Jin Boyang
Jin Boyang (Chinese: 金博洋; pinyin: Jīn Bóyáng; Mandarin pronunciation: [tɕín pwǒ jǎŋ]; 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 silver medalist, a five-time (2014–2017, 2019) Chinese national champion and a two-time (2016,2024) Chinese national winter games champion. On the junior level, he is the 2015 World Junior silver medalist and the 2013 JGP Final champion. He is the first Chinese skater to medal in the men's singles event at a World Championships.
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Full name | Jin Boyang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Native name | 金博洋 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Harbin, Heilongjiang, China | 3 October 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Beijing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Brian Orser Tracy Wilson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Competitive | 2010-present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest WS | 7th (2016–17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jin is the first skater ever to land a quad Lutz-triple toe loop combination in competition, the first skater to ever have landed three different types of quads in a single competition, the first skater to have landed four quad jumps in a single program in international competition, and the first skater to have landed six quads in international competition. He is credited as being one of the people who fueled the "revolution" based around quadruple jumps in figure skating.