Stephanie Zhang (born 22 May 1985) is a

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figure skater. She is a two-time Australian national senior champion and a six-time national junior champion.

Personal life

Zhang was born on 22 May 1985, in

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, China. She moved to

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with her parents at the age of nine and was offered citizenship at age thirteen due to her talent.

Career

Zhang began learning to skate at the age of four. In 2000, she won a bronze medal at the

ISU Junior Grand Prix in China The ISU Junior Grand Prix in China is an international figure skating competition. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union, it is held in the autumn in some years as part of the JGP series. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's s ...

. Making her senior international debut, she placed 10th at the

2001 Four Continents Championships The 2001 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships (4CC) is an annual figure skating competition. It was held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, USA on February 7–10. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' si ...

. She also continued to appear on the junior level, placing 12th at the 2001 World Junior Championships and 7th at the 2002 World Junior Championships. She placed 25th at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

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. Zhang stopped competing after finishing off the podium at the 2005 Australian Championships. She made a brief return to competition in the 2012–13 season.

Programs

Results

''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 ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Stephanie 1985 births Living people Australian female single skaters Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for Australia Figure skaters from Harbin Figure skaters from Sydney Chinese emigrants to Australia Australian people of Chinese descent Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Sportswomen from New South Wales