Zhang Yue (figure skater) explained

Zhang Yue
Country:China
Birth Date:January 27, 1993
Birth Place:Qiqihar, Heilongjiang
Residence:Beijing
Height:1.550NaN0
Formerpartner:Wang Lei
Formercoach:Yao Bin, Yu Sun, Xiao Peng
Formerchoreographer:Liu Wei
Skating Club:Qiqihar Winter Sport Centre
Combined Total:147.89
Combined Date:2009 JGP Germany
Sp Score:51.22
Sp Date:2008 World Juniors
Fs Score:97.69
Fs Date:2009 JGP Germany

Zhang Yue (; born January 27, 1993, in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese pair skater. With former partner Wang Lei, she is the 2011 Winter Universiade bronze medalist and a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix Final medalist, having won silver in 2008 and bronze in 2009.

Career

Zhang teamed up with Wang Lei in 2006. In the 2007–08 season, the pair won two bronze medals on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit and qualified to their first JGP Final. They made their senior Grand Prix debut at the 2007 Cup of China before placing 8th at the JGP Final in Gdańsk, Poland. Following the retroactive disqualification of gold medalists Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov due to a positive doping sample from Larionov, Zhang/Wang moved up to 7th place. They concluded their season at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Ranked 4th in the short and 7th in the free, they finished 7th overall which, combined with Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming's bronze medal result, allowed China to send three pairs to the 2009 event.

In the 2008–09 JGP series, Zhang/Wang won a bronze medal in Belarus and finished 5th in Mexico. They were awarded the silver medal at the JGP Final in Goyang, South Korea. At the 2009 World Junior Championships in Sofia, the pair placed 7th in the short, 8th in the free, and 8th overall. At the 2009 World Championships in Los Angeles, they ranked 14th in the short, 16th in the free, and 16th overall.

Zhang/Wang won silver medals at their 2009–10 JGP assignments, in Belarus and Germany, and qualified to the JGP Final in Tokyo, where they took the bronze medal. They finished 6th at the 2010 Four Continents Championships in Jeonju.

The pair won the bronze medal at the 2011 Winter Universiade in Erzurum, Turkey. They placed 9th at the 2011 Four Continents in Taipei, 13th at the 2011 Worlds in Moscow, and 9th at the 2012 Four Continents in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Their partnership ended in 2012.

Programs

(with Wang)

SeasonShort programFree skating
2011–12
2010–11
  • Tango de los Exilados
2009–10
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
2008–09
2007–08
  • Sailor's Hornpipe
  • Anchor's Away
  • A Life on the Ocean Wave
  • Drunken Sailor

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; Junior Grand Prix

With Wang

International
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International: Junior
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National
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