Cha Young-hyun explained

Cha Young-hyun
Native Name:차영현
Country: South Korea
Birth Date:24 September 2003
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Hometown:Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Residence:Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Coach:Choi Hyung-kyung
Formercoach:Hong Ye-Seul, Lee Eun-hee, Bo Kyung Chung
Choreographer:Shin Yea-ji
Formerchoreographer:Nikita Mikhailov, Karen Kwan
Currenttraininglocations:Goyang
Beganskating:2008
Combined Total:211.15
Combined Date:2023 CS Finlandia Trophy
Sp Score:70.25
Sp Date:2022 JGP France
Fs Score:142.38
Fs Date:2023 CS Finlandia Trophy
Hangul:차영현
Rr:Cha Yeonghyeon
Mr:Ch'a Yŏnghyŏn

Cha Young-hyun (; born September 24, 2003) is a South Korean figure skater and a tightrope dancer (eoreum-sani) of Namsadang. He is the 2017 South Korean national junior champion and the 2021 South Korean national bronze medalist.

Personal life

Cha was born on September 24, 2003, in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. He is currently a student at Korea University.

Career

Early career

Cha started skating in 2007. He performed traditional Korean tightrope dancing in 2011 and holds the record as the youngest tightrope dancer (eoreum-sani) of Namsadang at eight years old.

2017–2018 season

Cha made his international debut at the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit in Italy, where he finished in sixteenth place. Following a fifth-place finish at the 2018 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, Cha was selected to compete at the 2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, where he placed nineteenth.

Following the season, Cha made a coaching change from Lee Eun-hee to Hong Ye-Seul.

2018–2019 season

Cha began his season with eighth and seventh place finishes at 2018 JGP Austria and 2018 JGP Slovenia, respectively. Cha was once again selected to compete at the World Junior Championships after placing fourth at the 2019 South Korean Figure Skating Championships. He ultimately finished in twentieth at the Junior Worlds.

2019–2020 season

Cha started his season by finishing fifth at 2019 JGP Russia and eleventh at 2019 JGP Italy. He then went on to make his senior international debut at the 2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, where he placed seventh. Following Cha's second consecutive fourth-place finish at the 2020 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, he was selected to represent South Korea at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. Cha managed to finish fifth at that event after placing fifth both in both short and free program segments of the competition.

2020–2021 season

Cha only competed at the 2021 South Korean Figure Skating Championships during this season, where he won the bronze medal.

He switched coaches from Hong Ye-Seul to Choi Hyung-kyung following the season.

2021–2022 season

Cha started season by respectively finishing seventh and fourth at 2021 JGP Slovakia and 2021 JGP Slovenia. After finishing fourth at the 2022 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, Cha concluded his season by finishing nineteenth at the 2022 World Junior Championships.

2022–2023 season

Cha began the season with a silver medal at 2022 JGP France. He then went on to compete on the senior level at 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where he placed tenth. At the 2022 JGP Poland I, Cha's second Junior Grand Prix assignment, he finished fourth. One month later, Cha competed at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge, where he placed tenth. He would then place sixth at the 2023 South Korean Championships.

Due Cha having previously finished second at the 2022 Korean Universiade, he was selected to represent South Korea at the 2023 Winter World University Games in January, where he would finish seventh.

2023–2024 season

Cha started the season by winning the silver medal at the 2023 Asian Open Trophy before coming in seventh at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy. In January, he finished sixth at the 2024 South Korean Championships.

Selected to compete at the 2024 Four Continents in Shanghai, China, Cha finished fourteenth.

2024–2025 season

Cha began the season in October by competing at the 2024 Korean Universiade and Asian Games Qualifiers, where he finished fourth. With this result, Cha was selected to represent South Korea at the 2025 Winter World University Games.[1] [2]

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2024–2025
  • Dune
    • Herald of the Change
    • Armada
    • Premonition
      by Hans Zimmer
      choreo. by Shin Yea-ji
2023–2024
  • The Devil
    arranged by Kim Youngah
    performed by Seoul Classical Players
    choreo. by Shin Yea-ji

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2022–2023
  • The Devil
    arranged by Kim Youngah
    performed by Seoul Classical Players
    choreo. by Shin Yea-ji
  • Wandering (Korean: 방황)
    composed by Kyung Sub Lee
2021–2022
2020–2021
2019–2020
2018–2019
  • Wandering (Korean: 방황)
    composed by Kyung Sub Lee
2017–2018
2016–2017
  • Casablanca
2015–2016
  • Wandering (Korean: 방황)
    composed by Kyung Sub Lee
  • Wandering (Korean: 방황)
    composed by Kyung Sub Lee
2014–2015
2013–2014
  • Ninja Assassin
    composed by Andy Brown

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2012–2013
  • Arirang (Korean: 아리랑)
    composed by Elec Cookie
2011–2012

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event16–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–2323–2424–25
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align=left 7th
align=left 10th
align=left 7th
align=left 10th
align=left 14th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 7th TBD
International: Junior
align=left 19th 20th 19th
align=left 5th
align=left 8th
align=left 16th 11th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 4th
align=left 5th
align=left 7th
align=left 7th 4th
align=left Children of Asia bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
National
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st J 5th 4th 4th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd 4th 6th 6th
align=left Ranking Competition 4th 4th 5th 6th 7th 7th
Team events1
align=left 4th T

Detailed results

Senior level

2023–2024 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
January 30–February 4, 20242024 Four Continents Championshipsalign=center 12
72.43		align=center 16
131.71		align=center 14
204.14
January 4–7, 20242024 South Korean Championshipsalign=center 7
71.38		align=center 7
146.10		align=center 6
217.48
October 4–8, 20232023 CS Finlandia Trophyalign=center 9
68.77		align=center 6
142.38		align=center 7
211.15
August 16–19, 20232023 Asian Open Trophyalign=center 2
64.84		align=center 1
127.53		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
192.37

Junior level

2022–2023 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
January 13–15, 2022Senioralign=center 10
67.13		align=center 7
140.90		align=center 7
208.03
November 9–13, 20222022 CS Ice ChallengeSenioralign=center 14
59.27		align=center 6
136.74		align=center 10
196.01
September 28–October 1, 20222022 JGP Poland IJunioralign=center 7
65.72		align=center 3
133.46		align=center 4
199.18
September 21–24, 20222022 CS Nebelhorn TrophySenioralign=center 14
53.94		align=center 6
129.15		align=center 10
183.09
August 24–27, 20222022 JGP FranceJunioralign=center 2
70.25		align=center 2
125.90		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
196.15
2021–2022 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
April 13–17, 20222022 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 19
60.32		align=center 18
115.31		align=center 19
175.63
January 7–9, 20222022 South Korean ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 3
69.47		align=center 4
138.98		align=center 4
208.45
September 22–25, 20212021 JGP SloveniaJunioralign=center 2
67.33		align=center 6
124.00		align=center 4
191.33
September 1–4, 20212021 JGP SlovakiaJunioralign=center 9
58.84		align=center 5
123.45 		align=center 7
182.29
2020–2021 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
February 24–26, 20212021 South Korean ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 5
61.90		align=center 3
131.54		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
193.44
2019–2020 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
January 10–15, 20202020 Winter Youth Olympics – TeamJunioralign=center –align=center 3
133.13		align=center 4T/3P
January 10–15, 20202020 Winter Youth OlympicsJunioralign=center 5
69.61		align=center 5
129.51		align=center 5
199.12
October 30–November 3, 20192019 CS Asian Open TrophySenioralign=center 7
64.64		align=center 7
116.31		align=center 7
180.95
September 11–14, 20192019 JGP RussiaJunioralign=center 8
61.05		align=center 4
122.56		align=center 5
183.61
October 2–5, 20192019 JGP ItalyJunioralign=center 12
60.85		align=center 9
125.16		align=center 11
186.01
2018–2019 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
March 4–10, 20192019 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 21
61.75		align=center 19
115.47		align=center 20
177.22
February 13–15, 20192019 Children of Asia ISGJunioralign=center 4
64.39		align=center 3
128.99		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
193.38
January 11–13, 20192019 South Korean ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 2
67.42		align=center 5
115.95		align=center 4
183.37
October 3–6, 20182018 JGP SloveniaJunioralign=center 8
62.39		align=center 7
121.60		align=center 7
183.99
Aug. 29 – Sept. 1, 20182018 JGP AustriaJunioralign=center 11
56.08		align=center 7
117.74		align=center 8
173.82
2017–2018 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
March 5–11, 20182018 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 23
57.57		align=center 16
116.56		align=center 19
174.13
January 5–7, 20182018 South Korean ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 7
61.23		align=center 5
134.19		align=center 5
195.42
October 11–14, 20172017 JGP ItalyJunioralign=center 15
50.35		align=center 15
101.01		align=center 16
151.36
2016–2017 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
January 7–9, 20172017 South Korean ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 1
49.95		align=center 1
112.91		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
162.86

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 피겨스케이팅: 차준환·김채연 등 포함한 2025 동계아시안게임 피겨 대표팀 선발 . Olympics.com . 12 October 2024.
  2. Web site: Distribution of assignments based on the results of the Winter University Games and Asian Winter Games Qualifiers 2024 . X . Skating Korea . 12 October 2024.

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