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12 Facts About Dinh Tran

1.

Dinh Tran was born on June 21,2001 and is an American figure skater.

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Dinh Tran is the 2022 Philadelphia Summer International silver medalist and a two-time US national junior silver medalist.

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Dinh Tran's mother, Mimi Hoang, is a physical education teacher.

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Dinh Tran was raised in Tenderloin, San Francisco with two older brothers, Phong and Hao, and one younger, Trieu.

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Dinh Tran's parents divorced when he was 14 years old.

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Dinh Tran received a full scholarship to attend Stuart Hall High School, graduating in 2020.

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Dinh Tran subsequently enrolled at California State University, Long Beach as a computer science major but soon switched to mechanical engineering.

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Dinh Tran was first introduced to ice skating at a birthday party.

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Dinh Tran started taking lessons at the Yerba Buena ice rink, which offered free lessons to children from Tenderloin.

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Dinh Tran won silver in the junior men's event at the 2018 US Championships.

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Dinh Tran sprained his ankle three more times in the fall of 2018.

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Dinh Tran then appeared at two Challenger competitions, placing thirteenth at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy and seventh at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy.