Cha Young-hyun

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Cha Young-hyun
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Cha at the 2018 Junior Worlds
Personal information
Native name차영현
Country representedSouth Korea South Korea
Born (2003-09-24) September 24, 2003 (age 18)
Seoul, South Korea
Home townPaju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
ResidenceGoyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
CoachHong Ye-seul
Former coachLee Eun-hee
ChoreographerNikita Mikhailov, Karen Kwan
Training locationsGoyang
Began skating2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total199.12
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Short program69.61
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Free skate133.13
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Cha Young-hyun
Hangul
차영현
Revised RomanizationCha Yeonghyun
McCune–ReischauerCh'a Yŏnghyŏn

Cha Young-hyun (Korean: 차영현; born September 24, 2003)[1] is a South Korean figure skater and a tightrope dancer (eoreum-sani) of Namsadang. He is the 2017 South Korean national junior champion [2] and the 2021 South Korean national bronze medalist. He has competed in the final segment at two ISU Championships (2018 World Junior Championships, 2019 World Junior Championships).

Career[]

Early career[]

Cha started skating in 2007. He performed traditional Korean tightrope dancing in 2011[3] and holds the record as the youngest tightrope dancer (eoreum-sani)[4] of Namsadang at 8 years old.

Junior career[]

2017-2018[]

He debuted at the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit in Italy.[5]

Programs[]

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2019–2020
  • Bolero (Je Me Souviens De Nous)
    composed by Maxime Rodriguez
    choreo by Nikita Mikhailov
2018–2019
  • Wandering (방황)
    composed by Kyung Sub Lee
2017–2018
  • Bolero (Je Me Souviens De Nous)
    composed by Maxime Rodriguez
    choreo by Nikita Mikhailov
2016–2017
  • Don't stop me now
    sung by Queen
2015–2016
  • Don't stop me now
    sung by Queen
  • Wandering (방황)
    composed by Kyung Sub Lee
  • Wandering (방황)
    composed by Kyung Sub Lee
2014–2015
2013–2014
  • Ninja Assassin
    composed by Andy Brown
  • Modern Times soundtrack
2012–2013
  • Arirang (아리랑)
    composed by Elec Cookie
2011–2012
  • Arirang (아리랑)
    composed by Elec Cookie


Competitive highlights[]

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
CS Asian Open 7th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 19th 20th
Youth Olympics 5th
JGP Austria 8th
JGP Italy 16th 11th
JGP Russia 5th
JGP Slovakia 7th
JGP Slovenia 7th
Children of Asia 3rd
National
South Korea 1st J 5th 4th 4th 3rd
Team events1
Youth Olympics 4th T
3rd P
1 Medals awarded for team results only.
T = Team result; P = Personal result.
J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results[]

Junior level[]

Cha at the 2018 World Junior Championships
2021–2022 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
September 1–4, 2021 2021 JGP Slovakia Junior 9
58.84 		5
123.45 		7
182.29
2020–2021 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
24–26 February 2021 2021 South Korean Championships Senior 5
61.90 		3
131.54 		3
193.44
2019–2020 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team Junior – 3
133.13 		4T/3P
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Junior 5
69.61 		5
129.51 		5
199.12
Oct 30 – Nov 3, 2019 2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy Senior 7
64.64 		7
116.31 		7
180.95
September 11–14, 2019 2019 JGP Russia Junior 8
61.05 		4
122.56 		5
183.61
October 2-5, 2019 2019 JGP Italy Junior 12
60.85 		9
125.16 		11
186.01
2018–2019 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 4-10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships Junior 21
61.75 		19
115.47 		20
177.22
February 13–15, 2019 2019 Children of Asia ISG Junior 4
64.39 		3
128.99 		3
193.38
January 11–13, 2019 2019 South Korean Championships Senior 2
67.42 		5
115.95 		4
183.37
October 3–6, 2018 2018 JGP Slovenia Junior 8
62.39 		7
121.60 		7
183.99
Aug 29 – Sept 1, 2018 2018 JGP Austria Junior 11
56.08 		7
117.74 		8
173.82
2017–2018 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 5–11, 2018 2018 World Junior Championships Junior 23
57.57 		16
116.56 		19
174.13
January 5–7, 2018 2018 South Korean Championships Senior 7
61.23 		5
134.19 		5
195.42
October 11–14, 2017 2017 JGP Italy Junior 15
50.35 		15
101.01 		16
151.36
2016–2017 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 7–9, 2017 2017 South Korean Championships Junior 1
49.95 		1
112.91 		1
162.86
  • Personal best highlighted in bold.

References[]

  1. ^ "Biography: Young Hyun CHA". International Skating Union. 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  2. ^ "-피겨- 최소은·차영현, 종합선수권 2그룹 쇼트프로그램 1위" [Figure skaters Choi So-eun and Cha Young-hyun win national championships in Junior short program] (in Korean). Yonhap. 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  3. ^ "892회 국악한마당 여름방학특집 국악놀이터 친구야놀자" [891th Korean classical music stage-tightrope dancing] (in Korean). KBS1. 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  4. ^ "국립민속국악원, 추석 맞아 한가위 연희난장 공연" [National Folk & Cultural Center, Chuseok performance]. Gukje News (in Korean). 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  5. ^ "[피겨 주니어GP] 이시형, 7차 대회 男싱글 최종 10위…차영현 16위" [Men single figure skater Lee Si-hyeong takes 10th place and Cha Young-hyun takes 16th place in 7th junior GP series] (in Korean). SPOTV. 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2017-10-16.

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