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Amy Lin

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Amy Lin
Born (1999-11-03) November 3, 1999 (age 24)
Fremont, California, USA
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country Chinese Taipei (2015–)
 United States (until 2015)
CoachNamhoon Ryu
Began skating2004

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

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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

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Early years

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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)

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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

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Unlike most skaters, Lin jumps and spins clockwise.

Programs

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Lin in 2016
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2018–19
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2017–2018
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2016–2017
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  • Skyliner
    (from "I'll Be Seeing You:
    A Tribute to Carmen McRae")
    by Charlie Barnet, Robert Allen
  • Maybe I Love You
    by Lenka
2015–2016
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2013–2014
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2012–2013
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Competitive highlights

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CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

For Taiwan

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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

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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

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