MEN
Date of birth: 05.05.1999 Nathan CHEN
USA
Place of birth: Salt Lake City, UT
Height: 165 cm
Home town: Irvince, CA
Profession: high school student
Hobbies: biking, reading
Start sk. / Club: 2002 / Salt Lake City FSC
Coach: Rafael Arutunian, Marina Zueva
Choreographer: Marina Zueva (SP), Nadia Kanaeva (FS), O. Epstein
Former Coach: Genia Chernyshova, Karl Kovar
Practice low season: 30 h / week California and Canton, MI
Practice high season: 23 h / week Los Angeles, CA and Canton, MI
Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2016/2017
Le Corsaire by Adolphe Adam
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2016/2017
Polovtsian Dances (from "Prince Igor") by Alexander Borodin
Personal Best Total Score307.4619.02.2017 ISU Four Continents Championships 2017
Personal Best Score Short Program103.1217.02.2017 ISU Four Continents Championships 2017
Personal Best Score Free Skating204.3419.02.2017 ISU Four Continents Championships 2017
 
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Olympic Games
World Champ.
European Champ.
Four Continents
World Juniors
National Champ.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1.J
 
 
 
 
 
3.J
 
 
 
 
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1.S
S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice
International CompetitionYearPlace
ISU CS Finlandia Trophy 2016 Espoo 2016 1.
ISU GP Trophee de France 2016 Paris 2016 4.
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2016 Sapporo 2016 2.
ISU Grand Prix Final 2016/17 Marseille 2016 2.
Chen 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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