Kevin Shum

Kevin Shum
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (1997-07-03) July 3, 1997
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Coach Justin Dillon, Peter Johansson, Mark Mitchell
Former coach Rafael Arutyunyan, Lynn Smith, Karen Kwan Oppegard
Choreographer Justin Dillon, Karen Kwan Oppegard
Skating club Skating Club of Boston
Training locations Boston, Massachusetts
Began skating 2003
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 169.84
2014 JGP Japan
Short program 61.79
2014 JGP Japan
Free skate 108.05
2014 JGP Japan

Kevin Shum (born July 3, 1997) is an American figure skater. After winning the junior silver medal at the 2015 U.S. Championships, he was assigned to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. He qualified for the free skate after placing 16th in the short program and finished 20th overall.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2015–16
[1]
2014–15
[2]
  • Invierno Porteno
    by Astor Piazzolla
2013–14
[3]

Personal life

Shum was born on July 3, 1997 in Walnut Creek, California.[1] He is studying computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At MIT he works as an admissions blogger and is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He lives in Burton-Conner House.

Competitive highlights

2013–present

JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix

International[4]
Event 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
World Junior Champ. 20th
JGP Japan 7th
JGP Slovakia 9th
Challenge Cup 5th J.
National[3]
U.S. Championships 6th J. 2nd J. 2nd J.
Pacific Coast Sect. 3rd J. 1st J.
J. = Junior level

Juvenile to novice levels

National[3]
Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
U.S. Championships 9th N. 4th N.
U.S. Junior Champ. 1st Jv. 7th I. 6th I.
Pacific Coast Sectionals 5th N. 2nd N.
Central Pacific Regionals 2nd Jv. 1st I. 1st I. 1st N. 2nd N.
Levels: Jv. = Juvenile, I. = Intermediate, N. = Novice

References

  1. 1 2 "Kevin SHUM: 2015/2016". International Skating Union.
  2. ↑ "Kevin SHUM: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Kevin Shum". U.S. Figure Skating.
  4. ↑ "Competition Results: Kevin SHUM". International Skating Union.

External links

Media related to Kevin Shum at Wikimedia Commons

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