Chen Yudong (; born 28 September 2004) is a Chinese

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 is the

2020 Cup of China The 2020 SHISEIDO Cup of China was the third event in the 2020–21 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Chongqing Huaxi Culture and Sports Center in Chongqing, China o ...

bronze medalist, the 2020 Chinese junior national champion, and the 2022 Chinese national champion.

Career

Junior career

2018-19 season: First Junior Worlds

Chen was sent to train with

Rafael Arutyunyan Rafael Arutyunyan ( hy, Ռաֆայել Հարությունյան, ''Harutyunyan''; russian: Рафаэль Владимирович Арутюнян; born July 5, 1957) is an Armenian-American figure skating coach. He has coached in Armenia, Rus ...

in the 2018-19 season. He was assigned to the 2019 Junior World Championships where he finished in 25th place after the short program and did not advance to the free skate.

2019-20 season: Junior Grand Prix debut

Chen debuted in the

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 ...

circuit and was assigned to the Courchevel and Egna/Neumkart, where he finished in 9th and 6th place, respectively. He was assigned to compete at the

2020 Winter Youth Olympics The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (german: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020; french: Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2020; it, Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali del 2020; rm, Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), offic ...

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...

, where he finished in 6th place.

Senior career

2020-21 season: Senior debut

With the

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having to deal with the

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, senior skaters were invited to a maximum of one

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event, based largely on geographic location. Chen was invited to the

, where he finished in third place behind

Jin Boyang Jin Boyang (; ; 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 ...

and Yan Han.

2021-22 season: Senior international debut

Chen was assigned to the

2021 Cup of China The 2021 Cup of China was scheduled to be the third event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was to be held at the Chongqing Huaxi Culture and Sports Center in Chong ...

as his

event of the season. After the 2021 Cup of China was cancelled, he was reassigned to its replacement event, the

2021 Gran Premio d'Italia The 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia was the third event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Torino Palavela in Turin on November 5–7. It was the replacem ...

, where he finished in 10th place.

2022-23 season

Chen, still being age-eligible for the junior grand prix circuit, was assigned to the Solidarity Cup 2022, where he finished in 2nd place, winning his first junior grand prix medal. Chen was assigned to compete in the junior and senior levels in the 2022 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy and will be expected to represent China to compete in the

2023 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships The 2023 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships took place at the Broadmoor World Arena from February 7–12, 2023, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the United States. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's s ...

if the minimum technical score for seniors is met.

Programs

Competitive highlights

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; JGP:

Detailed results

''ISU Personal best highlighted in bold.''

Senior results

Junior results

Advanced novice results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Yudong 2004 births Living people Chinese male single skaters Figure skaters from Heilongjiang Figure skaters at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Sportspeople from Qiqihar