Stephanie Zhang | |
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Born | Harbin, China | 22 May 1985
Hometown | Sydney, Australia |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Australia |
Coach | Andrei Pachin, E. Kramer, B. Trussell, F. Fu, C. Jackson |
Skating club | Sydney Figure Skating Club |
Began skating | 1989 |
Retired | 2013 |
Stephanie Zhang (born 22 May 1985) is a Chinese-Australian figure skater. She is a two-time Australian national senior champion and a six-time national junior champion.
Zhang was born on 22 May 1985, in Harbin, China. [1] She moved to Australia with her parents at the age of nine and was offered citizenship at age thirteen due to her talent.
Zhang began learning to skate at the age of four. [1] In 2000, she won a bronze medal at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in China.
Making her senior international debut, she placed 10th at the 2001 Four Continents Championships. She also continued to appear on the junior level, placing 12th at the 2001 World Junior Championships and 7th at the 2002 World Junior Championships. She placed 25th at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Zhang stopped competing after finishing off the podium at the 2005 Australian Championships. She made a brief return to competition in the 2012–13 season. [2]
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2002–2003 [1] |
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2001–2002 [3] |
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2000–2001 [4] |
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JGP: Junior Grand Prix
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Event | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 04–05 | 12–13 |
Olympics | 25th | ||||||
Worlds | 37th | ||||||
Four Continents | 10th | ||||||
Goodwill Games | 8th | ||||||
Golden Spin | 6th | 6th | |||||
Ondrej Nepela | 5th | ||||||
New Year's Cup | 15th | ||||||
Volvo Open Cup | 16th | ||||||
International: Junior [2] | |||||||
Junior Worlds | 25th | 12th | 7th | ||||
JGP China | 3rd | 14th | |||||
JGP Czech Rep. | 16th | 5th | |||||
JGP Italy | 18th | ||||||
JGP Mexico | 7th | ||||||
JGP Netherlands | 14th | ||||||
National [2] | |||||||
Australia | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd |
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