Chen Hongyi

Chen Hongyi (Chinese: 陈虹伊; pinyin: Chén Hóngyī; born September 19, 2002) is a Chinese figure skater. She is the 2020 Cup of China champion, a two-time Chinese national bronze medalist (2018, 2019) and has skated in the final segment at four ISU Championships.

This article is about a Chinese figure skater. For the Hong Kong legal scholar, see Albert Chen Hung-yee.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
Chen Hongyi
Personal information
Country representedChina
Born (2002-09-19) September 19, 2002
Beijing, China
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
CoachZhao Yang
Former coachDong Bing, Misha Ge
ChoreographerLori Nichol
Former choreographerMisha Ge, Elvin Wong, Zhao Yang
Skating clubBeijing New Century Star
Training locationsBeijing
Began skating2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total186.53
2020 Cup of China
Short program58.53
2019 Worlds
Free skate121.90
2020 Cup of China

Career

Early years

Chen began learning to skate in 2008.[1] Competing in the senior ranks, she placed fourth at the 2017 Chinese Championships in December 2016.

2017–2018 season

Chen's ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut came in September 2017, in Zagreb, Croatia, where she placed sixteenth. The following month, she finished tenth at a JGP event in Gdańsk, Poland. In December, she stepped onto her first senior national podium, taking bronze at the 2018 Chinese Championships. She qualified to the free skate and finished eighteenth overall at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2018–2019 season

Making her senior international debut, Chen placed sixth at the 2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in early August. She placed fourteenth at the 2019 Four Continents Championships. She placed nineteenth at the 2019 World Junior Championships in early March, and then made her senior World Championship debut, placing nineteenth there as well.

2019–2020 season

Chen made her Grand Prix debut, placing ninth at the 2019 Cup of China and eighth at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup. After taking the silver medal at the Chinese championships, she placed eleventh at the 2020 Four Continents Championships.[2] She was assigned to compete at the 2020 World Championships, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[3]

2020–2021 season

With the pandemic continuing to affect international travel, the ISU assigned the Grand Prix based largely on geography. Chen was assigned to the 2020 Cup of China, which she won over the other Chinese ladies present by almost 40 points.[4]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–2021
  • I Have the Strength to Fly
    by Xiaoduo Cheng
    choreo. by Lori Nichol
2019–2020
[5]
2018–2019
[6]
2017–2018
[1]
  • Why Are The Flowers So Red

Competitive highlights

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

International[7]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
Worlds19thC
Four Continents14th11th
GP Cup of China9th1st
GP Rostelecom Cup8th
CS Alpen Trophy10th
CS Asian Open6th
CS Golden Spin7th
Shanghai Trophy5th
International: Junior[7]
Junior Worlds18th19th
JGP Austria8th
JGP Croatia16th
JGP Poland10th
National[7]
Chinese Champ.4th3rd3rd2nd
Levels: J = Junior
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

References
  1. "Hongyi CHEN: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Results - Ladies". International Skating Union.
  3. Ewing, Lori (March 11, 2020). "World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal". CBC Sports.
  4. Slater, Paula (November 7, 2020). "Hongyi Chen pockets gold at Cup of China". Golden Skate.
  5. "Hongyi CHEN: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. "Hongyi CHEN: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 18, 2019.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. "Competition Results: Hongyi CHEN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018.
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