Zhang Yue (figure skater)

Zhang Yue
Zhang / Wang perform a lift at the 2008-2009 Junior Grand Prix Final.
Personal information
Full name	Zhang Yue
Country represented	China
Born	January 27, 1993 Qiqihar, Heilongjiang
Residence	Beijing
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Former partner	Wang Lei
Former coach	Yao Bin, Yu Sun, Xiao Peng
Former choreographer	Liu Wei
Skating club	Qiqihar Winter Sport Centre
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	147.89 2009 JGP Germany
Short program	51.22 2008 World Juniors
Free skate	97.69 2009 JGP Germany

Zhang Yue (simplified Chinese: 张悦; traditional Chinese: 張悅; pinyin: Zhāng Yuè; born January 27, 1993 in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese pair skater. With former partner Wang Lei, she is the 2009 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and 2008 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist.

Career

Zhang / Wang teamed up in 2006.^[1] They began competing together in the 2007-2008 season. They won two bronze medals on the 2007–2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit and qualified for the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final. They made their senior Grand Prix debut at the 2007 Cup of China.

Although they placed eighth on the day, they were later moved up a spot to a seventh-place finish at the 2007–2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final following the retroactive disqualification of first-place-finishers Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov due to a positive doping sample from Larionov.

They finished their season at the 2008 World Junior Championships where they helped China earn three pairs spots to the 2009 event.

Programs

(with Wang)

Season	Short program	Free skating
2011–2012 [2]	The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns	Singin' in the Rain Suite Singin' in the Rain (soundtrack)
2010–2011 [3]	Tango de los Exilados by Walter Taieb, Vanessa-Mae	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov
2009–2010 [4]	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov	Coppelia by Leon Delibes
2008–2009 [5]	The Way Old Friends Do by ABBA performed by Maksim Mrvica	Coppelia by Leon Delibes
2007–2008 [6]	Sailor's Hornpipe Anchor's Away A Life on the Ocean Wave What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor	Coppelia by Leon Delibes

Competitive highlights

(with Wang Lei)

Results[7]
International
Event	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
Worlds		16th		13th
Four Continents			6th	9th	9th
GP Cup of China	4th	5th
GP Skate America		8th
GP NHK Trophy				8th
Universiade				3rd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds	7th	8th
JGP Final	7th	2nd	3rd
JGP Belarus		3rd	2nd
JGP Estonia	3rd
JGP Germany			2nd
JGP Great Britain	3rd
JGP Mexico		5th
National
Chinese Champ.	6th	2nd	3rd	3rd
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

References

1. "Rising ice skating stars leading youth movement". People's Daily Online. October 19, 2007.
2. "Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012.
3. "Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011.
4. "Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 8, 2009.
5. "Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 22, 2009.
6. "Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 9, 2008.
7. "Competition Results: Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG". International Skating Union.

External links

• Zhang / Wang at the International Skating Union
• Tracings.net profile