Denis Ten
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Ten at the 2012 Rostelecom Cup
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| Full name | Denis Yuryevich Ten | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
13 June 1993 Almaty, Kazakhstan |
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| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Frank Carroll, Nikolai Morozov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach |
Rafael Arutyunyan, Elena Buianova, Tatiana Tarasova |
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| Choreographer | Nikolai Morozov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former choreographer |
Stéphane Lambiel, Lori Nichol, Elena Buianova, Tatiana Tarasova, Irina Tagaeva, Mikhail Pochitalin |
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| Skating club | Kiyal Almaty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Training locations |
Hackensack, New Jersey, El Segundo, California, Almaty, Novogorsk |
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| Former training locations | Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World standing | 7 (As of 17 December 2016[update]) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season's bests |
1 (2014–15) 7 (2013–14) 4 (2012–13) 12 (2011–12) 21 (2010–11) 26 (2009–10) 17 (2008–09) |
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| Combined total | 289.46 2015 Four Continents |
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| Short program | 97.61 2015 Four Continents |
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| Free skate | 191.85 2015 Four Continents |
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Medal record
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Denis Yuryevich Ten (Денис Юрьевич Тен; born 13 June 1993) is a Kazakhstani figure skater. He is the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time World medalist (silver in 2013, bronze in 2015), the 2015 Four Continents champion, the 2017 Winter Universiade champion, and a five-time national champion of Kazakhstan.
Ten is the first skater from Kazakhstan to stand on the podium at the World Championships, Four Continents Championships, Asian Winter Games, and Olympic Games. At the 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Belarus, he became the first skater from Kazakhstan to win an International Skating Union competition. His other accomplishments include qualifying two spots for his country in the men's event at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.
Ten was the official ambassador for the Olympic Bidding Committee "Almaty 2022". He is a member of the Astana Presidential Sports Club and the Political Party "Nur Otan". In 2013, he began producing his own ice show, "Denis Ten and Friends". In summer 2014, he announced his co-operation with All That Sports management company established by Kim Yuna.
Denis Ten was born on 13 June 1993 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He is a member of the Korean minority in Kazakhstan. His great-great-grandfather, Min Geung-ho, was a famous Korean independence fighter general during the time of the Korean Empire when Korea fought for independence from Japan.
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