Gao Yumeng

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Gao.
Gao Yumeng
2017-2018 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Gao Yumeng Xie Zhong jsfb dave3474.jpg
Personal information
Country representedChina
Born (2001-04-13) April 13, 2001 (age 20)
Tianjin, China
ResidenceBeijing, China
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
PartnerXie Zhong
Former partnerLi Bowen
CoachZhao Hongbo
Former coachLuan Bo, Song Lun, Li Yinwei
ChoreographerElvin Wong
Skating clubChina Youth Team
Former skating clubHarbin Winter Sports Training Centre
Training locationsBeijing
Former training locationsHarbin
Began skating2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total165.03
2017–18 JGP Final
Short program59.99
2017 JGP Croatia
Free skate105.56
2017–18 JGP Final
Medal record
Figure skating: Pairs
Representing  China
(with Xie Zhong)
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei Pairs
Representing Mixed-NOCs
(with Li Bowen)
Winter Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Lillehammer Team

Gao Yumeng (Chinese: 高誉萌; born April 13, 2001) is a Chinese pair skater. With her skating partner, Xie Zhong, she is the 2017 World Junior bronze medalist and 2017 Chinese national bronze medalist on the senior level.

Early career[]

Gao began learning to skate in 2008.[1] During the 2015–2016 season, she competed in partnership with Li Bowen. Competing on the senior level, they finished 5th at the 2016 Chinese Championships. They placed 7th at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, held in February in Hamar, Norway, and 13th at the 2016 World Junior Championships, held in March in Debrecen, Hungary. The pair was coached by Luan Bo, Song Lun, and Li Yinwei in Harbin, China.[2]

Partnership with Xie[]

Gao and Xie Zhong are coached by Zhao Hongbo in Beijing.[1]

2016–2017 season[]

Making their international debut as a pair, they placed 5th at a Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in early September 2016 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. They had the same result at their second JGP assignment, in Saransk, Russia. In December, they won the bronze medal competing as seniors at the Chinese Championships.

In March 2017, Gao/Xie won the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Taipei, having ranked second in the short program and third in the free skate.

2017–2018 season[]

Gao/Xie placed 4th at JGP Poland and 2nd at JGP Croatia, qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final (JGPF). They finished 4th at both JGPF and World Junior Championships. They split at the end of this season. [3]

Programs[]

With Xie[]

Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[4]
  • Chicago (soundtrack)
    (from Chicago)
2016–2017
[1]

With Li[]

Season Short program Free skating
2015–2016
[2]
  • Happy Paradise

Competitive highlights[]

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Xie[]

International[5]
Event 2016–17 2017–18
Junior Worlds 3rd 4th
JGP Final 4th
JGP Czech Rep. 5th
JGP Russia 5th
JGP Croatia 2nd
JGP Poland 4th
National[5]
Chinese Champ. 3rd

With Li[]

International[6]
Event 2015–16
Junior Worlds 13th
Youth Olympics 7th
National[6]
Chinese Champ. 5th
Team events
Youth Olympics 3rd T
6th P
T = Team result; P = Personal result
Medals awarded for team result only.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Yumeng GAO / Zhong XIE: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b "Yumeng GAO / Bowen LI: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
  3. ^ "国家花滑队赴体操队交流 李香凝兼项感觉"挺好" (in Chinese)". sports.qq.com. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  4. ^ "Yumeng GAO / Zhong XIE: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 14, 2018.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ a b "Competition Results: Yumeng GAO / Zhong XIE". International Skating Union.
  6. ^ a b "Competition Results: Yumeng GAO / Bowen LI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 4, 2016.

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