Gao Yumeng
Born (2001-04-13) April 13, 2001
Tianjin, China
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryChina
PartnerXie Zhong
CoachZhao Hongbo
Skating clubChina Youth Team
Began skating2008
Medal record
Figure skating: Pairs
Representing  China
(with Xie Zhong)
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 TaipeiPairs
Representing Mixed-NOCs
(with Li Bowen)
Winter Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place2016 LillehammerTeam

Gao Yumeng (Chinese: 高誉萌; born April 13, 2001) is a Chinese pair skater. With her skating partner, Xie Zhong, she is the 2017 World Junior bronze medalist and 2017 Chinese national bronze medalist on the senior level.

Early career

Gao began learning to skate in 2008.[1] During the 2015–2016 season, she competed in partnership with Li Bowen. Competing on the senior level, they finished 5th at the 2016 Chinese Championships. They placed 7th at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, held in February in Hamar, Norway, and 13th at the 2016 World Junior Championships, held in March in Debrecen, Hungary. The pair was coached by Luan Bo, Song Lun, and Li Yinwei in Harbin, China.[2]

Partnership with Xie

Gao and Xie Zhong are coached by Zhao Hongbo in Beijing.[1]

2016–2017 season

Making their international debut as a pair, they placed 5th at a Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in early September 2016 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. They had the same result at their second JGP assignment, in Saransk, Russia. In December, they won the bronze medal competing as seniors at the Chinese Championships.

In March 2017, Gao/Xie won the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Taipei, having ranked second in the short program and third in the free skate.

2017–2018 season

Gao/Xie placed 4th at JGP Poland and 2nd at JGP Croatia, qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final (JGPF). They finished 4th at both JGPF and World Junior Championships. They split at the end of this season. [3]

Programs

With Xie

Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[4]
  • Chicago (soundtrack)
    (from Chicago)
2016–2017
[1]

With Li

Season Short program Free skating
2015–2016
[2]
  • Happy Paradise

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Xie

International[5]
Event 2016–17 2017–18
Junior Worlds3rd4th
JGP Final4th
JGP Czech Rep.5th
JGP Russia5th
JGP Croatia2nd
JGP Poland4th
National[5]
Chinese Champ.3rd

With Li

International[6]
Event 2015–16
Junior Worlds13th
Youth Olympics7th
National[6]
Chinese Champ.5th
Team events
Youth Olympics3rd T
6th P
T = Team result; P = Personal result
Medals awarded for team result only.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Yumeng GAO / Zhong XIE: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 "Yumeng GAO / Bowen LI: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ "国家花滑队赴体操队交流 李香凝兼项感觉"挺好" (in Chinese)". sports.qq.com. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  4. ↑ "Yumeng GAO / Zhong XIE: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 14, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. 1 2 "Competition Results: Yumeng GAO / Zhong XIE". International Skating Union.
  6. 1 2 "Competition Results: Yumeng GAO / Bowen LI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 4, 2016.
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