Nam Nguyen was born on May 20,1998 and is a Canadian retired competitive figure skater.
55 Facts About Nam Nguyen
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Nam Nguyen is the 2014 World Junior champion, 2019 Skate Canada silver medallist, and two-time Canadian national champion.
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Nam Nguyen has placed as high as fifth at the World Championships, in 2015.
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Nam Nguyen's father is an engineer and his mother works for a medical software company.
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Nam Nguyen's sister, Kim, is six years younger and is a figure skater.
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Nam Nguyen lived in Richmond, British Columbia, and Burnaby, BC from 1999 to 2012, and then moved to Toronto, Ontario, so that he and his sister could train under Brian Orser.
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Nam Nguyen cited his former training mates, Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernandez, as being his inspirations.
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Nam Nguyen performed in the exhibition gala at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Nam Nguyen finished twelfth in his first Junior Grand Prix event in Riga, Latvia and then won the bronze medal in his second event in Brasov, Romania.
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Nam Nguyen placed seventh on the senior level at the 2012 Canadian Championships and was assigned to the 2012 World Junior Championships.
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Nam Nguyen landed his first triple axel in competition in the preliminary round and qualified for the short program with a first-place finish.
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Nam Nguyen was eighteenth in the short program and eleventh in the free skating, finishing thirteenth overall at the event.
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Nam Nguyen started the season at the JGP in France where he finished ninth.
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Nam Nguyen did better at his second JGP event, in Turkey, earning the bronze medal.
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Nam Nguyen finished the season at the World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy, where he placed twelfth.
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Nam Nguyen then competed at his first senior international, the Four Continents Championships, and placed tenth.
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Nam Nguyen finished the season at the senior World Championships, where he placed twelfth.
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Nam Nguyen started the season with a silver medal at the inaugural Skate Canada Autumn Classic, an ISU Challenger Series event.
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Nam Nguyen made his senior Grand Prix debut at the Skate America, winning the bronze medal.
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Nam Nguyen continued to his second Grand Prix event, the Cup of China, where he placed fourth.
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Nam Nguyen started his season by winning silver at the 2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic.
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Nam Nguyen was assigned to the 2016 World Championships in Boston after Liam Firus withdrew.
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Nam Nguyen placed fifth at the 2016 CS US International Classic.
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Nam Nguyen won the bronze medal at the 2017 Canadian Championships and placed 8th at the 2017 Four Continents Championships.
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Nam Nguyen switched coaches again following continued disappointing results, working instead with Robert Burke in Richmond Hill.
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Nam Nguyen placed fifth at the 2017 CS Autumn Classic and seventh at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup.
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At the 2017 NHK Trophy in Osaka, Japan, Nam Nguyen placed tenth overall after disappointing eleventh place in short program.
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Later in Montreal, Nam Nguyen took the bronze medal at the 2018 Skate Canada Challenge.
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Nam Nguyen placed third at the 2018 Canadian Championships, behind Patrick Chan and Keegan Messing, and thus was not picked for the Canadian delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Nam Nguyen instead joined Messing on the Canadian team at the 2018 World Championships, where he had a poor showing in the short program and failed to qualify for the free skating.
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Nam Nguyen opened the new season at the 2018 US Classic, where he placed first in the short program and second in the free skate to win the gold medal, his first international gold at the senior level.
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Nam Nguyen was assigned to two ISU Grand Prix events, Skate America, where he placed sixth, and Skate Canada, where he placed fifth.
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In January 2019, Nam Nguyen competed at the 2019 Canadian Championships.
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Nam Nguyen placed third in the short program after doubling the second part of his combination.
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Nam Nguyen then won the free skate, and the overall title, the second of his career.
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Nam Nguyen was named to the Canadian teams for the Four Continents and World Championships.
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At the 2019 World Championships, Nam Nguyen placed sixteenth after two error-riddled programs.
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The placements of Nam Nguyen and Messing meant that Canada would have only one men's berth at the 2020 World Championships.
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Nam Nguyen concluded the season at the 2019 World Team Trophy, where he placed seventh overall among the twelve men.
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Nam Nguyen placed fourth at the 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy, finishing ninth in the short program after making severe errors on all his jumping passes and second in the free program after only one fall.
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Nam Nguyen performed last in the free skate, immediately after a near-world record performance by Hanyu.
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Nam Nguyen skated with only one minor error, singling a planned double toe loop, and set new personal bests in both the free skate and total score to take the silver medal, his first Grand Prix medal in five years.
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Nam Nguyen was fifth at his second assignment, the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, his only major error being popping one of his planned quad Salchow jumps in the free skate.
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Nam Nguyen set out to defend his national title at the 2020 Canadian Championships, placing second in the short program behind Messing.
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Nam Nguyen fell on both of his quad Salchow attempts in the free skate, and remained in second place overall, behind Roman Sadovsky.
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Nam Nguyen placed sixth at Four Continents, the highest placement among the Canadian men there, with his only error across two programs being a singled attempt at a triple Axel in the free skate.
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Nam Nguyen was assigned to compete at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but the event was cancelled as a result of the pandemic.
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Nam Nguyen won the silver medal, finishing 5.58 points behind Roman Sadovsky.
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Nam Nguyen placed eleventh of eleven skaters in both segments of the competition, while Team Canada finished in sixth place.
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Nam Nguyen was initially assigned to compete at the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, but withdrew shortly before the competition.
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Nam Nguyen subsequently made his competitive debut at the 2021 Skate America, where he placed eighth.
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Nam Nguyen was tenth at his second Grand Prix, the 2021 NHK Trophy.
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Nam Nguyen contracted COVID-19 the week before the 2022 Canadian Championships, the last event prior to the selection of the Canadian Olympic team.
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Nam Nguyen was off the ice for five days, returning to the ice four days before the short program.
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Nam Nguyen struggled at the competition, finishing in sixth place, and was not named to the team.