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Huang Yihang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Huang.

Huang Yihang (simplified Chinese: 黄一航; traditional Chinese: 黃一航; pinyin: Huáng Yīháng; born May 30, 2002) is a Chinese pair skater. With his skating partner Zhang Jiaxuan, he is a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix gold medalist, the 2023 Chinese national silver medalist, and the 2022 Chinese national bronze medalist.[1]

Huang Yihang
Wang/Huang at the 2019 JGP United States
Native name黄一航 (Chinese)
Born (2002-05-30) May 30, 2002 (age 22)
Qiqihar, China
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country China
PartnerZhang Jiaxuan (since 2022)
Wang Yuchen (2017–2022)
CoachDing Yang
Skating clubHeilongjiang Heilong Ice and Snow Sports Club
Began skating2010
Chinese Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Chengde Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Chengde Pairs

With former skating partner, Wang Yuchen, he is the 2020 Cup of China silver medalist, the 2020 Chinese junior national champion, and placed in the top eight at the 2020 World Junior Championships.[2]

Personal life

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Huang was born on May 30, 2002, in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China.[3]

Career

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Partnership with Wang

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Huang started skating in 2010.[4]

He teamed up with Wang Yuchen prior to the 2017–18 season to pursue pair skating. They were initially coached by Luan Bo.[3] Debuting at the 2018 Chinese Championships, the pair finished eighth.[5] They would begin training under Zhao Hongbo, Guan Jinlin, and Zhang Tianci in Beijing after the season ended.[6]

2018–2019 season

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Wang/Huang were added to the Chinese national team ahead of the season to replace an injured Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao.[7] They made their junior international debut on the Junior Grand Prix, placing eighth in Canada and 13th in the Czech Republic. In early December, Wang/Huang competed at the Russian-Chinese Winter Youth Games, where they finished fourth. They ended their season at the 2019 Chinese Championships, finishing fifth.[2]

2019–2020 season

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Wang/Huang at the 2019 JGP United States

Wang/Huang opened their season on the Junior Grand Prix and finished eighth at both their events in the United States and Croatia. In between the two JGP events, they competed at the 2020 Chinese Championships, where they won the junior title by 0.01 points ahead of Wang Huidi / Jia Ziqi and Li Jiaen / Wang Zijian.

Wang/Huang were assigned to compete at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland in January. On being selected, Wang said: "I am very excited to participate in such a large competition for the first time. In order to achieve our competition goal, I will train hard and strive to skate in my best form and win glory for the country."[8] Wang/Huang went on to place fifth in the individual event. Huang expressed dissatisfaction with their performance and called it a "learning opportunity."[9] As part of Team Future during the team event, they again placed fifth to help the team finish seventh overall.[10]

Wang/Huang finished their season at the 2020 World Junior Championships in March. Placing eighth in the short program and sixth in the free skating, they ended in eighth place overall.

2020–2021 season

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Junior Grand Prix series was cancelled and the Grand Prix events were limited to domestic competitors or skaters who trained in the host nation's immediate geographic region. As a result, Wang/Huang were assigned to make their senior debut at the 2020 Cup of China.[11] They finished second in both segments to earn the silver medal behind Peng Cheng / Jin Yang.[12]

In January 2021, Wang/Huang participated in the New Year's Day Ice Carnival, a domestic team competition held among the Chinese national team, as part of Sui Wenjing's Team Elite alongside Jin Boyang, Chen Hongyi, Wang Yihan, and Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming.[13] They lost the competition to Han Cong's Team Sharp Blades after falling behind on the first day of competition.[14]

2021–2022 season

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Wang/Huang were assigned to compete at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to attempt to qualify a third berth for Chinese pairs at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They placed fourth in the short program, third among the teams seeking the three available spots, but dropped to sixth place after three falls in their free skate, and did not qualify a place.[15]

They went on to win the bronze medal at the 2021 CS Asian Open Trophy. The pair parted ways following the season.[16]

Partnership with Zhang

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2022–2023 and 2023–2024 seasons

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For the 2022–23 figure skating season, Huang teamed up with Zhang Jiaxuan. [17] Upon getting together, the pair began training in Beijing with Ding Yang as their coach.[4]

In their first appearance together at the Chinese Championships, Huang/Zhang won the bronze medal. The following year, they won the silver medal at the 2023 Chinese Championships.[17]

2024–2025 season: International debut

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On the 2024–25 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, Zhang/Huang made their international debut. The pair won gold both their assigned events, 2024 JGP Latvia and 2024 JGP Poland. With these results, the pair qualified for the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final in Grenoble, France as the highest ranking junior pair team.[1][18]

Programs

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With Zhang

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
[4]
  • All for One
    by HAEL & Hidden Citizens
    choreo. by Sui Wenjing
2023–2024
[19][20]
2022–2023
[21][22]

With Wang

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Season Short program Free skating
2021–2022
[16]
2021–2022
[3]
2019–2020
[23]
2018–2019
[6]
  • O Pastor
  • Diablo Rojo
  • Corre Ya
    choreo. by Shae Zukiwsky

Competitive highlights

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With Zhang

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International: Junior[1]
Event 22–23 23–24 24–25
JGP Final TBD
JGP Poland 1st
JGP Latvia 1st
National[17]
Chinese Champ. 3rd 2nd

With Wang

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International[2]
Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Worlds WD
GP Cup of China 2nd
GP France WD
CS Nebelhorn 6th
International: Junior[2]
Junior Worlds 8th
Youth Olympics 5th
JGP Canada 8th
JGP Croatia 9th
JGP Czech Rep. 13th
JGP USA 9th
National[2]
Chinese Champ. 8th 5th 1st J
Team events[2]
Youth Olympics 7th T
5th P

Detailed results

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With Zhang

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [17]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 161.96 2024 JGP Poland
Short program TSS 57.88 2024 JGP Poland
TES 33.50 2024 JGP Poland
PCS 24.38 2024 JGP Poland
Free skating TSS 105.55 2024 JGP Latvia
TES 55.91 2024 JGP Latvia
PCS 50.64 2024 JGP Latvia

Personal best highlighted in bold.

Senior level

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2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 22–24, 2023 2023 Chinese Championships 2
62.73 		3
106.38 		2
169.11
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 11–13, 2023 2022 Chinese Championships 3
60.88 		3
108.38 		3
169.26

Junior level

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2024–25 season
Date Event SP FS Total
September 26–28, 2024 2024 JGP Poland 1
57.88 		1
104.08 		1
161.96
August 28–31, 2024 2024 JGP Latvia 3
54.21 		1
105.55 		1
159.76

With Wang

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Senior level

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2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
October 13–17, 2021 2021 CS Asian Open Trophy 3
61.70 		3
112.67 		3
174.37
September 22–25, 2021 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 4
60.21 		6
102.45 		6
162.66
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 6–8, 2020 2020 Cup of China 2
63.56 		2
111.84 		2
175.40
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 29–30, 2018 2019 Chinese Championships 6
47.44 		5
83.84 		5
131.28
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 23–24, 2017 2018 Chinese Championships 8
42.66 		8
76.92 		8
119.58

Junior level

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Wang/Huang at the 2019 JGP United States
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 2–8, 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 8
54.09 		6
98.01 		8
152.10
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team – 5
91.35 		7T/5P
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 6
46.96 		5
94.65 		5
141.61
September 25–28, 2019 2019 JGP Croatia 10
47.20 		7
85.56 		9
132.76
September 14–16, 2019 2020 Chinese Championships 1
57.53 		2
98.37 		1
155.90
August 28–31, 2019 2019 JGP United States 6
51.33 		10
69.71 		9
121.04
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 14–19, 2018 2018 Russian-Chinese Winter Youth Games 4
45.89 		4
81.81 		4
127.70
September 26–29, 2018 2018 JGP Czech Republic 15
35.95 		12
74.86 		13
110.81
September 12–15, 2018 2018 JGP Canada 9
39.62 		8
72.59 		8
112.21

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f "Yuchen WANG / Yihan Huang: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
  3. ^ a b c "Yuchen WANG / Yihang HUANG: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 16, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Jiaxuan ZHANG / Yihang HUANG: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 7, 2024.
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  6. ^ a b "Yuchen WANG / Yihang HUANG: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019.
  7. ^ ZX, ed. (July 9, 2018). "New Chinese figure skating national team training roster confirmed". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018.
  8. ^ "第三届冬青奥会中国体育代表团成立" [The establishment of the Chinese sports delegation for the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games]. China News Service (in Chinese). December 26, 2019.
  9. ^ "冬青奥会花滑比赛：中国小将在历练中成长" [Figure skating competition at the Winter Youth Olympic Games: Chinese teenagers grow up through experience]. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). January 13, 2020.
  10. ^ "冬青奥会花样滑冰混合组队赛：中国选手所在"未来之队"获得第七名" [Figure skating mixed team competition at the Winter Youth Olympic Games: the Chinese athletes' "Team Future" won seventh place]. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). January 16, 2020.
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  13. ^ Wang, Jing (January 4, 2021). "花滑集训队团体对抗赛别开生面迎新年" [Figure skating national training group team competition kicks off to welcome the new year]. Chinese Olympic Committee (in Chinese).
  14. ^ Li, Jia; Niu, Mengtong (January 3, 2021). Li Xu (ed.). ""尖刀队"战胜"精英队" 花滑国家集训队团体对抗赛落幕" ["Team Sharp Blades" defeats "Team Elite" as the national figure skating team competition ends]. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese).
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