Jin Boyang is a two-time World bronze medalist, the 2018 Four Continents champion, a two-time Four Continents silver medalist, the 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist, and a six-time Chinese national champion.
65 Facts About Jin Boyang
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Jin Boyang is the first Chinese skater to medal in the men's singles at the World Figure Skating Championships.
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Jin Boyang is credited as being one of the people who fueled the "revolution" based around quadruple jumps in figure skating.
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Jin Boyang enrolled at the Harbin Institute of Physical Education in 2013.
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Jin Boyang enjoys go-karting, motorcycling, and skiing, but avoids them to prevent injury during training.
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Jin Boyang started skating at age seven and a half, having become interested in the activity when he attended one of Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo's ice shows.
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Jin Boyang began to demonstrate his talents in skating during his second year of primary school.
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Jin Boyang took ballet, Latin dances, jazz, and street dance classes before he started focusing on competitive skating.
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Jin Boyang landed his first triple axel in May 2010.
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Jin Boyang won the junior division of the Asian Open Trophy 2011 by "a landslide".
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Jin Boyang earned a total of 177.17 points; if he were competing in the senior men's division, he would have come in second place.
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Jin Boyang's feet were so small that he had to wear girls' skates with black boot covers because there were no men's skating boots in his size.
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Jin Boyang won a bronze medal at the 2013 Chinese Championships, and placed fourth at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy.
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Jin Boyang won his first senior national title at the 2014 Chinese Championships.
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Jin Boyang finished sixth at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Jin Boyang won both of his Junior Grand Prix events in Slovenia and Japan, and was the top qualifier for the Junior Grand Prix Final held in Barcelona, Spain, where he placed second after the short program.
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Jin Boyang won his second national title at the 2015 Chinese Championships.
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Jin Boyang concluded his season with a silver medal at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, having placed fifth in the short program and first in the free skate.
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Jin Boyang became the first person to ever land a quad lutz triple toe combination in competition and the first to land a quad lutz with a positive GOE in international competition.
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Jin Boyang was the first person to attempt four quadruple jumps in one program.
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Jin Boyang set a record for the most points scored on one element, with the jump combination in the short program scoring 19.19 points.
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At the 2015 NHK Trophy, Jin Boyang took silver behind reigning Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu, thus qualifying for the 2015 Grand Prix Final in Barcelona, where he finished fifth.
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At the 2016 World Championships in Boston, Jin Boyang won the bronze medal and became the first Chinese man to medal in men's singles at the World Championships.
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Jin Boyang placed fifth at the 2016 Skate America and won silver at the 2016 Cup of China.
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Later in the season, at the Chinese National Championships, Jin Boyang placed second in the short program but rebounded in the free, and was able to win his fourth straight national title.
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Jin Boyang was assigned to both the 2017 Four Continents Championships and the 2017 Asian Winter Games, where he finished 5th and 2nd, respectively.
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Jin Boyang repeated as world bronze medalist at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, achieving new personal bests in his short, free, and overall combined total scores.
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Jin Boyang had a car accident in August 2017, resulting in left thigh injuries.
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Jin Boyang started his season at the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy.
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Jin Boyang placed second in the short program and third in the free skate and won the gold medal overall.
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Jin Boyang interviewed that he had sprained both of his ankles due to loose boot laces, which was confirmed by Zhao Hongbo as having happened before Cup of China.
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Jin Boyang placed second at Cup of China and fourth at Skate America.
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Jin Boyang withdrew from the Grand Prix Final and the Chinese Championships due to the injuries.
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At 2018 Four Continents, his first competition post-injury, Jin Boyang surpassed 100 points in the short program for the first time internationally, with a score of 100.17.
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Jin Boyang interviewed that he'd worked hard on recovery after he'd withdrawn from the Grand Prix Final, and that he'd trained the hardest he ever had, and that the result had given him the confidence to challenge himself towards delivering two perfect performances in Pyeongchang.
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Jin Boyang placed fourth at the 2018 Winter Olympics, only 7.47 points behind third place finisher Javier Fernandez.
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Jin Boyang's placement is the highest of any Chinese athlete competing in men's single skating in Olympic history so far.
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Jin Boyang called his performance in the second half of the season a great improvement on the first half.
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Jin Boyang opened his season with a win at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy, surpassing the 100-point barrier for the SP for the first time under the +5 system, with 101.09 points.
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Jin Boyang was less successful at the 2019 Shanghai Trophy, placing third with a strong free skate after a weak showing in the short.
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At his first Grand Prix assignment, 2019 Skate America, Jin Boyang placed ninth in the short program after doubling a planned quad Lutz and fall on his triple Axel.
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Jin Boyang placed fifth with a stronger free skate, moving up to sixth place overall.
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At his second Grand Prix, the 2019 Cup of China, Jin Boyang again fell on his quad Lutz in the short program and narrowly placed second behind a returning Yan Han.
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Jin Boyang then won the free skate, landing two quads but doubling a quad toe loop, taking his first ever Grand Prix gold medal and winning the Cup of China after three consecutive silver medals.
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Jin Boyang struggled in the free skate, falling twice, but rose to fifth overall.
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At the 2020 Four Continents Championships, Jin Boyang landed all his jumps to place second after the short program.
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Jin Boyang won the competition with a clean short program and a long program that had the highest technical difficulty of the competitors despite a couple of errors.
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Jin Boyang challenged himself technically as well as artistically, choosing short program music that had a slower tempo than before.
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Jin Boyang was assigned to the 2021 Cup of China as his only Grand Prix event of the season.
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Jin Boyang was noted to be increasing his physical fitness and doing special training according to the "program arranged by the coaching staff and outside experts".
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Jin Boyang was assigned to participate in the Olympic test event, the 2021 Asian Open Trophy.
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Jin Boyang placed first in the short program in Gran Premio d'Italia but dropped to seventh place after a problematic free skate.
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Jin Boyang maintained a lead over Chen Yudong in all five rounds, and accumulated enough points to be announced as the Olympic entry for China.
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Jin Boyang began the Olympic games as the Chinese entry in the men's short program of the Olympic team event.
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Jin Boyang placed sixth in the segment, securing five points for the Chinese team.
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Jin Boyang placed fourth with his free skate, taking another seven points.
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Jin Boyang remarked that his team leaders had helped him adjust internally and that it was "great" to skate at such a technical level.
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Jin Boyang earned a score of 179.45, and a total of 270.43.
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Jin Boyang interviewed that he felt relieved and encouraged for having overcome the ups and downs of the previous four years, further adding that he was in a relaxed state during the competition.
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Jin Boyang felt he had achieved his goals and shown his best side, which was memorable as an athlete from the host country.
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Jin Boyang felt the responsibility to encourage more children to participate in figure skating and make more people love the sport.
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Jin Boyang was assigned to the 2022 Skate Canada International and 2022 NHK Trophy as his Grand Prix events of the season he withdrew from both events, citing injury.
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Jin Boyang competed at the 2023 Four Continents Championships, placing fourth in the short program with a clean skate.
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Jin Boyang was assigned to skate at the 2023 World Championships, where he scored 75.04 in the Short Program.
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Jin Boyang is known for his technical prowess and quadruple jumps, earning him the nickname "Mars Boy" from some Chinese media.