Karen Chen

Karen Chen
Chen at the 2014 World Junior Championships
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1999-08-16) August 16, 1999 (age 17) Fremont, California
Home town	Fremont, California
Height	1.51 m (4 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Coach	Tammy Gambill
Former coach	Gilley Nicholson, Sherri Krahne-Thomas
Choreographer	Jonathan Cassar
Former choreographer	Justin Dillon, Cindy Stuart, Mark Pillay
Skating club	Peninsula FSC San Jose
Training locations	Riverside, California
Began skating	2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	199.29 2017 Worlds
Short program	69.98 2017 Worlds
Free skate	129.31 2017 Worlds

Karen Chen (born August 16, 1999) is an American figure skater. She is a bronze medalist at two ISU Challenger Series events, the 2015 U.S. national bronze medalist, and the 2017 U.S. national champion. She placed fourth at the 2017 World Championships.

Karen Chen was born in Fremont, California. Her parents moved to the U.S. from Taiwan. She has a younger brother, Jeffrey, who is also a figure skater. She is studying at home through Connections Academy.

Chen began learning to skate in 2005. She won gold on the national intermediate level in 2011 and then gold competing as a novice in 2012. The following season, she competed on the junior level at the 2013 U.S. Championships, placing fourth. She made her international debut at the 2013 Gardena Spring Trophy where she won gold on the novice level.

In the 2013–14 season, Chen received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments. She won bronze in Riga, Latvia, followed by gold in Košice, Slovakia, and qualified for the JGP Final. While practicing a triple Lutz, she sustained a type three tibia fracture in her right ankle. The injury led her to withdraw from the JGP Final. Chen spent four weeks on crutches and resumed training in mid-December. She withdrew from the junior event at the 2014 U.S. Championships after placing fifth in the short program. At the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, she placed sixth in the short program, ninth in the free skate, and ninth overall.