Jin Boyang, Chinese figure skater
Jin Boyang (Chinese: 金博洋; pinyin: Jīn Bóyáng; Mandarin pronunciation: [tɕín pwǒ jǎŋ]; born October 3, 1997) is a Chinese figure skater. He is a two-time World bronze medalist (2016–2017), the 2018 Four Continents champion, a two-time Four Continents silver medalist (2016, 2019), the 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist, and a six-time (2014–2017, 2019, 2022) Chinese national champion. He is the first Chinese skater to medal in the men's singles at the World Figure Skating Championships. On the junior level, he is the 2015 World Junior silver medalist and the 2013 JGP Final champion.
Jin is the first skater to ever land a quad Lutz-triple toe loop combination in international competition, the first skater to have landed four quad jumps in a free skate and six quads in international competition, and the former record holder of scoring the most points on one element (the quad lutz-triple toe loop combination).
1997Oct, 3
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