Ting Tzu-Han
Ting Tzu-Han (Chinese: 丁子涵; pinyin: Dīng Zǐhán; born February 21, 2006) is a Taiwanese figure skater. She is a three-time Taiwanese junior national champion (2019–21). She finished 17th at the 2020 World Junior Championships.
Ting Tzu-Han | |
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Ting at the 2020 World Junior Championships | |
Personal information | |
Native name | 丁子涵 |
Full name | Ting Tzu-Han |
Alternative names | Ding Zihan |
Country represented | Chinese Taipei |
Born | Taipei, Taiwan | February 21, 2006
Home town | Taipei |
Residence | Taipei |
Height | 1.48 m (4 ft 10 1⁄2 in) |
Coach | Kuo-Wen Chen |
Choreographer | Joey Russell |
Training locations | Taipei, Taiwan Toronto, Canada |
Began skating | 2013 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 149.04 2020 Junior Worlds |
Short program | 56.27 2019 JGP Poland |
Free skate | 98.07 2020 Junior Worlds |
Personal life
Ting was born on February 21, 2006 in Taipei, Taiwan. Her parents fund all of her career expenses, with the help of donations from friends and local sponsorships.[1] Ting attends a local school and had the fourth-best grades in her class in 2019.[2] She enjoys DIY crafts, cooking, and baking.[3] Ting admires Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu as her future goal and especially likes his "Hope and Legacy" free skating program.[4]
Career
Early career
Ting initially started out learning inline skating, before a coach believed that she had potential and encouraged her to try figure skating.[4] She began skating at age 6.5 years, after she did not fall like other beginners during her first lessons.[4] Ting won the 2016 Taiwanese Championships in the intermediate division, the 2017 and 2018 Taiwanese Championships in the advanced novice division, and the 2019 Taiwanese Championships in the junior division.[5]
On the international level, Ting is the 2016 Asian Open Trophy basic novice A bronze medalist, the 2017–18 Southeast Asian Figure Skating Open Challenge advanced novice champion, the 2018 Rooster Cup advanced novice champion, and the 2019 Oceania International Novice champion.[5][6][2] At the 2017 edition of the Asian Open Trophy, she was the youngest competitor in the advanced novice division, at only 11 years old.[7]
2019–2020 season
Ting began working in Canada at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club with Joey Russell, in addition to training with her current coach Kuo-Wen Chen in Taipei.[2] She won the 2020 Taiwanese junior title in early August by nearly 40 points over Mandy Chiang and Marissa Yi-Shan Wu.[8] Ting then won the 2019 Tokyo Summer Figure Skating Competition.[9]
Ting made her junior international debut on the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix, originally being assigned to 2019 JGP Poland and 2019 JGP Italy.[10] She placed 11th in Poland and later withdrew from Italy. Ting placed fifth in Junior Ladies I at the 2020 Bavarian Open in February. She qualified to the free skating segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, ultimately finishing 17th overall.[11]
2020–2021 season
Ting won her third consecutive junior national title at the 2021 Taiwanese Championships in August. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix, where she would have competed, was cancelled.
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2019–2020 [3] |
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2018–2019 [4] |
Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International: Junior[12] | ||||||
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Event | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 |
Junior Worlds | 17th | |||||
JGP Italy | WD | |||||
JGP Poland | 11th | |||||
Bavarian Open | 5th1 | |||||
International: Advanced novice[5][6] | ||||||
Asian Open Trophy | 8th | 4th | ||||
Oceania International | 1st | |||||
Rooster Cup | 1st | |||||
National[5][6] | ||||||
Taiwanese Champ. | 1st I | 1st N | 1st N | 1st J | 1st J | 1st J |
1 Group I; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior |
Detailed results
Junior results
2020–2021 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
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August 2–3, 2020 | 2020–21 Taiwanese Championships | 1 45.97 |
1 96.57 |
1 142.54 |
2019–2020 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
March 2–8, 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 22 50.97 |
14 98.07 |
17 149.04 |
February 3–9, 2020 | 2020 Bavarian Open | 4 53.62 |
5 96.53 |
5 150.15 |
September 18–21, 2019 | 2019 JGP Poland | 10 56.27 |
13 90.08 |
11 146.35 |
August 23–25, 2019 | 2019 Tokyo Summer Competition | 2 50.43 |
1 94.96 |
1 145.39 |
August 2–3, 2019 | 2019–20 Taiwanese Championships | 1 48.22 |
1 96.36 |
1 144.58 |
References
- Chen, Sisy (April 21, 2018). "她的中文名字叫丁子涵,滑冰成績已經是11-13歳級的世界紀錄。" [Her Chinese name is Ding Zihan, and her skating performance is already world-level for an 11-13 year-old.] (Facebook) (in Chinese). Sisy's World News.
- Jin, Maoxun (May 20, 2019). "丁子涵大洋洲花滑國際賽奪金 目標瞄準2022冬季奧運-風傳媒" [Ding Zihan won the gold medal in the Oceania International Skating International Competition, aiming at the 2022 Winter Olympics] (in Chinese). Storm Media Group.
- "Tzu-Han TING". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 6, 2020.
- Zeng, Yixuan (April 23, 2018). "台灣花滑少女新星丁子涵 在法出賽奪冠" [Ding Zihan, Taiwan's rising ladies figure skating star, won the championship in France] (in Chinese). Central News Agency.
- "Tzu-Han Ting". Stats on Ice.
- "Tzu Han Ting". Stats on Ice.
- Cai, Yiting (April 22, 2018). "台灣新星揚威 丁子涵法國國際花式滑冰賽摘后冠" [Taiwan's rising star Ding Zihan won the championship at a French international figure skating competition] (in Chinese). Business Today Taiwan.
- "2019 TPE National Figure Skating Championships: Junior Ladies". Chinese Taipei Skating Union. August 6, 2019.
- "2019 東京夏季フィギュアスケート競技大会" [2019 Tokyo Summer Figure Skating Competition]. Japan Skating Federation. August 25, 2019.
- "2019年ISU花式滑冰青年大獎賽(JGP)-國手及參賽站別選派名單" [2019 ISU Figure Skating Junior Grand Prix (JGP) – List of national athletes and participating events] (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Skating Union. August 27, 2019.
- "2020年世界青年花式滑冰錦標賽女子個人組第十七名-丁子涵選手" [17th place in the Ladies' Category of the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships – Ding Zihan] (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Skating Union. March 9, 2020.
- "Tzu-Han TING: Competition Results". International Skating Union.