Cha Jun-hwan

Cha Jun-hwan
Cha in 2015
Personal information
Native name
Country represented	South Korea
Born	(2001-10-21) October 21, 2001 (age 15) Seoul, South Korea
Home town	Seoul
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Coach	Brian Orser
Former coach	Shin Hea-sook
Choreographer	David Wilson Jeffrey Buttle
Former choreographer	Kenji Miyamoto Cindy Stuart Joey Russell Shin Yea-ji
Skating club	Korea National Training Center Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club
Training locations	Toronto
Former training locations	Seoul
Began skating	2009
World standing	75 (As of 17 December 2016[update])
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	242.45 2017 Junior Worlds
Short program	82.34 2017 Junior Worlds
Free skate	160.13 2016 JGP Japan
Medal record Representing  South Korea Figure skating: Men's singles Junior Grand Prix Final 2016–17 Marseille Men' singles

Cha Jun-hwan (Hangul:차준환) (born October 21, 2001) is a South Korean figure skater. He is the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, 2017 South Korean national champion, and a two-time (2012, 2013) South Korean national junior champion. He placed 5th at the 2016 Youth Olympics, 7th at the 2016 World Junior Championships and 5th at the 2017 World Junior Championships.

Cha was born on October 21, 2001 in Seoul. He has worked as a child actor, model, and ballet dancer. His brother is four years older.

Cha began skating at the age of seven, during a school excursion. His first coach was Shin Hea-sook. His skating idols were Evgeni Plushenko and Daisuke Takahashi.

Cha placed fourth as a junior skater at the 2011 South Korean Championships. In 2012, he won the junior level at the South Korean Championships. In the 2012–13 season, he took the novice gold medal at the Asian Trophy and repeated as the junior champion at the South Korean Championships. At the 2014 Korean Championships, he placed fifth at the senior level. This was his first senior experience at national championships.

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