Cha Young-hyun

In this Korean name, the family name is Cha.

Cha Young-hyun (Korean: 차영현; born September 24, 2003)^[1] is a South Korean figure skater and a tightrope dancer (eoreum-sani) of Namsadang. He is the 2017 South Korean national junior champion and the 2021 South Korean national bronze medalist.^[2][3]

Cha Young-hyun
Cha Young-hyun at the 2018 World Junior Championships
Native name	차영현
Born	(2003-09-24) September 24, 2003 (age 21) Seoul, South Korea
Hometown	Paju City, South Korea
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Figure skating career
Country	South Korea
Discipline	Men's singles
Coach	Choi Hyung-kyung Kim Na-hyun Kim Min-seok
Began skating	2008
Medal record
South Korean Championships 2021 Uijeongbu Singles

Cha Young-hyun
Hangul	차영현
RR	Cha Yeonghyeon
MR	Ch'a Yŏnghyŏn

Personal life

Cha was born on September 24, 2003, in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. He is currently a student at Korea University.^[4]

Career

Early career

Cha started skating in 2007. He performed traditional Korean tightrope dancing in 2011^[5] and holds the record as the youngest tightrope dancer (eoreum-sani)^[6] of Namsadang at eight years old.

2017–2018 season

Cha made his international debut at the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit in Italy, where he finished in sixteenth place.^[7] Following a fifth-place finish at the 2018 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, Cha was selected to compete at the 2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, where he placed nineteenth.^[3]

Following the season, Cha made a coaching change from Lee Eun-hee to Hong Ye-Seul.^[8]

2018–2019 season

Cha began his season with eighth and seventh place finishes at 2018 JGP Austria and 2018 JGP Slovenia, respectively. Cha was once again selected to compete at the World Junior Championships after placing fourth at the 2019 South Korean Figure Skating Championships. He ultimately finished in twentieth at the Junior Worlds.^[3]

2019–2020 season

Cha started his season by finishing fifth at 2019 JGP Russia and eleventh at 2019 JGP Italy. He then went on to make his senior international debut at the 2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, where he placed seventh. Following Cha's second consecutive fourth-place finish at the 2020 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, he was selected to represent South Korea at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. Cha managed to finish fifth at that event after placing fifth both in both short and free program segments of the competition.^[3]

2020–2021 season

Cha only competed at the 2021 South Korean Figure Skating Championships during this season, where he won the bronze medal.^[3]

He switched coaches from Hong Ye-Seul to Choi Hyung-kyung following the season.^[9]

2021–2022 season

Cha started season by respectively finishing seventh and fourth at 2021 JGP Slovakia and 2021 JGP Slovenia. After finishing fourth at the 2022 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, Cha concluded his season by finishing nineteenth at the 2022 World Junior Championships.^[3]

2022–2023 season

Cha began the season with a silver medal at 2022 JGP France. He then went on to compete on the senior level at 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where he placed tenth. At the 2022 JGP Poland I, Cha's second Junior Grand Prix assignment, he finished fourth. One month later, Cha competed at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge, where he placed tenth. He would then place sixth at the 2023 South Korean Championships.^[3]

Due Cha having previously finished second at the 2022 Korean Universiade, he was selected to represent South Korea at the 2023 Winter World University Games in January, where he would finish seventh.^[10]

2023–2024 season

Cha started the season by winning the silver medal at the 2023 Asian Open Trophy before coming in seventh at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy.^[3] In January, he finished sixth at the 2024 South Korean Championships.^[10]

Selected to compete at the 2024 Four Continents in Shanghai, China, Cha finished fourteenth.^[3]

2024–2025 season

Cha began the season in October by competing at the 2024 Korean Universiade and Asian Games Qualifiers, where he finished fourth. With this result, Cha was selected to represent South Korea at the 2025 Winter World University Games.^[11][12] He then went on to finish seventh at the annual Korean Ranking Competition and at the 2025 South Korean Championships.^[10]

In mid-January, he placed twelfth at the 2025 Winter World University Games in Turin, Italy.^[10]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2024–2025 [13]	Reel Around The Sun (from Riverdance) by Bill Whelan choreo. by Shin Yea-ji	Dune Herald of the Change Armada Premonition by Hans Zimmer choreo. by Shin Yea-ji
2023–2024 [14]	The Devil arranged by Kim Youngah performed by Seoul Classical Players choreo. by Shin Yea-ji Erlkönig, D.328 by Franz Schubert arranged by Kim Youngah performed by Seoul Classical Players choreo. by Shin Yea-ji
2022–2023 [15]	The Devil arranged by Kim Youngah performed by Seoul Classical Players choreo. by Shin Yea-ji		Wandering (방황) composed by Kyung Sub Lee
2021–2022 [9]	The Godfather Suite by Nino Rota performed by Drew Tretick choreo. by Shin Yea-ji	The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber performed by Parague Cello Quartet choreo. by Shin Yea-ji
2020–2021
2019–2020 [16]	Boléro (Je Me Souviens De Nous) composed by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Nikita Mikhailov	Minnie The Moocher (The Blues Brothers soundtrack) choreo. by Karen Kwan
2018–2019 [8]	The Grand Budapest Hotel soundtrack Billy Elliot the Musical soundtrack choreo. by Nikita Mikhailov	D'Artagnan composed by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Nikita Mikhailov	Wandering (방황) composed by Kyung Sub Lee
2017–2018 [17]	Boléro (Je Me Souviens De Nous) composed by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Nikita Mikhailov
2016–2017	Don't Stop Me Now by Queen	Casablanca by Max Steiner
2015–2016		Wandering (방황) composed by Kyung Sub Lee
2014–2015	Kung Fu Panda by Hans Zimmer and John Powell	Modern Times by Charlie Chaplin
2013–2014		Ninja Assassin composed by Andy Brown Modern Times by Charlie Chaplin
2012–2013		Arirang (아리랑) composed by Elec Cookie
2011–2012

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23	23–24	24–25
Four Continents								14th
CS Asian Open				7th
CS Ice Challenge							10th
CS Finlandia Trophy								7th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy							10th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice									14th
Asian Open								2nd
Winter World University Games							7th		12th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds		19th	20th			19th
Youth Olympics				5th
JGP Austria			8th
JGP Italy		16th		11th
JGP France							2nd
JGP Poland I							4th
JGP Russia				5th
JGP Slovakia						7th
JGP Slovenia			7th			4th
Children of Asia			3rd
National
South Korea Champ.	1st J	5th	4th	4th	3rd	4th	6th	6th	7th
Team events
Youth Olympics				4th T

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System ^[10]

Segment	Type	Score	Event
Total	TSS	211.15	2023 CS Finlandia Trophy
Short program	TSS	72.43	2024 Four Continents Championships
	TES	38.89	2024 Four Continents Championships
	PCS	35.07	2022 JGP France
Free skating	TSS	142.38	2023 CS Finlandia Trophy
	TES	70.31	2022 CS Ice Challenge
	PCS	72.43	2023 CS Finlandia Trophy

Senior level

Results in the 2024–25 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 16–20, 2024	2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur	15	64.71	16	120.27	14	184.98
Jan 2–5, 2025	2025 South Korean Championships	7	68.79	7	142.30	7	211.09
Jan 16–18, 2025	2025 Winter World University Games	11	69.24	11	132.10	12	201.34

2023–2024 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 30–February 4, 2024	2024 Four Continents Championships	12 72.43	16 131.71	14 204.14
January 4–7, 2024	2024 South Korean Championships	7 71.38	7 146.10	6 217.48
October 4–8, 2023	2023 CS Finlandia Trophy	9 68.77	6 142.38	7 211.15
August 16–19, 2023	2023 Asian Open Trophy	2 64.84	1 127.53	2 192.37

Junior level

Cha at the 2018 World Junior Championships

2022–2023 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 13–15, 2022	2023 Winter Universiade	Senior	10 67.13	7 140.90	7 208.03
November 9–13, 2022	2022 CS Ice Challenge	Senior	14 59.27	6 136.74	10 196.01
September 28–October 1, 2022	2022 JGP Poland I	Junior	7 65.72	3 133.46	4 199.18
September 21–24, 2022	2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	Senior	14 53.94	6 129.15	10 183.09
August 24–27, 2022	2022 JGP France	Junior	2 70.25	2 125.90	2 196.15
2021–2022 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
April 13–17, 2022	2022 World Junior Championships	Junior	19 60.32	18 115.31	19 175.63
January 7–9, 2022	2022 South Korean Championships	Senior	3 69.47	4 138.98	4 208.45
September 22–25, 2021	2021 JGP Slovenia	Junior	2 67.33	6 124.00	4 191.33
September 1–4, 2021	2021 JGP Slovakia	Junior	9 58.84	5 123.45	7 182.29
2020–2021 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 24–26, 2021	2021 South Korean Championships	Senior	5 61.90	3 131.54	3 193.44
2019–2020 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 10–15, 2020	2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team	Junior	–	3 133.13	4T/3P
January 10–15, 2020	2020 Winter Youth Olympics	Junior	5 69.61	5 129.51	5 199.12
October 30–November 3, 2019	2019 CS Asian Open Trophy	Senior	7 64.64	7 116.31	7 180.95
September 11–14, 2019	2019 JGP Russia	Junior	8 61.05	4 122.56	5 183.61
October 2–5, 2019	2019 JGP Italy	Junior	12 60.85	9 125.16	11 186.01
2018–2019 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 4–10, 2019	2019 World Junior Championships	Junior	21 61.75	19 115.47	20 177.22
February 13–15, 2019	2019 Children of Asia ISG	Junior	4 64.39	3 128.99	3 193.38
January 11–13, 2019	2019 South Korean Championships	Senior	2 67.42	5 115.95	4 183.37
October 3–6, 2018	2018 JGP Slovenia	Junior	8 62.39	7 121.60	7 183.99
Aug. 29 – Sept. 1, 2018	2018 JGP Austria	Junior	11 56.08	7 117.74	8 173.82
2017–2018 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 5–11, 2018	2018 World Junior Championships	Junior	23 57.57	16 116.56	19 174.13
January 5–7, 2018	2018 South Korean Championships	Senior	7 61.23	5 134.19	5 195.42
October 11–14, 2017	2017 JGP Italy	Junior	15 50.35	15 101.01	16 151.36
2016–2017 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 7–9, 2017	2017 South Korean Championships	Junior	1 49.95	1 112.91	1 162.86