Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen 陳楷捷 | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Fremont, California | July 21, 2002||||||||||||||
Hometown | Wolverine Lake, Michigan | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
Coach | Charlie White Greg Zuerlein Tanith Belbin White | ||||||||||||||
Skating club | Peninsula SC | ||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2010 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jeffrey Chen (born July 21, 2002) is an American ice dancer.
With former partner,
With his former skating partner,
Personal life
Jeffrey Chen was born in
Career
Early career
Chen began skating in 2010 after following his older sister Karen onto the ice.[4][5] He competed in singles until the 2014–15 season and was the 2014 U.S. national juvenile pewter medalist.[6] As a singles skater, Chen trained in Riverside, California, alongside his sister under Tammy Gambill.[1]
Chen switched to ice dance and teamed up with Layla Karnes in the 2015–16 season. Together, they were the 2016 U.S. national juvenile ice dance champions and the 2017 U.S. national intermediate silver medalists.[7] Chen then moved to Michigan to live with his mother, and he then changed coaches and began training with Marina Zoueva before the next season. He competed with Gianna Buckley during the 2017–18 season, winning the 2018 U.S. national novice silver medal.[1][8] Chen then skated two months with Anna Lavrova during the 2018–19 season, but the partnership ended before the 2019 U.S. Championships.[3]
2019–2020 season
Chen began skating with Katarina Wolfkostin in 2019, and he moved to train with her coaches, Igor Shpilband and Pasquale Camerlengo, in Novi, Michigan.[3] They placed fifth in their international debut at 2019 JGP France. Wolfkostin/Chen improved to fourth at 2019 JGP Russia after placing second in the free dance. They won the inaugural U.S. Ice Dance Final to qualify for the 2020 U.S. Championships.[3] Wolfkostin/Chen won their first international medal at the 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb, earning the silver medal behind Ushakova/Nekrasov of Russia.
Wolfkostin/Chen were named as the sole ice dance entrant on the U.S. team for the
Wolfkostin/Chen placed fourth in the rhythm dance and second in the free dance to win the silver medal at the 2020 U.S. Championships, behind Nguyen/Kolesnik.[13] Assigned to compete at their first World Junior Championships, they placed seventh.[14]
2020–2021 season
The season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with domestic competitions initially changed to a virtual format, leading up to the 2021 U.S. Championships. Wolfkostin/Chen placed first in the rhythm dance and first in the free dance in both rounds of the 2020 Virtual ISP Points Challenge,[15][16] and second in the free dance at the 2020 Virtual U.S. Championship Series.[17] Wolfkostin/Chen then competed at the 2021 U.S. Championships, after Chen was medically cleared to skate after a second opinion was obtained following a knee injury, originally thought to be an incapacitating ACL tear. Despite the injury, they placed first in both the rhythm and free dance, earning them the gold medal for the national title.[18][19][20]
2021–2022 season
Returning to international competition for the first time in over a year, Wolfkostin/Chen began on the
Rather than seeking to defend their national junior title, Wolfkostin/Chen opted to compete as seniors at the
Due to the pandemic, the
2022–2023 season
Despite their disappointing result at the World Junior Championships, it did not alter Wolfkostin and Chen's plans to move up to the senior level for the following season. Chen would later explain their reasoning that "we had already competed a bit in seniors last year, and we were excited to move into seniors. We feel that it's inspiring and helps us grow faster. It also relieves a bit of pressure; being the ones who chase after people, instead of being targeted."
The team debuted new senior programs at the 2022
On February 8, Wolfkostin and Chen announced the end of their partnership.[37]
2023–2024 season
In April of 2023, Chen formed a new partnership with
Pedersen/Chen's results qualified them for the
In January, Pedersen/Chen placed third in the rhythm dance and second in the free skate to win the silver medal at the junior level of the 2024 U.S. Championships.[43] They were named to the 2024 Junior World team.[44] At Junior Worlds, they were thirteenth after the Rhythm Dance. Eighth in the free dance, they pulled up to ninth overall.
In April, Pedersen announced that the two had split.[45]
Programs
With Pedersen
Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance
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2023–2024 [46] |
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With Wolfkostin
Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance
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2022–2023 [47] |
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2021–2022 [48] |
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2020–2021 |
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2019–2020 [5] |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix.
With Pedersen
International: Junior[49] | |
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Event | 23–24 |
World Juniors | 9th |
JGP Final | 6th |
JGP Hungary | 2nd |
JGP Turkey | 2nd |
National[49] | |
U.S. Championships | 2nd J |
With Wolfkostin
International[23] | ||||
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Event | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 |
GP France |
8th | |||
GP NHK Trophy | 10th | |||
CS Budapest | 3rd | |||
CS Cup of Austria | 9th | |||
CS U.S. Classic | 6th | |||
Lake Placid IDI |
3rd | |||
International: Junior | ||||
Junior Worlds | 7th | 4th | ||
Youth Olympics |
3rd | |||
JGP France | 5th | 1st | ||
JGP Russia | 4th | |||
JGP Slovenia | 2nd | |||
Golden Spin | 2nd | |||
National[23] | ||||
U.S. Championships | 2nd J | 1st J | 6th | 7th |
U.S. Dance Final | 1st J | |||
Team events | ||||
Youth Olympics |
4th T 4th P |
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Levels: J = Junior |
Detailed results
With Pedersen
2023–24 season | ||||
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Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
Feb. 26 – Mar. 3, 2024 | 2024 World Junior Championships | 13 56.81 |
8 87.74 |
9 144.55 |
January 22–28, 2024 | 2024 U.S. Championships | 3 63.88 |
2 95.09 |
2 158.97 |
December 7–10, 2023 | 2023–24 JGP Final | 6 54.30 |
5 90.27 |
6 144.57 |
September 20–23, 2023 | 2023 JGP Hungary | 1 64.90 |
6 81.38 |
2 146.28 |
September 6–9, 2023 | 2023 JGP Turkey | 1 63.25 |
5 83.12 |
2 146.37 |
With Wolfkostin
Senior results
2022–23 season | ||||
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Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
January 21–29, 2023 | 2023 U.S. Championships | 10 69.05 |
5 114.00 |
7 183.05 |
November 18–20, 2022 | 2022 NHK Trophy | 10 64.94 |
10 83.07 |
10 148.01 |
November 4–6, 2022 | 2022 Grand Prix de France | 7 64.18 |
8 100.71 |
8 164.89 |
October 14–16, 2022 | 2022 CS Budapest Trophy | 3 72.37 |
3 108.09 |
3 180.46 |
September 13–16, 2022 | 2022 CS U.S. Classic | 6 60.69 |
6 103.38 |
6 164.07 |
July 26–29, 2022 | 2022 Lake Placid Ice Dance International | 1 71.92 |
4 103.50 |
3 175.42 |
2021–22 season | ||||
Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
January 2–9, 2022 | 2022 U.S. Championships | 7 75.28 |
6 111.99 |
6 187.27 |
November 11–14, 2021 | 2021 CS Cup of Austria | 10 63.04 |
7 101.29 |
9 164.33 |
Junior results
2021–22 season | ||||
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Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
April 13–17, 2022 | 2022 World Junior Championships | 9 57.05 |
2 100.22 |
4 157.27 |
September 22–25, 2021 | 2021 JGP Slovenia | 3 62.99 |
2 100.26 |
2 163.25 |
August 18–21, 2021 | 2021 JGP France I | 1 64.75 |
1 100.26 |
1 165.01 |
2020–21 season | ||||
Date | Event | RD | FD
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Total |
January 11–21, 2021 | 2021 U.S. Championships | 1 68.81 |
1 98.41 |
1 167.22 |
2019–20 season | ||||
Date | Event | RD | FD
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Total |
March 2–8, 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 7 64.77 |
7 94.43 |
7 159.20 |
January 20–26, 2020 | 2020 U.S. Championships | 4 60.93 |
2 100.46 |
2 161.39 |
January 10–15, 2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team | – | 4 90.41 |
4T/4P |
January 10–15, 2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
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5 57.02 |
3 95.41 |
3 152.43 |
December 4–7, 2019 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb | 1 66.52 |
2 97.29 |
2 163.81 |
November 12–16, 2019 | 2020 U.S. Ice Dance Final | 1 66.23 |
2 94.68 |
1 160.91 |
September 11–14, 2019 | 2019 JGP Russia | 6 54.91 |
2 93.90 |
4 148.81 |
August 21–24, 2019 | 2019 JGP France | 4 58.90 |
5 89.03 |
5 147.93 |
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