Gao Yumeng (; born April 13, 2001) is a Chinese

pair skater 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 ...

. With her skating partner,

Xie Zhong Xie Zhong (; born September 19, 1998) is a Chinese pair skater. With his former skating partner, Gao Yumeng, he is the 2017 World Junior bronze medalist and 2017 Chinese national bronze medalist on the senior level. Early career Xie began ...

, she is the 2017 World Junior bronze medalist and 2017 Chinese national bronze medalist on the senior level.

Early career

Gao began learning to skate in 2008. During the 2015–2016 season, she competed in partnership with Li Bowen. Competing on the senior level, they finished 5th at the 2016 Chinese Championships. They placed 7th at the

2016 Winter Youth Olympics The 2016 Winter Youth Olympics ( no, Olympiske vinterleker for ungdom 2016; nn, Olympiske vinterleikane for ungdom 2016), officially known as the II Winter Youth Olympic Games, took place in and around Lillehammer, Norway, between 12 February an ...

, held in February in

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, Norway, and 13th at the 2016 World Junior Championships, held in March in

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, Hungary. The pair was coached by Luan Bo, Song Lun, and Li Yinwei in Harbin, China.

Partnership with Xie

Gao and

are coached by

Zhao Hongbo Zhao Hongbo (; born 22 September 1973) is a Chinese retired pair skater. With his wife Shen Xue, Zhao is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2002 & 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time World champion (2002, 2003 & 2007), a three-time Four Co ...

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2016–2017 season

Making their international debut as a pair, they placed 5th at a

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) event in early September 2016 in

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, Czech Republic. They had the same result at their second JGP assignment, in

Saransk Saransk (russian: Саранск, p=sɐˈransk; mdf, Саранск ошсь, Saransk oš; myv, Саран ош, Saran oš) is the capital city of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, as well as its financial and economic centre. It is located ...

, Russia. In December, they won the bronze medal competing as seniors at the Chinese Championships. In March 2017, Gao/Xie won the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in

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, having ranked second in the short program and third in the free skate.

2017–2018 season

Gao/Xie placed 4th at JGP Poland and 2nd at JGP Croatia, qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final (JGPF). They finished 4th at both JGPF and World Junior Championships. They split at the end of this season.

Programs

With Xie

With Li

Competitive highlights

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; JGP:

With Xie

With Li

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gao, Yumeng 2001 births Chinese female pair skaters Living people Figure skaters from Tianjin Figure skaters at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists