Pairs
Date of birth: 02.01.1996
Xiaoyu YU
Place of birth: Beijing
Height: 162 cm
CHN
Home town: Beijing
Profession: student
Hobbies: anime, hand-made things, riding, reading, Japanese language
Start sk. / Club: 2004 / Beijing New Century FSC
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Former Partners: Yang JIN
Date of birth: 06.07.1984
Hao ZHANG
Place of birth: Harbin
Height: 181 cm
CHN
Home town: Beijing
Profession: student, athlete
Hobbies: antiques, scripts, paintings
Start sk. / Club: 1988 / Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau
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Former Partners: Cheng PENG, Dan ZHANG
Coach: Hongbo Zhao, Bing Han, Jinlin Guan
Choreographer: Lori Nichol
Practice low season: 30 h/week Beijing
Practice high season: 30 h/week Beijing
Music Short Program as of season 2017/2018
Swan Lake by Petr I. Tchaikovski
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2017/2018
Jyn Erso & Hope Suite (from "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story") by Michael Giacchino
Princess Leia (from "Star Wars: A New Hope") by John Williams
12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20
Olympic Games   8(2)        8,     
World Champ. 11(2)  5(2)  4(2)  12(2)  4  7     
European Champ.                
Four Continents 5(2)    2(2)  3(1)  4       
World Juniors 4(1)  1(1)  1(1)           
National Champ. 1.S(1)  3.S(1)/1.S(2)  1.S(1)      1.S    4.S 
S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice
(1): Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN (CHN), (2): Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG (CHN), (3): Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG (CHN)
International Competition Year Place International Competition Year Place
ISU GP Skate Canada International 2016, Mississauga 2016 2. International Cup of Nice 2017, Nice 2017 1.
ISU GP Audi Cup of China 2016, Beijing 2016 1. ISU GP Audi Cup of China 2017, Beijing 2017 2.
ISU Grand Prix Final 2016/17, Marseille 2016 2. ISU GP 2017 Bridgestone Skate America, Lake Placid, NY 2017 2.
Asian Winter Games 2017, Sapporo 2017 1. ISU Grand Prix Final 2017/18, Nagoya 2017 6.
Yu/Zhang teamed up in spring 2016. Both competed succesfully with their previous partners at the World level. Yu is a two-time World Junior Pairs Champion with Yang Jin and Zhang is a multiple World medalist and 2006 Olympic silver medalist with Dan Zhang. He then continued his career with Cheng Peng. Zhang got married to Ju Chi in May 2014. Their son was born on May 8, 2015. Coach Hongbo Zhao is the 2010 Olympic Champion in Pair Skating (with Xue Shen).
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