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Boyang at the 2015-16 Grand Prix Final
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Full name | Jin Boyang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Harbin, China |
October 3, 1997 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Harbin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Xu Zhaoxiao | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach | Jiao Zhongyi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Choreographer | Jiang Hailan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Combined total | 289.83 2016 Four Continents |
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Short program | 98.45 2016 Four Continents |
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Free skate | 191.38 2016 Four Continents |
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Medal record
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Jin Boyang (Chinese: 金博洋; pinyin: Jīn Bóyáng; October 3, 1997) is a Chinese figure skater. He is the 2016 World bronze medalist, the 2016 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist, and a four-time (2014-2017) Chinese national champion. On the junior level, he is the 2015 World Junior silver medalist and the 2013 JGP Final champion.
Jin Boyang is the first skater to ever land a quad lutz-triple toe loop combination in international competition, the first skater to have landed four quad jumps in a free skate and six quads in a competition, and the former record holder of scoring the most amount of points on one element (the quad lutz-triple toe loop combination).
Jin was born on October 3, 1997 in Harbin, China. His parents formerly competed in middle to long-distance running.
Jin started skating at age seven and a half, having become interested in the activity when he attended one of Shen/Zhao's ice shows. His first coach was Wang Junxiang.
Jin debuted on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the 2012–13 season. After taking gold in France and silver in Slovenia, he finished fifth at the JGP Final and fourth at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy.