Cha Jun-hwan
Jun Hwan CHA | |
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Cha in 2015 | |
Personal information | |
Native name | 차준환 |
Country represented | South Korea |
Born |
Seoul, South Korea | October 21, 2001
Home town | Seoul |
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
Coach | Brian Orser |
Former coach | Shin Hea-sook |
Choreographer | David Wilson |
Former choreographer |
Kenji Miyamoto Cindy Stuart Joey Russell Shin Yea-ji |
Skating club |
Korea National Training Center Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club |
Training locations | Toronto |
Former training locations | Seoul |
Began skating | 2009 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total |
239.47 2016 JGP Japan |
Short program |
79.34 2016 JGP Japan |
Free skate |
160.13 2016 JGP Japan |
Jun Hwan CHA (Hangul:차준환) (born October 21, 2001) is a South Korean figure skater. He is a two-time (2015, 2016) South Korean national senior bronze medalist, and a two-time (2012, 2013) South Korean national junior champion. He placed 5th at the 2016 Youth Olympics and 7th at the 2016 World Junior Championships. He is also the current record-holder for the highest junior combined total scores.
Personal life
Cha was born on October 21, 2001 in Seoul.[1] He has worked as a child actor, model, and ballet dancer.[2][3]
Career
Cha began skating at the age of seven,[4] coached by Shin Hea-sook.[3] His skating idols were Evgeni Plushenko and Daisuke Takahashi.[5]
Early career
Cha placed fourth as a junior skater at the 2011 South Korean Championships. In 2012, he won the junior level at the South Korean Championships. In the 2012–13 season, he took the novice gold medal at the Asian Trophy and repeated as the junior champion at the South Korean Championships. At the 2014 Korean Championships, he placed fifth at the senior level. This was his first senior experience at national championships.
During the 2014–15 season, Cha won the novice gold medal at the Merano Cup and the senior bronze medal at the South Korean Championships. In March 2015, he began training in Toronto under Brian Orser to improve his jumps, including triple Axel jump and quad jumps.[6]
2015–16 season: Junior international debut
Making his junior international debut, Cha won gold at the 2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic by over 30 points. Competing with an ear infection at the 2016 South Korean Championships, he repeated as the senior national bronze medalist.[7] In February, he represented South Korea at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, placing 4th in the short program, 5th in the free skating, and 5th overall. In March, Cha competed in Debrecen, Hungary at the 2016 World Junior Championships, placing 7th in the short program, 6th in the free skating, and 7th overall.
2016–17 season
In the 2016–17 season, Cha made his Junior Grand Prix debut at the JGP Japan, where he won the gold medal after finishing second in the short program with a new personal best score of 79.34 points. He then competed as the last skater in the free skate, placing first by scoring another personal best of 160.13 points, and set a new world record of 239.47 points for junior men's combined total score. He went on to win the gold medal at JGP Germany, earning him a ticket into the Junior Grand Prix Final in France.
Records and achievements
- Set the junior-level men's record for the combined total to 239.47 points at the 2016 JGP Japan.
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2016–17 [1][8] |
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2015–16 [9] |
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2014–15 |
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2013–14 |
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2012–13 |
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2011–12 |
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2010–11 |
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2009–10 |
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Competitive highlights
International: Junior, Novice[10] | |||||||
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Event | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 |
Junior Worlds | 7th | ||||||
Youth Olympics | 5th | ||||||
JGP Final | TBD | ||||||
JGP Germany | 1st | ||||||
JGP Japan | 1st | ||||||
Autumn Classic | 1st J | ||||||
Asian Trophy | 1st N | ||||||
Merano Cup | 1st N | ||||||
National[10] | |||||||
South Korean | 4th J | 1st J | 1st J | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | |
Team events | |||||||
Youth Olympics | 6th T 3rd P | ||||||
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior T = Team result; P = Personal result |
Detailed results
2016–17 season | |||||
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Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
October 5–9, 2016 | 2016 JGP Germany | Junior | 1 76.82 |
1 143.72 |
1 220.54 |
September 8–11, 2016 | 2016 JGP Japan | Junior | 2 79.34 |
1 160.13 |
1 239.47 |
2015–16 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
March 14–20, 2016 | 2016 World Junior Championships | Junior | 7 74.38 |
6 132.73 |
7 207.11 |
February 12–21, 2016 | 2016 Youth Olympic Games - Team Event | Junior | - - |
3 139.97 |
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February 12–21, 2016 | 2016 Youth Olympic Games | Junior | 4 68.76 |
5 130.14 |
5 198.90 |
January 8–10, 2016 | 2016 South Korean Championships | Senior | 4 58.60 |
3 131.38 |
3 189.98 |
October 12–15, 2015 | 2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic | Junior | 1 65.48 |
1 132.96 |
1 198.44 |
2014–15 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
January 5–9, 2015 | 2015 South Korean Championships | Senior | 4 58.28 |
3 122.85 |
3 181.13 |
November 14–16, 2014 | 2014 Merano Cup | Novice | 1 46.16 |
1 88.68 |
1 134.84 |
2013–14 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
January 3–5, 2014 | 2014 South Korean Championships | Senior | 5 60.44 |
3 123.94 |
5 184.38 |
2012–13 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
January 2–6, 2013 | 2013 South Korean Championships | Junior | 1 50.67 |
1 100.07 |
1 150.74 |
August 7–12, 2012 | 2012 Asian Trophy | Novice | 2 36.15 |
1 79.01 |
1 115.16 |
2011–12 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
January 4–8, 2012 | 2012 South Korean Championships | Junior | 1 46.26 |
1 86.95 |
1 133.21 |
2010–11 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
January 12–16, 2011 | 2011 South Korean Championships | Junior | 3 37.16 |
4 70.65 |
4 107.81 |
- Personal best highlighted in bold.
References
- 1 2 "Jun Hwan CHA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
- ↑ "국내 男피겨 '역대 최고점' 차준환 "연기활동 위해 배운건데…"" [Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan] (in Korean). news.donga.com. December 8, 2015.
- 1 2 "피겨 프린스 차준환, 내일은 피겨왕!" [Figure skating prince Cha Jun-hwan] (in Korean). ohmynews.com. July 21, 2011.
- ↑ "4대륙 피겨 특집 평창 피겨 팀, 2018년에는 '드림팀' 꿈꾼다" [2018 dream team] (in Korean). spotvnews.co.kr. February 3, 2015.
- ↑ "차준환 "다카하시 다이스케 닮고 싶다"" [Cha Jun-hwan: "I want to be like Daisuke Takahashi"] (in Korean). donga.com. January 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Figure skater Cha Joon-hwan emerges as Male Kim Yu-na". English Donga. December 9, 2015.
- ↑ "이준형, '男 피겨 역대 최고점' 종합선수권 2연패" [Lee June-hyoung's second straight title] (in Korean). joynews.inews24.com. January 10, 2016.
- ↑ Xiong, Wei (September 18, 2016). "Jun-Hwan Cha off to strong start". Golden Skate.
- ↑ "Jun Hwan CHA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
- 1 2 "Competition Results: Jun Hwan CHA". International Skating Union.
External links
Media related to Cha Jun-hwan at Wikimedia Commons