Chen Hongyi

Chen Hongyi
Native name陈虹伊 (Chinese)
Born (2002-09-19) September 19, 2002 (age 22)
Beijing, China
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Figure skating career
CountryChina
CoachLi Chengjiang
Skating clubBeijing New Century Star
Began skating2008

Chen Hongyi (simplified Chinese: 陈虹伊; traditional Chinese: 陳虹伊; pinyin: Chén Hóngyī; born September 19, 2002) is a Chinese figure skater. She is the 2020 Cup of China champion, a three-time Chinese national medalist (2018–20), and has skated in the final segment at five ISU Championships.

Career

Early years

Chen began learning to skate in 2008.[1]

2017–2018 season

Chen's ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut came in September 2017, in Zagreb, Croatia, where she placed sixteenth. The following month, she finished tenth at a JGP event in Gdańsk, Poland. In December, she stepped onto her first senior national podium, taking bronze at the 2018 Chinese Championships. She qualified to the free skate and finished eighteenth overall at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2018–2019 season

Making her senior international debut, Chen placed sixth at the 2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in early August. She placed fourteenth at the 2019 Four Continents Championships. She placed nineteenth at the 2019 World Junior Championships in early March, and then made her senior World Championship debut, placing nineteenth there as well.

2019–2020 season

Chen made her Grand Prix debut, placing ninth at the 2019 Cup of China and eighth at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup. After taking the silver medal at the Chinese championships, she placed eleventh at the 2020 Four Continents Championships.[2] She was assigned to compete at the 2020 World Championships, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[3]

2020–2021 season

With the pandemic continuing to affect international travel, the ISU assigned the Grand Prix based largely on geography. Chen was assigned to the 2020 Cup of China, which she won over the other Chinese ladies present by almost 40 points.[4] Competing at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, Chen placed twenty-first.[5] Her result qualified a berth for China at its home Winter Olympics in Beijing.[6]

2021–2022 season

Struggling with a back injury and a sprained ankle, Chen had to withdraw from the 2021 CS Asian Open Trophy and the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia.[7]

Ultimately, the Chinese Olympic Committee awarded the sole Olympic women's singles spot to Zhu Yi. This decision sparked criticism from Chinese figure skating fans as many of them believed Chen to be a better choice.[8][9]

Following the decision, Chen posted on her Weibo that although she felt regretful over having missed out on being selected to go to the Olympics, she would continue to work hard.[7]

2022–2023 season

Chen's only major competition for the season was the 2022 Chinese Championships, where she placed sixth.[10]

2023–2024 season

Returning to international competition for the first time in two years, Chen competed at the 2023 Shanghai Trophy, where she finished sixth. She went on to compete at the 2023 Cup of China, where she placed eighth.[11][10]

At the 2024 Chinese Championships, Chen placed tenth. Despite this, she was selected to compete at the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, where she would finish thirteenth.[11][10]

Chen would then end the season by finishing fourteenth at the 2024 National Winter Games.[10]

2024–2025 season

Chen began the season by competing at the 2024 Shanghai Trophy, where she placed sixth. She subsequently placed twelfth at the 2024 Cup of China. One week later, Chen finished twelfth at the 2024 Chinese Championships.[10]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
[12]
2023–2024
[13][14]


2022–2023 [15][16]
2021–2022
[17]
2020–2021
[18]
  • I Have the Strength to Fly
    by Xiaoduo Cheng
    choreo. by Lori Nichol

2019–2020
[19]
2018–2019
[20]
2017–2018
[1]
  • Why Are The Flowers So Red

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[11]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22-23 23-24 24-25
Worlds 19th C 21st
Four Continents 14th 11th 13th
GP Cup of China 9th 1st C 8th 12th
GP Italy WD
GP Rostelecom 8th
CS Alpen Trophy 10th
CS Asian Open 6th WD
CS Golden Spin 7th
Shanghai Trophy 5th 6th 6th
International: Junior[11]
Junior Worlds 18th 19th
JGP Austria 8th
JGP Croatia 16th
JGP Poland 10th
National[11]
Chinese Champ. 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd C C 6th 10th 12th
Chinese Champ. Competition 3rd 1st 2nd C C C 12th
National Winter Games 14th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [10]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 175.77 2019 Rostelecom Cup
Short program TSS 62.57 2023 Cup of China
TES 35.32 2023 Cup of China
PCS 28.15 2021 World Championships
Free skating TSS 118.60 2019 Rostelecom Cup
TES 60.83 2019 Rostelecom Cup
PCS 57.77 2019 Rostelecom Cup

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Senior results

2024–25 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 28–December 1, 2024 2024 Chinese Championships 10
53.07
10
106.97
12
160.04
November 22–24, 2024 2024 Cup of China 12
45.81
11
93.76
12
139.57
October 3–5, 2024 2024 Shanghai Trophy 6
54.49
6
97.64
6
152.13
2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 24–26, 2024 2024 National Winter Games 12
49.89
14
96.50
14
146.39
February 1–4, 2024 2024 Four Continents Championships 13
55.97
14
97.99
13
153.96
December 22–24, 2023 2023 Chinese Championships 9
51.44
10
95.27
10
146.71
November 10–12, 2023 2023 Cup of China 5
62.57
8
106.09
8
168.66
October 3–5, 2023 2023 Shanghai Trophy 6
49.35
6
88.60
6
137.95
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 11–13, 2023 2022 Chinese Championships 2
59.59
6
100.00
6
159.59
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 22–28, 2021 2021 World Championships 22
58.81
21
103.98
21
162.79
November 6–8, 2020 2020 Cup of China 1
64.63
1
121.90
1
186.53
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 4–9, 2020 2020 Four Continents Championships 11
56.81
11
110.45
11
167.26
November 15–17, 2019 2019 Rostelecom Cup 1
57.17
1
118.60
1
175.77
November 8–10, 2019 2019 Cup of China 9
49.44
7
105.68
8
155.12
October 3–5, 2019 2020 Shanghai Trophy 4
53.85
5
92.80
5
146.65
September 14–16, 2019 2020 Chinese Championships 2
61.97
3
114.29
2
176.26
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 18–24, 2019 2019 World Championships 15
58.53
19
99.06
19
157.59
February 7–10, 2019 2019 Four Continents Championships 13
54.44
15
96.06
14
150.50
December 29–30, 2018 2019 Chinese Championships 3
54.62
3
105.59
3
160.21
December 5–8, 2018 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 8
56.81
7
108.74
7
165.55
November 11–18, 2018 2018 CS Alpen Trophy 14
54.82
10
89.08
10
143.90
August 1–5, 2018 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy 5
53.06
6
87.82
6
140.88
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 23–24, 2017 2018 Chinese Championships 3
60.97
3
115.62
3
176.59
2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 23–24, 2016 2017 Chinese Championships 4
42.82
8
78.04
4
120.86

Junior results

2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 4–10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships 13
53.24
19
88.25
19
141.49
August 30–September 1, 2018 2018 JGP Austria 5
54.54
9
92.28
8
146.82
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 5–11, 2018 2018 World Junior Championships 18
49.83
18
91.17
18
141.00
October 4–7, 2017 2017 JGP Poland 13
42.61
9
90.61
10
133.22
September 27–30, 2017 2017 JGP Croatia 16
39.48
15
77.81
16
117.29

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