Nathan Chen

Nathan Chen

Personal information
Full name	Nathan Chen
Country represented	United States
Born	May 5, 1999 (1999-05-05) (age 12) Salt Lake City
Coach	Genia Chernyshova
Former coach	Stephanee Grosscup Karel Kovar
Choreographer	Genia Chernyshova
Former choreographer	Stephanee Grosscup
Skating club	Salt Lake Figure Skating

Nathan Chen (born May 5, 1999) is an American figure skater. He is a two-time (2010, 2011) U.S. novice men's champion. By winning the novice gold medal at age 10 in 2010, Chen became the youngest national novice champion in the United States. His 2011 total winning score of 163.40 makes Chen the highest scoring novice champion in U.S. figure skating history.^[1]

Career

Chen won consecutive national novice titles at the 2010^[2] and 2011 U.S. Championships.^[3]

For the 2011–12 season, Chen will move up to the junior level in national competitions but is not old enough to do so internationally. He is coached by Genia Chernyshova and also travels to Lake Arrowhead, California to work with jump specialist Rafael Arutunian.^[4]

Personal life

Nathan Chen is the youngest of five siblings in his family. He began figure skating at about three years old. In addition to figure skating, he trains in ballet and gymnastics. He also enjoys playing the piano and competing in youth hockey. Chen has been enrolled in the Extended Learning Program (ELP)^[5] of the Salt Lake City School District since kindergarten.

Programs

Season	Level	Short program	Free skate
2010–11	Novice	Rawhide soundtrack choreographed by Genia Chernyshova	Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt choreographed by Genia Chernyshova
2009–10	Novice	Kung Fu Panda soundtrack by Hans Zimmer choreographed by Stephanie Grosscup	Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev choreographed by Genia Chernyshova

Results

2010–2011 season (Novice)
Date	Event	SP	FS	Combined	Protocol
January 22 – 30, 2011	2011 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships	1 52.47	1 110.93	1 163.40	Short program Free skate
2009–2010 season (Novice)
Date	Event	SP	FS	Combined	Protocol
January 14 – 24, 2010	2010 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships	1 51.24	3 85.80	1 137.04	Short program Free skate

Honors

• Recipient of 2011 Athlete Alumni Ambassador Award^[6]
• Recipient of 2011, 2010 Cecilia Colledge Memorial Fund award^[7]
• Winner of 2011, 2010, and 2009 Michael Weiss Foundation Scholarship^[8]
• Recipient of 2010, 2009, and 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Memorial Fund^[9]
• Member of the 2010-11 U.S. Figure Skating Team Envelope C^[10]
• Featured as ABC World News' "Person-of-the-Week" on February 19, 2010^[11]
• Performed in the WiWa Ice Shows in Hangzhou, China, May 1–5, 2010^[12]
• Skated in the Sun Valley Summer Ice Shows in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 3, 10, 24 and August 21, 2010^[13]
• Performed as guest star in Skate Asia 2010 in Hangzhou, China and again at Skate Asia 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. </ref>

Videos

• ”Hungarian Rhapsody” free skate at 2010 Broadmoor Open
• ”Peter and the Wolf” exhibition at 2010 Smucker's Skating Spectacular

Reference

1. ^ Walker, Elvin (January 24, 2011). "Nathan Chen makes history in Greensboro". GoldenSkate. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2010/us_nov_ml.shtml. Retrieved July 4, 2011. 
2. ^ Brown, Mickey (January 19, 2010). "Chen wins novice men's title in Spokane". IceNetwork. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100119&content_id=7935174&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved July 4, 2011. 
3. ^ Brown, Mickey (January 24, 2011). "Chen repeats as novice men's champion". IceNetwork. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110124&content_id=16493980&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved July 4, 2011. 
4. ^ Walker, Elvin (July 3, 2011). "Nathan Chen: Young Star On The Rise". International Figure Skating. http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/558-nathan-chen-young-star-on-the-rise. Retrieved July 4, 2011. 
5. ^ Extended Learning Program
6. ^ "Chen named winner of annual 3A award". U.S. Figure Skating (IceNetwork). May 16, 2011. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110516&content_id=19132036&vkey=ice_pressrelease. Retrieved June 18, 2011. 
7. ^ Cecilia Colledge Memorial Fund
8. ^ 2011 Michael Weiss Foundation Scholarship winners!
9. ^ U.S. Figure Skating Memorial Fund
10. ^ 2010-2011 U.S. Figure Skating Team Envelope C
11. ^ JOHN BERMAN, WONBO WOO and CHRISTINE BROZYNA, Person of the Week: Nathan Chen, ABC World News, February 19, 2010
12. ^ Susan D. Russell, Wiwa Rocks in China, The International Figure Skating Magazine, July 2010
13. ^ Stars sparkle at Sun Valley Ice Shows, The Idaho Mountain Express, June 30, 2010

External links

• Official Website

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Name	Chen, Nathan
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Date of birth	May 5, 1999
Place of birth	Salt Lake City
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