Zhang Kexin | |||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
Full name | Zhang Kexin | ||||||||||||
Country represented | China | ||||||||||||
Born |
Harbin, China |
October 17, 1995 ||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||
Former coach |
Li Mingzhu Li Bao Li Chengjiang |
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Former choreographer |
David Wilson Jiang Hailan |
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Retired | November 3, 2014 | ||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
Combined total | 162.59 2012 Four Continents |
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Short program | 57.56 2013 Four Continents |
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Free skate | 108.52 2012 Four Continents |
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Medal record
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Zhang Kexin (simplified Chinese: 张可欣; traditional Chinese: 張可欣; pinyin: Zhāng Kěxīn; born October 17, 1995) is a Chinese figure skater. She is the 2014 Chinese national champion.
Zhang began skating in 2000. Li Mingzhu became her coach in 2008.
Zhang debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in 2009. She won the bronze medal at the 2010 JGP in Japan].
Making her Grand Prix debut, Zhang placed fourth at the 2011 Cup of China. She finished 7th at the 2012 World Championships in Nice, France, giving China two ladies' singles berths for the 2013 event, for the first time since 1997.
In the 2013–14 season, Zhang won silver at the Asian Open Trophy in Bangkok and placed 8th at the Cup of China Grand Prix event in Beijing. She won her first senior national title at the Chinese Championships in Changchun, having finished ahead of Zhao Ziquan. She was chosen to represent China at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Zhang finished 15th in Sochi, Russia, after placing 14th in the short program and 15th in the free skate.