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Date of birth: 05.05.1999 Nathan CHEN
USA
Place of birth: Salt Lake City, UT
Height: 166 cm
Home town: Salt Lake City, UT
Profession: university student
Hobbies: biking, reading, playing the guitar
Start sk. / Club: 2002 / Salt Lake City FSC
Internet / Social Media contact: Twitter & Instagram: @nathanwchen
Coach: Rafael Arutunian
Choreographer: S. Bourne (SP), M.F. Dubreuil, S. Chouinard (FS)
Former Coach: Genia Chernyshova, Karl Kovar
Practice low season: 30 h / week Lake Forest, CA, New Haven, CT
Practice high season: 23 h / week New Haven, CT, Lake Forest, CA
Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2018/2019
Caravan by Duke Ellington performed by Boston Brass
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2018/2019
Land of All by Woodkid
Personal Best Total Score282.4207.12.2018 ISU Grand Prix Final 2018/19
Personal Best Score Short Program92.9906.12.2018 ISU Grand Prix Final 2018/19
Personal Best Score Free Skating189.9920.10.2018 ISU GP Skate America 2018
 
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18/19
Olympic Games
World Champ.
European Champ.
Four Continents
World Juniors
National Champ.
 
 
 
 
 
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3.J
 
 
 
 
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S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice
International CompetitionYearPlace
ISU Grand Prix Final 2016/17 Marseille 2016 2.
ISU CS US Internat. FS Classic 2017 Salt Lake City, UT 2017 1.
ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2017 Moscow 2017 1.
ISU GP Skate America 2017 Lake Placid, NY 2017 1.
Chen is a bronze medalist in the Team Event at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. He became the first skater to perform five quadruple jumps in one free skating (quad Lutz, flip, Salchow and two quad toeloops at the U.S. National Championships and Four Continents Championships in 2017). A year before, he became the first skater to land four quads in one free program. He suffered a season ending avulsion injury in the exhibition gala of the 2016 National Championships.
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