Zhao Kai Pang

Zhao Kai Pang
Personal information
Country represented Canada
Born (1995-03-05) March 5, 1995
Kitimat, British Columbia
Home town Burnaby, British Columbia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Partner Madeline Edwards
Coach Megan Wing
Aaron Lowe
Choreographer Megan Wing
Aaron Lowe
Skating club Inlet FSC Burnaby
Training locations Burnaby
Began skating 1998
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 139.65
2014 Junior Worlds
Short dance 57.92
2014 Junior Worlds
Free dance 81.73
2014 Junior Worlds
Medal record
Competitor for  Canada
Figure skating: Ice dancing
World Junior Championships
2014 Sofia Ice dancing

Zhao Kai Pang (born March 5, 1995) is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner Madeline Edwards, he is the 2014 World Junior bronze medalist and 2013 Canadian national junior champion.[1]

Career

Zhao Kai Pang teamed up with Madeline Edwards in December 2007.[2] They debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2011, placing fifth in Austria. The following season, they won a pair of bronze medals at their JGP assignments, in France and Turkey, and gold in the junior event at the 2013 Canadian Championships. They were sent to the 2013 World Junior Championships, where they finished 12th.

In the 2013–14 season, Edwards/Pang won two JGP medals, silver in Mexico and bronze in the Czech Republic. Because Skate Canada required junior champions to move up, they competed on the senior level domestically, with a different pattern in the short dance and an additional 30 seconds in the free dance.[3] They finished seventh at the 2014 Canadian Championships. At the 2014 World Junior Championships, they won the bronze medal after placing fifth in the short dance and third in the free dance.

Edwards/Pang decided to continue competing on the JGP series in the 2014–15 season.[4] They were awarded silver in Courchevel, France, finishing second to Russia's Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd by a margin of 2.82 points. After edging Loboda/Drozd by 0.44 to win gold in Aichi, Japan, they qualified for the JGP Final, to be held in December 2014 in Barcelona, Spain.

Programs

(with Edwards)

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2015–2016
[5]
2014–2015
[4][6]		 Junior-level

Senior-level

  • Paso:
  • Flamenco:
  • Beautiful That Way
    by Nicola Piovani
  • Il Tema Della Tata
    by Nicola Piovani
  • Hobson's Choice: Act 3, Finale
    by Paul Reade
    2013–2014
    [3][7]    		 Les Misérables:
    • Bring Him Home
      performed by Colm Wilkinson
    • Master of the House
    • One Day More
      2012–2013
      [8]      		 The Artist
      by Ludovic Bource:
      • George Valentin
      • Waltz for Peppy
      • Peppy and George
      2011–2012
      [9]      		 Notre-Dame de Paris
      by Riccardo Cocciante:
      • Les Temps des Cathedrales
      • Dechiré
      • Les Oiseaux Qu'on Met en Cage
        performed by Garou and Hélène Ségara
      • Les Temps des Cathedrales

      Competitive highlights

      JGP: Junior Grand Prix

      With Edwards

      International[1]
      Event 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
      Junior Worlds 12th 3rd TBD
      JGP Final 5th
      JGP Austria 5th
      JGP Czech Rep. 3rd
      JGP France 3rd 2nd
      JGP Japan 1st
      JGP Mexico 2nd
      JGP Turkey 3rd
      National[1]
      Canadian Champ. 1st N. 2nd J. 1st J. 7th 7th
      Levels: N. = Novice, J. = Junior

      References

      1. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG". International Skating Union.
      2. ↑ "Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang". Skate Canada British Columbia/Yukon. Archived from the original on September 15, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
      3. 1 2 Hoyt, Melanie (September 5, 2013). "Edwards & Pang on the Right Path". ice-dance.com.
      4. 1 2 Slater, Paula (July 25, 2014). "Edwards and Pang emerge with new confidence". Golden Skate.
      5. ↑ Thayer, Jacquelyn (August 4, 2015). "Behind the Program, Ep. 3: Edwards and Pang, 2015-16 Free Dance". Two for the Ice.
      6. ↑ "Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 14, 2014.
      7. ↑ "Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.
      8. ↑ "Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013.
      9. ↑ "Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012.

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