Amy Lin

Amy Lin
Amy Lin
	Lin at the 2016 World Championships
Born	November 3, 1999 (age 25); Fremont, California, USA
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Chinese Taipei (2015–); United States (until 2015)
Coach	Namhoon Ryu
Began skating	2004

Amy Lin (born November 3, 1999) is a Taiwanese-American figure skater. She is the 2016 Toruń Cup bronze medalist, the 2016 Asian Open bronze medalist, and a four-time Taiwanese national champion (2016–2019). She has competed in the final segment at eight ISU Championships.

Personal life

Lin was born on November 3, 1999, in Fremont, California.^[1] She has one older brother, James, who is a student at UC Berkeley. She trained in gymnastics, ballet, and Chinese dance while also skating before moving to Riverside, California.

Career

Early years

Lin began skating at age four-and-a-half when her mother brought her children to a local ice rink. She represented the United States at one international event, the 2014 International Challenge Cup, finishing 7th on the junior level.

For Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)

Lin began appearing internationally for Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) in the 2015–16 season. Making her senior international debut, she placed fourth at the Asian Open Trophy in August 2015. In September, she competed at her first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event, placing 10th in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Later that month, she finished 8th at her first ISU Challenger Series (CS) event, the 2015 U.S. International Classic. She was 7th at the 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

In January 2016, Lin won the senior bronze medal at the Toruń Cup in Poland. In February, she competed at the 2016 Four Continents Championships in Taipei, placing 17th in the short program, 12th in the free skate, and 15th overall. In March, she finished 14th at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, having placed 22nd in the short and 11th in the free. She qualified for the final segment at the 2016 World Championships in Boston by placing 14th in the short program. Ranked 22nd in the free, she finished 21st overall.

Lin started off the 2016–17 season with a bronze medal at the Asian Open Trophy in August 2016. She placed eighth in the short program at JGP Japan before withdrawing due to injury. Post-competition examinations revealed a bone bruise in her left ankle. Consequently, she withdrew from all her fall events. Lin resumed full-time training in January 2017, after dealing with a succession of injuries that included an ankle sprain and shin splints.^{[citation needed]}

Skating technique

Unlike most skaters, Lin jumps and spins clockwise.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2018–19 ^[2]	Now We Are Free (from Gladiator) by Hans Zimmer Run Boy Run by Woodkid	Overture - The Heat Is On in Saigon I'd Give My Life For You (from Miss Saigon) by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg
2017–2018 ^[3]	Snake Women (from Iris (Cirque du Soleil)) Danny Elfman	Juliet's Aria (Sono andati) (from Heavenly Creatures soundtrack) by Giacomo Puccini performed by Kate Winslet Musetta's Waltz (from La bohème) by Giacomo Puccini	Sorry Not Sorry by Demi Lovato
2016–2017 ^[4]	Skyliner (from "I'll Be Seeing You: A Tribute to Carmen McRae") by Charlie Barnet, Robert Allen	August's Rhapsody (from August Rush) by Mark Mancina	Maybe I Love You by Lenka
2015–2016 ^[1]	Slumdog Millionaire by A. R. Rahman Latika's Theme Jai Ho	Yo Soy Maria (from María de Buenos Aires) by Astor Piazzolla	Xiao Xing Yun (from Our Times) by Hebe Tien
2013–2014 ^[5]	Vortex by Robert Longfield	Carmen Suite by Rodion Shchedrin, Georges Bizet
2012–2013 ^[5]	Kung Fu Panda 2 by Hans Zimmer	Spirited Away by Joe Hisaishi

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

For Taiwan

International^[6]
Event	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20
Worlds	21st	28th	28th
Four Continents	15th	17th	18th	19th	20th
CS Asian Open				7th
CS Golden Spin	7th
CS Nebelhorn			10th	11th
CS Tallinn Trophy			9th	13th
CS U.S. Classic	8th
CS Warsaw Cup			18th
Asian Games		9th
Asian Open	4th	3rd	6th
Denis Ten Memorial					7th
Halloween Cup				7th
Int. Challenge Cup				WD
Tallinn Trophy					11th
Toruń Cup	3rd			15th
International: Junior^[6]
Junior Worlds	14th	21st	31st
JGP Australia			15th
JGP Japan		WD
JGP U.S.	10th
NRW Trophy	5th
National
Taiwanese Champ.	1st	1st	1st	1st
J = Junior level TBD = Assigned, WD = Withdrew

For the United States

International^[6]
Event	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15
Int. Challenge Cup					7th J
National^[5]
U.S. Championships				2nd N	6th J	5th J
U.S. Junior Champ.		16th I
Pacific Coast Sect.			7th N	1st N	1st J	1st J
Southwest Pacific Reg.						1st J
Central Pacific Reg.	4th V	3rd I	2nd N	1st N	1st J
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate, N = Novice; J = Junior

References

^ ^a ^b "Amy LIN: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Amy LIN: 2018/2019". International Skating Union.
^ "Amy LIN: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Amy LIN: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Amy Lin". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Competition Results: Amy LIN". International Skating Union.

External links

Amy Lin at the International Skating Union

[ISU-1516-1] "Amy LIN: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-1819-2] "Amy LIN: 2018/2019". International Skating Union.

[ISU-1718-3] "Amy LIN: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-1617-4] "Amy LIN: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[USFS-AL-5] "Amy Lin". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016.

[ISU-AL-6] "Competition Results: Amy LIN". International Skating Union.

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