Ting Tzu-Han or Anna Tzu-Han Ting (; born February 21, 2006) is a Taiwanese

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 ...

. She is the 2022 Nordic silver medalist, the 2023 Asian Open Trophy silver medalist, the 2022 Asian Open Trophy bronze medalist, and a three-time Taiwanese national champion (2022–24). She has represented Taiwan at the World Junior Championships,

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, and World Championships.

Personal life

Ting was born on February 21, 2006, in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

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. Her parents fund all of her career expenses with the help of donations from friends and local sponsorships. Ting attends a local school and had the fourth-best grades in her class in 2019. She enjoys DIY crafts, cooking, and baking. Ting admires

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's Yuzuru Hanyu as her future goal and especially likes his "Hope and Legacy" free skating program.

Career

Early career

Ting initially started out learning inline skating before a coach believed that she had potential and encouraged her to try

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. She began skating at age 6.5 years after she did not fall like other beginners during her first lessons. Ting won the 2016 Taiwanese Championships in the intermediate division, the 2017 and 2018 Taiwanese Championships in the advanced novice division, and the 2019 Taiwanese Championships in the junior division. Tzu-Han Ting - 2016 4CC - 4

On the international level, Ting is the 2016 Asian Open Trophy basic novice A bronze medalist, the 2017–18 Southeast Asian Figure Skating Open Challenge advanced novice champion, the 2018 Rooster Cup advanced novice champion, and the 2019 Oceania International Novice champion. At the 2017 edition of the Asian Open Trophy, she was the youngest competitor in the advanced novice division, at only 11 years old.

2019–2020 season

Ting began working in

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at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club with

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, in addition to training with her current coach Chen Kuo-Wen in

. She won the 2020 Taiwanese junior title in early August by nearly 40 points over Mandy Chiang and Marissa Yi-Shan Wu. Ting then won the 2019 Tokyo Summer Figure Skating Competition. Ting made her junior international debut on the

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, originally being assigned to 2019 JGP Poland and 2019 JGP Italy. She placed 11th in Poland and later withdrew from Italy. In February, Ting placed fifth in Junior Ladies I at the 2020

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. She qualified to the free skating segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships in

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, ultimately finishing 17th overall.

2020–2021 season

Ting won her third consecutive junior national title at the 2021 Taiwanese Championships in August. Due to the

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, the

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, where she would have competed, was canceled. Ting won the 2021 Chinese Taipei Figure Skating Elites Cup in the senior division.

2021–2022 season

Ting was assigned to compete at the

2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy The 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was held on September 22–25, 2021 in Oberstdorf, Germany. It was part of the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series. It was also the final qualifying event for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Medals were awarded in the discipli ...

to attempt to

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a berth for Taiwan at the

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. She placed tenth at the event with new personal bests in both the free skate and total score, resulting in Taiwan being the third reserve for the Olympics. She finished the fall season with a fourth place at the 2021 Asian Open and gold at the Taiwanese championships. Assigned to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in

, she finished fifteenth. Ting concluded the season by making her

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debut, coming in twenty-sixth position.

2022–2023 season

In her season debut, Ting placed eighth at the

2022 CS Lombardia Trophy The 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy Memorial Anna Grandolfi was held on September 16–18, 2022 in Bergamo, Italy. It was part of the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, and ice da ...

, before coming fourth at the

2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy The 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was held on September 21–24, 2022 in Oberstdorf, Germany. It was part of the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Entries ...

. She went on to win a bronze medal at the 2022 Asian Open Trophy, and win a second consecutive Taiwanese national title. She finished thirteenth at the 2023 Four Continents Championships.

2023–2024 season

Ting began the season by winning the silver medal at the 2023 Asian Open Trophy, behind

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of China. She then finished tenth at the

2023 CS Finlandia Trophy The 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy was held on October 6–8, 2023, in Espoo, Finland. It was part of the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Entries The Internation ...

Programs

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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Detailed results

Senior results

Junior results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ting, Tzu-Han 2006 births Living people Taiwanese female single skaters Sportspeople from Taipei