Gao Yumeng (Chinese: 高誉萌; born April 13, 2001) is a Chinese pair skater. With her skating partner, Xie Zhong, she is the 2017 World Junior bronze medalist and 2017 Chinese national bronze medalist on the senior level.
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| Born | April 13, 2001 Tianjin, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Xie Zhong | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Zhao Hongbo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | China Youth Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early career
editGao began learning to skate in 2008.[1] 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, held in February in Hamar, Norway, and 13th at the 2016 World Junior Championships, held in March in Debrecen, Hungary. The pair was coached by Luan Bo, Song Lun, and Li Yinwei in Harbin, China.[2]
Partnership with Xie
editGao and Xie Zhong are coached by Zhao Hongbo in Beijing.[1]
2016–2017 season
editMaking their international debut as a pair, they placed 5th at a Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in early September 2016 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. They had the same result at their second JGP assignment, in Saransk, 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 Taipei, having ranked second in the short program and third in the free skate.
2017–2018 season
editGao/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. [3]
Programs
editWith Xie
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2017–2018 [4] |
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| 2016–2017 [1] |
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With Li
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2015–2016 [2] |
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Competitive highlights
editGP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Xie
edit| International[5] | ||
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| Event | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
| Junior Worlds | 3rd | 4th |
| JGP Final | 4th | |
| JGP Czech Rep. | 5th | |
| JGP Russia | 5th | |
| JGP Croatia | 2nd | |
| JGP Poland | 4th | |
| National[5] | ||
| Chinese Champ. | 3rd | |
With Li
edit| International[6] | |
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| Event | 2015–16 |
| Junior Worlds | 13th |
| Youth Olympics | 7th |
| National[6] | |
| Chinese Champ. | 5th |
| Team events | |
| Youth Olympics | 3rd T 6th P |
| T = Team result; P = Personal result Medals awarded for team result only. | |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Yumeng GAO / Zhong XIE: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Yumeng GAO / Bowen LI: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
- ^ "国家花滑队赴体操队交流 李香凝兼项感觉"挺好" (in Chinese)". sports.qq.com. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "Yumeng GAO / Zhong XIE: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 14, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Competition Results: Yumeng GAO / Zhong XIE". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Yumeng GAO / Bowen LI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 4, 2016.