Tina Wang (born 13 December 1991) is a Chinese-Australian former competitive figure skater. She became the Australian national champion in the 2008–09 season and qualified to the free skate at two Four Continents Championships.
| Tina Wang | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 December 1991 Qiqihar, China |
| Hometown | Brisbane, Australia |
| Height | 160 cm (5.2 ft) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Australia |
| Coach | Chang Yuan Wang, Hui Ma |
| Skating club | IceWorld FSC Brisbane |
| Retired | 2010 |
Personal life
editTina Wang was born in Qiqihar to Chang Yuan "Andrew" Wang and Hui "Helen" Ma, who were both national team coaches in China before the family moved to Australia.[1][2] They settled in Sunnybank Hills.[3] She is the cousin of Chinese ice dancer Zhang Weina.[2] She is the aunty of three kids. Mia Zeng, Mike Zeng and Michelle Zeng. Those kids are Weina's children.
Career
editWang was coached by her parents in Brisbane.[1][2] Her junior international debut came in October 2005 at a Junior Grand Prix event in Japan. She won the Australian national junior title and went on to compete at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Ljubljana, Slovenia, finishing 26th.
During the next two seasons, Wang won silver on the senior level at the Australian Championships. Her first senior international competition was the 2008 Four Continents Championships in Goyang, South Korea. Ranked 21st in the short program, she advanced to the free skate and finished 19th overall.
In the 2008–09 season, Wang became the Australian national senior champion. She finished 18th at the 2009 Four Continents Championships in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, after placing 18th in the short and 17th in the free skate.
Programs
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2008–09 [2] |
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| 2007–08 [4] |
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| 2006–07 [5] |
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| 2005–06 [6] |
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Competitive highlights
editJGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[7] | |||||
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| Event | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 |
| Worlds | 37th | ||||
| Four Continents | 19th | 18th | |||
| International: Junior[7] | |||||
| Junior Worlds | 26th | 31st | |||
| JGP Japan | 16th | ||||
| National[7] | |||||
| Australian Champs. | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | |
| Australian Junior Champs. | 1st | 1st | |||
References
edit- ^ a b "Tina Wang". Iceworld FSC. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d "Tina WANG: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Tina Wang". Olympic Winter Institute of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Tina WANG: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Tina WANG: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Tina WANG: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 May 2006.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c "Competition Results: Tina WANG". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016.