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Ting Cui
Cui at the 2019 World Junior Championships
Born (2002-09-06) September 6, 2002 (age 21)
Baltimore, Maryland
HometownBaltimore, Maryland
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
CountryUnited States United States
CoachTom Zakrajsek
Skating clubBaltimore FSC
Began skating2009
Medal record
Representing  United States
Ladies' figure skating
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Zagreb Ladies’ Singles

Ting Cui (pronounced Tsway;[1] born September 6, 2002) is an American figure skater. She is the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy silver medalist, the 2018 U.S. junior national bronze medalist, and the 2019 Junior Worlds bronze medalist.

Personal life

Ting Cui was born on September 6, 2002, in Baltimore, Maryland,[2] the eldest child of Lily and Larry Cui.[1] She is a student at Towson High School.[1]

Career

Early years

Cui began learning to skate in 2009.[2] She received a pewter medal after finishing fourth in the intermediate category at the 2015 U.S. Championships. Two years later, she won silver in the novice ranks at the 2017 U.S. Championships.

2017–2018 season

Cui made her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in August, placing sixth in Brisbane, Australia. In January, she won the junior bronze medal at the 2018 U.S. Championships, having finished third behind Alysa Liu and Pooja Kalyan, after placing eleventh in the short and second in the free. She placed seventh at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She was coached by Vincent Restencourt in Aston, Pennsylvania, until the end of the season.[3] In June, she joined Tom Zakrajsek in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[1]

2018–2019 season

Cui began her season on the JGP series, placing fifth in Linz, Austria, and then seventh in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Making her senior international debut, she won silver at the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy in November.

At the 2019 U.S. Championships, Cui debuted on the senior level domestically. She placed twelfth in the short program after falling twice and failing to execute a combination. She rallied in the free skate, where she placed third, rising to fifth place overall. Cui said afterward that it "felt amazing, and the audience was so different from juniors. I could feel the energy from the crowd, and I was just so happy, and people were on their feet too, which was really amazing." Cui was then assigned to the 2019 World Junior Championships alongside pewter medalist Hanna Harrell. Because both Harrell and gold medalist Alysa Liu were ineligible for senior international competition, Cui was also assigned to the 2019 Four Continents Championship.[4]

Competing at Four Continents, Cui placed seventh in the short program. Despite an edge call on her flip, she said it was "so much fun skating for the crowd, especially during my footwork, that was great. It’s my first Championship event and I really want to enjoy every moment of it."[5] In the free program she fell three times, and finished in eleventh place overall.[6]

She won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Junior Championships after placing third in both segments, becoming the first American lady to medal at Junior Worlds since Gracie Gold in 2012.[7]

2019–2020 season

Cui suffered from a serious ankle injury over the summer, but returned to compete at the 2019 U.S. Classic, where she finished fourth.[8] On October 9, 2019, Cui announced that she had reinjured her ankle in training and would consequently withdraw from her Grand Prix assignments for the year, the Internationaux de France and NHK Trophy.[9]

Cui qualified for the 2020 U.S. Championships in January, but withdrew in December 2019 to focus on recovering from her ankle injury.[10]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[11]

Nocturnal Animals

2018–2019
[2]
2017–2018
[3]
2016–2017
[12]

Competitive highlights

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

International[13]
Event 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Four Continents 11th
GP France WD
GP NHK Trophy WD
CS Tallinn Trophy 2nd
CS U.S. Classic 4th
International: Junior[13]
Junior Worlds 7th 3rd
JGP Australia 6th
JGP Austria 5th
JGP Czech Rep. 7th
Philadelphia 1st J
International: Novice
Bavarian Open 1st
National[12]
U.S. Champ. 4th I 2nd N 3rd J 5th WD
Eastern Sect. 2nd I 2nd N 1st J
South Atlantic 12th V 2nd I 6th N 1st N 1st J
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

Cui at the 2019 World Junior Championships

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Pewter medals for fourth place awarded only at U.S. domestic events.

2018–19 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
September 17-22, 2019 2019 CS U.S. International Classic Senior 3
63.10 		4
114.37 		4
177.47
2018–19 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 4-10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships Junior 3
67.69 		3
126.72 		3
194.41
February 7-10, 2019 2019 Four Continents Championships Senior 7
66.73 		14
98.11 		11
164.84
January 19-27, 2019 2019 U.S. Championships Senior 12
54.64 		3
139.66 		5
194.30
Nov. 26 – Dec. 2, 2018 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy Senior 2
67.56 		2
132.23 		2
199.79
September 26–29, 2018 2018 JGP Czech Republic Junior 2
70.20 		7
102.54 		7
172.74
Aug. 29 – Sept. 1, 2018 2018 JGP Austria Junior 6
53.25 		5
102.79 		5
156.04
2017–18 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 5–11, 2018 2018 World Junior Championships Junior 7
62.22 		7
118.17 		7
180.39
Dec. 29, 2017 – Jan. 8, 2018 2018 U.S. Junior Championships Junior 11
45.55 		2
119.96 		3
165.51
August 23–26, 2017 2017 JGP Australia Junior 5
55.34 		7
95.61 		6
150.95
August 3–6, 2017 2017 Philadelphia Summer International Junior 1
54.01 		1
97.78 		1
151.79
2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 14–22, 2017 2017 U.S. Novice Championships Novice 3
47.63 		1
95.05 		2
142.68

References

  1. ^ a b c d Lee, Edward (January 14, 2019). "Pikesville resident Ting Cui, 16, ready to compete among top U.S. skaters". Baltimore Sun.
  2. ^ a b c "Ting CUI: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 28, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Ting CUI: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.
  4. ^ Mammoser, Scott (January 26, 2019). "Alysa Liu swoops in for Ladies' U.S. title; makes history". Golden Skate.
  5. ^ Slater, Paula (February 7, 2019). "Bradie Tennell takes slight lead in Anaheim". Golden Skate.
  6. ^ Slater, Paula (February 9, 2019). "Kihira captures gold in Anaheim in debut at Four Continents". Golden Skate.
  7. ^ "Ting Cui Takes Home Bronze Medal at World Junior Championships". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone. March 9, 2019.
  8. ^ Cui, Ting (September 25, 2019). "#USIntlClassic this past weekend💙 Happy to have been back on the ice competing after a bad ankle injury during off season. Onwards and upwards from here" (Instagram).
  9. ^ FigureSkatersOnline [@fsonline] (December 24, 2018). "Team USA's Ting Cui posted on Instagram that she has to withdraw from both her #GPFigure assignments (#IFP19 and #NHKTrophy) due to re-injuring her right ankle while doing off-ice jumps" (Tweet) – via Twitter. {{Cite tweet}}: |date= / |number= mismatch (help)
  10. ^ Cui, Ting (December 22, 2019). "Hi everyone, I have decided to withdraw from Nationals this year to focus on my recovery and rehabilitation from my second right ankle injury this year" (Instagram).
  11. ^ "Ting Ting 🌟 on Instagram: "🎶 Music Announcement 🎶 Long program: composition of 'Wayward Sisters' and 'Table for Two' from the Nocturnal Animals Soundtrack And I have…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  12. ^ a b "Ting Cui". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on September 29, 2018.
    "Earlier versions". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Competition Results: Ting CUI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 29, 2018.

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