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Date of birth: 21.10.2001
Junhwan CHA
Place of birth: Seoul
Height: 178 cm
KOR
Home town: Seoul
Profession: university student
Hobbies: music, movies
Start sk. / Club: 2009 / Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club
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Coach: Hyun Jung Chi
Choreographer: Shae-Lynn Bourne
Practice low season:  h/week Seoul
Practice high season:  h/week Seoul
Music Short Program as of season 2023/2024
Masquerade Waltz by Aram Khatchaturian performed by Three Suites
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2023/2024
The Batman Theme 
Personal Best Total Score 296.03 25.03.2023 ISU World Championships 2023
Personal Best Score Short Program 101.33 13.04.2023 ISU World Team Trophy 2023
Personal Best Score Free Skating 196.39 25.03.2023 ISU World Championships 2023
Season Best Total Score 272.95 03.02.2024 ISU Four Continents Championships 2024
Season Best Score Short Program 95.30 01.02.2024 ISU Four Continents Championships 2024
Season Best Score Free Skating 177.65 03.02.2024 ISU Four Continents Championships 2024
16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/24
Olympic Games   15        5     
World Championship     19    10    2   
European Championship                
Four Continents     6  5    1  4  3 
World Juniors 5               
National Championship 1.S  1.S  1.S  1.S  1.S  1.S  1.S   
S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice
International Competition Year Place International Competition Year Place
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021, Tokyo 2021 3. ISU GP NHK Trophy 2022, Sapporo 2022 3.
ISU CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial 2022, Bratislava 2022 2. ISU CS Nepela Memorial 2023, Bratislava 2023 6.
ISU CS Finlandia Trophy 2022, Espoo 2022 1. Shanghai Trophy 2023, Shanghai 2023 2.
ISU GP Skate America 2022, Norwood, MA 2022 3. ISU GP Skate Canada International 2023, Vancouver 2023 9.
Cha is the first Korean male skater to win an ISU Championship title (2022 Four Continents title) and to win a World medal (silver at the 2023 World Championships). Cha trained for several years in Canada before moving his training base back to Korea in 2020 when the pandemic started. He was a child actor and appeared in movies and commercials. In 2020, he performed as a singer in a Korean TV show. He had to withdraw from the 2022 World Championship due to a broken skating boot. 
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