Caroline Zhang
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Zhang at the 2012 Rostelecom Cup.
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| Full name | Caroline Zhao Zhang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May 20, 1993 Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Home town | Brea, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Peter Oppegard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach |
Tammy Gambill Li Mingzhu Charlene Wong Sondra Holmes Mary Becktell |
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| Choreographer | David Wilson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former choreographer |
Lori Nichol Tom Dickson Karen Kwan Mary Beckstell |
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| Skating club | All Year FSC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 176.48 2007–08 Grand Prix Final |
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| Short program | 62.60 2008 World Juniors |
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| Free skate | 117.44 2012 Four Continents |
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Medal record
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| Traditional Chinese | 張圓圓 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 张圆圆 | ||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhāng Yuányuán |
Caroline Zhao Zhang (born May 20, 1993) is an American figure skater. She is a two-time (2010 and 2012) Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2007 World Junior Champion, the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a three-time U.S. national medalist (bronze in 2009, pewter in 2008 and 2012).
Caroline Zhang was born on May 20, 1993 in Boston, Massachusetts. Her parents are from Wuhan, China, and her older sister, Yang Yang, was born in China. Caroline is bilingual in English and Mandarin. The Chinese media refers to her by her Chinese given name, Yuanyuan (simplified Chinese: 张圆圆; traditional Chinese: 張圓圓; pinyin: Zhāng Yuányuán, which means "round-round"). She moved to California at a young age. The Zhang family lives in Brea, California.
Zhang is proficient at the piano, was concert master in her middle school's orchestra on violin, and was a ballet dancer before switching to figure skating.
In April 2016, she became engaged to fellow figure skater Grant Hochstein. As of February 2017, she is a student at Cerritos College in California.
Zhang began started taking skating lessons at age five.
In the 2002–03 season, Caroline Zhang skated on the juvenile level, which is the lowest qualifying level in the United States. Zhang began her season by winning the silver medal at her regional championship to qualify for the 2003 U.S. Junior Championships. There she won the pewter medal (fourth place), juvenile level.
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