Zhang Hao (figure skater)
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nation | People's Republic of China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | July 6, 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Harbin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 181 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Pair skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Peng Cheng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former partner | Zhang Dan, Zhang Liyun |
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society | Harbin Ice Skating Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trainer | Yao Bin, Chen Xiaofei, Huan Bing, Sun Lu |
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choreographer | Lori Nichol, Marina Zujewa, Renée Roca, Igor Spilband |
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status | active | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: November 7, 2011 |
Zhang Hao ( Chinese 張昊 , Pinyin Zhāng Hào ; born July 6, 1984 in Harbin ) is a Chinese figure skater who starts in pair skating .
Zhang, who was born in Harbin, the center of Chinese figure skating, started figure skating at the age of six. His first figure skating partner was Zhang Liyun. Since 1997, he has competed at the side of Zhang Dan for the Harbin Ice Skating Club. Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao are not related. They were trained by Yao Bin , who, together with partner Bo Luan, was the first Chinese participant in World Championships in pair skating in 1980 .
Unlike the other two successful Chinese couples Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo and Pang Qing / Tong Jian , Zhang / Zhang already had great success in the junior division. At the Junior World Championships in Oberstdorf in 2000, the couple showed a four-fold throw , the first ever in this competition. In 2001 and 2003 they became junior world champions . They were the first Chinese junior world champions in pair skating. In 2001 and 2002 they also won the Junior Grand Prix Final.
In 2002 Zhang / Zhang made their senior debut. In their first four continents championship , they immediately won the bronze medal. At the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City , they were Eleventh and at their first World Cup Ninth. In 2003 they became Chinese champions in pair skating. They won bronze again at the four continents championship and were able to improve by three places to sixth place at the world championship . In 2004 both championships went up one place. They won the silver medal in the four continents championship and finished fifth in the world championship .
The final breakthrough came in 2005. First they won the four continents championship , then they won their first world championship medal with bronze in Moscow . Zhang / Zhang reached their peak in 2006 when they won Olympic silver in Turin behind the Russians Tatjana Totmjanina and Maxim Marinin . They placed themselves in front of their higher-ranking and much more experienced compatriots Shen / Zhao and Pang / Tong , despite a serious fall by Zhang Dan in the freestyle while attempting a thrown quadruple salchow. A few weeks later they also became vice world champions in Calgary behind Pang Qing and Tong Jian . At the world championships in 2008 and 2009 , Zhang Hao and Zhang Dan were runner-up world champions behind Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy . They also won silver and bronze in the four continents championships.
In 2010 they won their second title at the Four Continents Championships, but under weak competition. In their third Olympic Games as well as the World Cup , they finished fifth in victories of their compatriots.
The couple had to skip the 2011 season due to injury.
Zhang Dan ended her figure skating career in 2012. Zhang Hao found a new skating partner in Peng Cheng .
Results
Pair skating
with Peng Cheng :
Competition / year | 2013 |
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World championships | 11. |
Four continents championships | 5. |
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Grand Prix competition / season | 12/13 |
Cup of China | 5. |
Eric Bompard Trophy | 4th |
with Zhang Dan :
Competition / year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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winter Olympics | 11. | 2. | 5. | ||||||||||
World championships | 9. | 6th | 5. | 3. | 2. | 5. | 2. | 2. | 5. | ||||
Four continents championships | 3. | 3. | 2. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 1. | ||||||
Junior World Championships | 4th | 1. | 1. | ||||||||||
Chinese championships | 2. | 3. | 3. | 1. | 2. | 2. | 1. | ||||||
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Grand Prix competition / season | 99/00 | 00/01 | 01/02 | 02/03 | 03/04 | 04/05 | 05/06 | 06/07 | 07/08 | 08/09 | 09/10 | 10/11 | 11/12 |
Grand Prix Final | 6th | 5. | 2. | 3. | 2. | 2. | 6th | 4th | |||||
Skate America | 4th | 3. | 1. | 1. | 3. | 2. | |||||||
Skate Canada | 1. | ||||||||||||
Cup of Russia | 3. | 1. | 1. | 1. | |||||||||
Eric Bompard Trophy | 4th | 1. | 1. | ||||||||||
NHK Trophy | 1. | 2. | |||||||||||
Cup of China | 2. | 1. | 2. | 2. |
Web links
- Zhang Hao and Peng Cheng in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
- Zhang Hao and Zhang Dan in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
- Zhang Hao in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official website
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SURNAME | Zhang Hao |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese figure skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1984 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Harbin , People's Republic of China |