Alex Kang-chan Kam (born 23 May 1995) is a South Korean

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. He has represented

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at the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

. As a single skater, he competed in the free skate at the 2012 Four Continents Championships. In 2015, he switched to

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

, teaming up with Kim Kyu-eun in 2016.

Personal life

Alex Kang-chan Kam was born on 23 May 1995, in

Queenstown, New Zealand Queenstown ( mi, Tāhuna) is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It has an urban population of The town is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long, thin, Z-shaped lake formed by ...

. He is the elder brother of Korean ice dancer

Richard Kang-in Kam Richard Kang-in Kam (born December 24, 1996) is a retired New Zealand and South Korean ice dancer who most recently competed with Charlotte Lafond-Fournier representing New Zealand. Competing for South Korea with his former skating partner, L ...

Career

Single skating

In the 2011–12 season, Kam made his international senior debut at the

2011 NRW Trophy The 2011 NRW Trophy was an international figure skating competition during the 2011–2012 season. An annual event organized by the Skating Union of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eislauf Union and the Interna ...

. He was assigned to the 2012 Four Continents Championships and finished 17th in his first ISU Championship appearance. In the following year, Kam performed at the opening ceremony of the

2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games ( ko, 2013년 동계 스페셜 올림픽 세계대회, 2013-nyeon Donggye Special Olympics Segye Daehoe) was a Special Olympics, a multi-sports event that was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea from Janu ...

, titled "Dream of Snowman". In the 2013–14 season, Kam placed first in the junior men's event at the

Asian Figure Skating Trophy The Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy (or ''Asian Trophy''; previously known as the Asian Figure Skating Championships) is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the Asian Skating Union. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's and ...

, held in Bangkok, Thailand. It was his first medal at an ISU sanctioned competition.

Pairs

Following the 2014–15 season, Kam switched to pair skating with Kim Ye-ri. The duo won the Korean test competition for the

ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

(JGP) selection in August, and they were granted two assignments. In September, they made their international debut at the JGP in

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, placing 6th at the competition. Kam and Kim Kyu-eun debuted internationally at the Sarajevo Open in early February 2016. The following season, they moved up to the senior level, placing 5th at the

2016 CS Autumn Classic International The 2016 CS Autumn Classic International was a figure skating competition held from September 28 – October 1, 2016 at the Sportsplexe Pierrefonds in Montreal, Quebec. It was part of the 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the ...

, and participated in the 2017 Four Continents Championships. During the 2017–2018 season, they participated in the

and in the

2018 World Figure Skating Championships The 2018 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Milan, Italy from 19–25 March 2018, at the Mediolanum Forum. Records The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition: Qualification Age and minimum TES requ ...

Programs

With Kim Kyu-eun

With Kim Ye-ri

Single skating

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

Pairs with Kim Kyu-eun

Pairs with Kim Ye-ri

Single skating

Detailed results

Pairs with Kyu-eun Kim

with Kim Ye-ri

Single skating

References

External links

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2013 Asian Figure Skating Trophy results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kam, Alex 1995 births Living people People from Queenstown, New Zealand South Korean male single skaters South Korean male pair skaters New Zealand people of South Korean descent New Zealand emigrants to South Korea Figure skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of South Korea Figure skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games