Gao Yumeng | |
Country: | China |
Birth Date: | April 13, 2001 |
Birth Place: | Tianjin, China |
Residence: | Beijing, China |
Partner: | Xie Zhong |
Formerpartner: | Li Bowen |
Coach: | Zhao Hongbo |
Formercoach: | Luan Bo, Song Lun, Li Yinwei |
Choreographer: | Elvin Wong |
Skating Club: | China Youth Team |
Former Skating Club: | Harbin Winter Sports Training Centre |
Currenttraininglocations: | Beijing |
Formertraininglocations: | Harbin |
Beganskating: | 2008 |
Combined Total: | 165.03 |
Combined Date: | 2017–18 JGP Final |
Sp Score: | 59.99 |
Sp Date: | 2017 JGP Croatia |
Fs Score: | 105.56 |
Fs Date: | 2017–18 JGP Final |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Gao Yumeng (; born April 13, 2001) is a Chinese pair skater. With her skating partner, Xie Zhong, she is the 2017 World Junior bronze medalist and 2017 Chinese national bronze medalist on the senior level.
Gao began learning to skate in 2008. During the 2015–2016 season, she competed in partnership with Li Bowen. Competing on the senior level, they finished 5th at the 2016 Chinese Championships. They placed 7th at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, held in February in Hamar, Norway, and 13th at the 2016 World Junior Championships, held in March in Debrecen, Hungary. The pair was coached by Luan Bo, Song Lun, and Li Yinwei in Harbin, China.
Gao and Xie Zhong are coached by Zhao Hongbo in Beijing.
Making their international debut as a pair, they placed 5th at a Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in early September 2016 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. They had the same result at their second JGP assignment, in Saransk, Russia. In December, they won the bronze medal competing as seniors at the Chinese Championships.
In March 2017, Gao/Xie won the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Taipei, having ranked second in the short program and third in the free skate.
Gao/Xie placed 4th at JGP Poland and 2nd at JGP Croatia, qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final (JGPF). They finished 4th at both JGPF and World Junior Championships. They split at the end of this season. [1]
Season | Short program | Free skating | |
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2017–2018 |
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2016–2017 |
GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International | ||||
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Event | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | ||
align=left | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | 4th | |
align=left | 4th | |||
align=left | 5th | |||
align=left | 5th | |||
align=left | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | ||
align=left | 4th | |||
National | ||||
align=left | 3rd |
International | |||
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Event | 2015–16 | ||
align=left | 13th | ||
align=left | 7th | ||
National | |||
align=left | 5th | ||
Team events | |||
align=left | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd T 6th P | |
T = Team result; P = Personal result Medals awarded for team result only. |