51 Facts About Vincent Zhou

Vincent Zhou is a 2022 Olympic Games team event silver medalist, a two-time World bronze medalist, the 2019 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, the 2021 Skate America champion, the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy silver medalist, the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy silver medalist, and a three-time US national silver medalist.

Vincent Zhou is the 2017 World Junior champion, a three-time Junior Grand Prix event silver medalist, and the 2013 US junior national champion.

In February 2018, Zhou became the first person to successfully land a quadruple Lutz jump at the Olympics.

Vincent Zhou's older sister, Vivian, is a violinist and diver.

When Vincent Zhou was a baby, his family moved to Palo Alto, California, where they continue to reside.

Vincent Zhou moved with his mother to Colorado Springs, Colorado in the spring of 2015 and returned to California a year later.

Vincent Zhou has since returned to Colorado Springs, where he spends most of his time.

Vincent Zhou attended Capistrano Connections Academy, an online school, to accommodate his training.

Vincent Zhou received the Presidential Award for Educational Excellence, a recognition awarded at the sole discretion of his school principal.

Vincent Zhou enrolled at Brown University in the fall of 2019.

When he was nine, Vincent Zhou started to be coached by Tammy Gambill and became a member of the All Year Figure Skating Club in Riverside, California.

Vincent Zhou won three national titles at different levels in three consecutive years:.

Vincent Zhou underwent surgery at the UCSF Orthopedic Institute in San Francisco to get his injuries treated.

In January 2016, Vincent Zhou placed 8th on the senior level at the US Championships and was named in the US team to the World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

Vincent Zhou has continued to train in Colorado Springs with one of his primary coaches, Drew Meekins and Tom Zakrajsek.

Vincent Zhou opened the season at the Finlandia Trophy, where he scored 6th in the short program, then moved up to a second-place finish behind China's Boyang Jin after winning the free skate.

Vincent Zhou made his senior Grand Prix debut, having received assignments to the 2017 Cup of China and 2017 Internationaux de France.

Vincent Zhou took 5th in the short program and 3rd in the free skate, taking the bronze medal.

Alongside Nathan Chen and Adam Rippon, Vincent Zhou was named to the US Olympic figure skating team to Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Vincent Zhou noted he had grown fond of the song while reading Ernest Cline's Ready Player One.

At his first event of the season, the 2018 CS US International Classic, Vincent Zhou placed sixth in the short, first in the free, and fourth overall.

At the 2018 Skate America, Vincent Zhou placed six in the short, third in the free, and fifth overall.

At the 2018 NHK Trophy, Vincent Zhou placed fifth in the short, fourth in the free, and fourth overall.

In late November, Vincent Zhou competed at the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy, where he won the silver medal.

At the 2019 Four Continents Championships, Vincent Zhou ranked first in the short with a personal best score of 100.18 and fifth in the free.

Vincent Zhou won the bronze medal, achieving his first podium finish at an ISU Championship.

At the 2019 World Championships, Vincent Zhou scored a new season's best of 186.99, placing third in the free skate, and won the bronze medal.

Vincent Zhou left his longtime coach Tom Zakrajsek, announcing that he would train with Tammy Gambill in the United States and with Japanese coach Mie Hamada, who he had been working with for some time previously.

Vincent Zhou chose to attend Brown University, stating that the curriculum was flexible enough that it would be viable to both skate and study.

Vincent Zhou debuted at the 2019 CS US Classic, placing first in the short program but dropping to the bronze medal position after a fourth-place free skate.

Vincent Zhou withdrew from both of his Grand Prix assignments for the year, stating that they conflicted with adequate preparation for his midterm examinations.

In January 2020, Vincent Zhou announced that he would take a gap year from Brown University for the following season, and would henceforth be coached by Hamada, Lee Barkell and choreographer Lori Nichol at the Granite Club in Toronto.

Vincent Zhou performed only one quadruple jump in each program, saying that he had only started to land them the week of the competition.

The pandemic caused Vincent Zhou to conclude that his coaching arrangement in Toronto was no longer viable due to restrictions on international travel.

Vincent Zhou parted ways with Barkell, saying he had been refreshed by his time at the Granite Club.

Vincent Zhou was assigned to compete at the 2020 Skate America in Las Vegas, the ISU having made Grand Prix assignments based primarily on training location to minimize travel.

Vincent Zhou placed second in the short program, despite landing his quad Salchow on the quarter mark.

Vincent Zhou was second in the free skate as well despite falling on his opening underrotated quad Lutz and underrotating another quad Salchow attempt, taking the silver medal behind Nathan Chen and ahead of Keegan Messing.

Vincent Zhou competed next at the 2021 US Championships, held in Las Vegas.

Vincent Zhou placed second in the short program, landing both a quad Lutz and a quad Salchow.

Vincent Zhou was assigned to the American team for the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm.

At Worlds, Vincent Zhou struggled on all three jumping passes in the short program and failed to land a single fully rotated jump.

Vincent Zhou finished 25th overall and missed qualifying for the free skating segment by less than a quarter of a point.

Vincent Zhou placed first in both programs to win the event.

At his first Grand Prix assignment of the season, the 2021 Skate America, Vincent Zhou skated two clean programs, including landing five quads in his free skate, to win both segments of competition and take the gold medal overall in what was considered an upset victory over compatriot Nathan Chen, who finished third after numerous mistakes.

Vincent Zhou placed narrowly second in the short program, 3.07 points behind Uno, but had a poor free skate, singling a planned quad Lutz to open, underrotating three other jumps, and receiving quarter calls on three others.

Vincent Zhou placed second with a clean skate in the short program at the 2022 US Championships.

Vincent Zhou struggled in the free skate, making several errors on quadruple jumps and falling on his triple Axel attempt, placing fourth in that segment and narrowly third overall, 0.38 points ahead of pewter medalist Jason Brown.

Vincent Zhou received two positive tests for COVID-19 afterward and announced that he would have to withdraw from the men's event.

Vincent Zhou placed sixth in the short program but rallied to place fourth in the free skate, securing third place overall in a chaotic event.

Vincent Zhou indicated that he would focus "solely on academics" in the fall but did not rule out a comeback.