Karen Chen
| Karen Chen | |
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_(2).jpg) Chen at the 2014 World Junior Championships | |
| Born | August 16, 1999 Fremont, California |
| Hometown | Fremont, California |
| Height | 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | United States |
| Coach | Tammy Gambill |
| Skating club | Peninsula FSC San Jose |
| Began skating | 2005 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳楷雯 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈楷雯 | ||||||||
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Karen Chen (born August 16, 1999) is an American figure skater. She is a bronze medalist at two ISU Challenger Series events, the 2015 U.S. national bronze medalist, and the 2017 U.S. national champion. She placed fourth at the 2017 World Championships.
Personal life
Karen Chen was born in Fremont, California.[1][2] Her parents moved to the U.S. from Taiwan.[3][4] She has a younger brother, Jeffrey, who is also a figure skater.[4] She is studying at home through Connections Academy.[4]
Career
Early career
Chen began learning to skate in 2005.[1] She won gold on the national intermediate level in 2011 and then gold competing as a novice in 2012. The following season, she competed on the junior level at the 2013 U.S. Championships, placing fourth. She made her international debut at the 2013 Gardena Spring Trophy where she won gold on the novice level.
2013–14 season: Junior international debut
In the 2013–14 season, Chen received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments. She won bronze in Riga, Latvia, followed by gold in Košice, Slovakia, and qualified for the JGP Final.[5] While practicing a triple Lutz,[6] she sustained a type three tibia fracture in her right ankle.[3][7] The injury led her to withdraw from the JGP Final. Chen spent four weeks on crutches and resumed training in mid-December.[6] She withdrew from the junior event at the 2014 U.S. Championships after placing fifth in the short program.[7] At the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, she placed sixth in the short program, ninth in the free skate, and ninth overall.
2014–15 season: First senior national medal
In the 2014–15 JGP series, Chen won bronze at Czech Skate and silver at the Croatia Cup, respectively.[8][9] She was awarded the bronze medal in her senior national debut at the 2015 U.S. Championships, behind Ashley Wagner and Gracie Gold.
2015–16 season: Senior international debut
Ahead of the season, Chen tried 14 pairs of skate boots.[10] In September 2015, she finished fourth at the 2015 U.S. International Classic, an ISU Challenger Series (CS) event and her first senior international. Making her Grand Prix debut, she placed fifth at both the 2015 Skate America and 2015 Cup of China. She won bronze at her second CS assignment, the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb in December, and finished 8th at the 2016 U.S. Championships in January.
2016–17 season: Senior national champion
Chen began her season with the CS's U.S. Classic, placing third behind Japan's Satoko Miyahara and USA's Mariah Bell.
Competing on the Grand Prix series, Chen achieved a seventh place finish at 2016 Cup of China and a sixth place finish at 2016 NHK Trophy.
Chen won the gold medal at the 2017 U.S. Championships after placing first in both the short program and free skate. [11] She set a new U.S. record with her short program score of 72.82.
Continuing her season at the 2017 Four Continents Championships, Chen skated to a disappointing twelfth place finish.
Chen rebounded at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships, placing fifth in the short program with a score of 69.98. She then placed sixth in the free program with a score of 129.31. With a combined score of 199.29, Chen skated to a fourth place finish overall in her first appearance at the World Championships. Her placement, combined with a seventh place finish from USA's Ashley Wagner, qualified Team USA three spots for the 2018 Olympics and 2018 World Figure Skating Championships.
2017–18 season
Chen began her season at the CS's U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, placing 3rd overall for the second year in a row. Before beginning competition in her Grand Prix series, Chen also performed a free skate at the Japan Open helping Team North America earn the bronze medal with a 6th place finish.
Two weeks before her first Grand Prix event, Chen abandoned her "Carmen"-themed free skate program and replaced it with a program she choreographed herself including music from the 1978 film “Slow Dancing in the Big City”. [12] With her new program, Chen placed 7th overall at the 2017 Skate Canada International. [13]
Chen competed in her second Grand Prix event at 2017 Skate America and placed ninth after failing to land a triple loop.[14] After USA's Ashley Wagner withdrew herself from the competition due to an ankle infection, Chen's ranking was moved to eighth place.[15]
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2017–2018 [16][17][18][19][20] |
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| 2016–2017 [1][23] |
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| 2015–2016 [24] |
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| 2014–2015 [3][25] |
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| 2013–2014 [26] |
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| 2012–2013 [2] |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[27] | |||||||||||
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| Event | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | ||
| Worlds | 4th | ||||||||||
| Four Continents | 12th | 12th | |||||||||
| GP Cup of China | 5th | 7th | |||||||||
| GP NHK Trophy | 6th | ||||||||||
| GP Skate America | 5th | 8th | |||||||||
| GP Skate Canada | 7th | ||||||||||
| CS Golden Spin | 3rd | 7th | |||||||||
| CS U.S. Classic | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | ||||||||
| International: Junior[27] | |||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 9th | 8th | |||||||||
| JGP Final | WD | ||||||||||
| JGP Croatia | 2nd | ||||||||||
| JGP Czech Rep. | 3rd | ||||||||||
| JGP Latvia | 3rd | ||||||||||
| JGP Slovakia | 1st | ||||||||||
| Gardena | 1st N | ||||||||||
| National[2] | |||||||||||
| U.S. Champ. | 1st N | 4th J | WD | 3rd | 8th | 1st | |||||
| U.S. Jr. Champ. | 4th V | 1st I | |||||||||
| Pacific Coast | 1st N | 2nd J | 1st | ||||||||
| Central Pacific | 1st V | 1st I | 1st N | ||||||||
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| Japan Open | 3rd T 6th P | ||||||||||
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3rd T 9th P |
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| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. | |||||||||||
Detailed results
| 2017–18 season | ||||
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| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| November 24–26, 2017 | 2017 Skate America | 9 59.53 |
6 123.27 |
8 182.80 |
| October 26–28, 2017 | 2017 Skate Canada International | 5 61.77 |
7 108.63 |
7 170.40 |
| October 7, 2017 | 2017 Japan Open | - | 6 116.32 |
3T/6P |
| September 13–17, 2017 | 2017 U.S. Classic | 2 66.18 |
3 116.14 |
3 182.32 |
| 2016–17 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| April 20–23, 2017 | 2017 World Team Trophy | 8 60.33 |
9 108.62 |
3T/9P 168.95 |
| March 29 – April 2, 2017 | 2017 World Championships | 5 69.98 |
6 129.31 |
4 199.29 |
| February 15–19, 2017 | 2017 Four Continents Championships | 12 55.60 |
10 111.22 |
12 166.82 |
| January 14–22, 2017 | 2017 U.S. Championships | 1 72.82 |
1 141.40 |
1 214.22 |
| December 8–11, 2016 | 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 6 54.60 |
7 101.03 |
7 155.63 |
| November 25–27, 2016 | 2016 NHK Trophy | 7 58.76 |
5 119.69 |
6 178.45 |
| November 18–20, 2016 | 2016 Cup of China | 9 58.28 |
5 121.11 |
7 179.39 |
| September 14–18, 2016 | 2016 CS U.S. Classic | 6 51.50 |
3 110.58 |
3 162.08 |
| 2015–16 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 16–21, 2016 | 2016 Four Continents Championships | 12 53.55 |
10 107.97 |
12 161.52 |
| January 16–24, 2016 | 2016 U.S. Championships | 12 54.86 |
8 113.89 |
8 168.75 |
| December 3–5, 2015 | 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb | 4 56.82 |
3 118.53 |
3 175.35 |
| November 5–8, 2015 | 2015 Cup of China | 7 58.30 |
5 117.63 |
5 175.93 |
| October 23–25, 2015 | 2015 Skate America | 4 62.28 |
6 110.26 |
5 172.54 |
| September 16–20, 2015 | 2015 U.S. Classic | 3 60.94 |
5 98.24 |
4 159.18 |
| 2014–15 season | |||||
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| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| March 2–8, 2015 | 2015 World Junior Championships | Junior | 12 51.64 |
8 105.66 |
8 157.30 |
| January 18–25, 2015 | 2015 U.S. Championships | Senior | 6 64.66 |
3 135.13 |
3 199.79 |
| November 18–22, 2014 | 2015 Pacific Coast | Senior | 2 54.83 |
1 116.75 |
1 171.58 |
| October 8–12, 2014 | 2014 Junior Grand Prix, Croatia | Junior | 1 62.71 |
3 106.70 |
2 169.41 |
| September 3–7, 2014 | 2014 Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic | Junior | 1 60.68 |
4 100.27 |
3 160.95 |
References
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{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Ge, Misha (June 1, 2017). "Haven't say it yet: Proud of seeing You grow and improve. Was a joy to choreograph something new and mature for You. Congratulation on the great performances on the StarsOnTheIce @karebearsk8 . Music: Rise - Katy Perry" (Instagram).
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