Jin Boyang
Chinese figure skater / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Jin Boyang?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Jin Boyang (Chinese: 金博洋; pinyin: Jīn Bóyáng; Mandarin pronunciation: [tɕín pwǒ jǎŋ]; born 3 October 1997) is a Chinese figure skater. He is a two-time World bronze medalist (2016–2017), the 2018 Four Continents champion, a two-time Four Continents silver medalist (2016, 2019), the 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist, a five-time (2014–2017, 2019) Chinese national champion and a two-time (2016,2024) Chinese national winter games champion. On the junior level, he is the 2015 World Junior silver medalist and the 2013 JGP Final champion.[1] He is the first Chinese skater to medal in the men's singles event at a World Championships.[2]
Jin Boyang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Jin Boyang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Native name | 金博洋 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1997-10-03) 3 October 1997 (age 26) Harbin, Heilongjiang, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Beijing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Brian Orser Tracy Wilson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Competitive | 2010-present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest WS | 7th (2016–17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Jin is the first skater ever to land a quad Lutz-triple toe loop combination in competition, the first skater to ever have landed three different types of quads in a single competition, the first skater to have landed four quad jumps in a single program in international competition, and the first skater to have landed six quads in international competition.[2][3] He is credited as being one of the people who fueled the "revolution" based around quadruple jumps in figure skating.[2][4][5]