Jin Boyang

Jin Boyang (Chinese: ; 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.

Jin Boyang
Full nameJin Boyang
Native name金博洋
Born (1997-10-03) 3 October 1997
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
HometownBeijing
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Figure skating career
Country China
DisciplineMen's singles
CoachBrian Orser
Tracy Wilson
Began skating2003
Competitive2010-present
Highest WS7th (2016–17)
Medal record
World Championships
2016 Boston Singles
2017 Helsinki Singles
Four Continents Championships
2018 Taipei Singles
2016 Taipei Singles
2019 Anaheim Singles
World Junior Championships
2015 Tallinn Singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
2013–14 Fukuoka Singles

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.

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