Skaters

Nathan Chen
Born:
May 5, 1999
Birthplace:
Salt Lake City, Utah
Height:
4' 9"
Level:
Junior
Hometown:
Salt Lake City, Utah
Training Town:
Lake Arrowhead, Calif.
Club:
Salt Lake FSC
Coach:
Rafael Arutyunyan, Nadia Kanaeva, Vera Arutyunyan
Choreographer:
Rafael Arutyunyan, Nadia Kanaeva (SP), Stephanee Grosscup (FS)

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

*2013 U.S. junior bronze medalist
*2012 U.S. junior champion
*Two-time U.S. novice champion (2010, '11)
* 2009 U.S. intermediate silver medalist
*2008 U.S. juvenile bronze medalist

SKATING NOTES

Started skating at age 3 after watching his brothers play hockey ... Participated in the Basic Skills Program for one year ...Recipient of the 2011 3A ("Athlete Alumni Ambassador") award, given by the Athletes Advisory Committee to a skater who has achieved a level of excellence in his or her discipline while also remaining active in the community through volunteer contributions.

PERSONAL NOTES

Siblings are Alice, Janice, Tony, Colin ... Parents are Hetty Wang and Zhidong Chen.

 

IN MY WORDS

If I wasn't a figure skater ... I would want to play hockey

I look up to ... my mom.

After I'm done skating, I want to ... go to college.

My hobbies are ... playing piano and hockey, gymnastics, biking and ballet

 

MY FAVORITES

Jump: Triple flip

Thing to do on a day off: Ride my bike

Way to relax: Read

Olympic sport: Gymnastics

Meal: Fettuccini Alfredo

 

I PREFER

Gloves or No Gloves

Spin or Jump

Homecooking or Restaurant

Theater or Rental

Short Program or Free Skate

E-Reader or Book

Trail or Treadmill

Pre-competition nap: No

 

PAST SEASON NOTES


  • 2013 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Prelude and Allegro" by Franz Kreisler
    FS Music: Music from The Three Musketeers soundtrack by Alexandre Dumas

    Costumes designed by Elena Pollack
  • 2012 Season Notes
    SP Music: Music from the Wall-E soundtrack by Thomas Newman
    FS Music: Music from The Godfather soundtrack by Nino Rota

    Costumes designed by his mother, Hetty Wang
  • 2011 Season Notes
    SP Music: Music from the TV series "Rawhide"
    FS Music: Frans Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody" performed by Lang Lang

    Costumes designed by his mother, Hetty Wang ... Goals is to again win the U.S. novice title
  • 2010 Season Notes
    SP Music: Selections from the Kung Fu Panda soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and John Powell
    FS Music: "Peter and the Wolf" performed by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra

  • 2009 Season Notes
    SP Music: Music from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky
    FS Music: Music from the movie Transformers

  • 2008 Season Notes
    FS Music: Music from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky

  • 2007 Season Notes
    FS Music: "Jupiter"
    2013 - U.S. Championships, Junior - 3rd
    2013 - Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior - 2nd
    2012 - Junior Grand Prix (Austria) - 1st
    2012 - Gardena Spring Trophy - 1st, Novice
    2012 - U.S. Championships, Junior - 1st
    2012 - Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior - 1st
    2011 - AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Novice - 1st
    2010 - U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Novice - 1st
    2010 - Pacific Coast Sectional Championships, Novice - 1st
    2010 - Central Pacific Regional Championships, Novice - 1st
    2009 - U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships, Intermediate - 2nd
    2009 - Central Pacific Regional Championships, Intermediate - 2nd
    2008 - U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships, Juvenile - 3rd
    2008 - Central Pacific Regional Championships, Juvenile - 1st
    2007 - U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships, Juvenile - 10th
    2007 - Central Pacific Regional Championships, Juvenile - 1st

    IJS Personal Bests

    INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
    SP - 75.15 (2012 Junior Grand Prix, Austria)
    FS - 146.85 (2012 Junior Grand Prix, Austria)
    Final Score - 222.00 (2012 Junior Grand Prix, Austria)

    U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
    SP - 66.09 (2013 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior)
    FS - 130.75 (2012 U.S. Championships, Junior)
    Final Score - 193.90 (2012 U.S. Championships, Junior)