# Dinh Tran

Dinh Tran (born June 21, 2001) is an American figure skater. He is the 2022 Philadelphia Summer International silver medalist and a two-time U.S. national junior silver medalist (2018, 2019).

## Personal life

Tran was born on June 21, 2001, in San Francisco, California. His mother, Mimi Hoang, is a physical education teacher. The daughter of a Vietnamese mother and American soldier, she was left with her grandmother and grew up in Saigon, working as a housekeeper from the age of 8, before moving to the U.S. at 18.
Tran was raised in Tenderloin, San Francisco with two older brothers, Phong and Hao, and one younger, Trieu. His parents divorced when he was 14 years old. Growing up, he took flute lessons and performed with his school's jazz band. He received a full scholarship to attend Stuart Hall High School, graduating in 2020. He subsequently enrolled at California State University, Long Beach as a computer science major but soon switched to mechanical engineering.

## Career
### Early years

Tran was first introduced to ice skating at a birthday party. He started taking lessons at the Yerba Buena ice rink, which offered free lessons to children from Tenderloin. Later, his family was granted a free membership at the Skating Club of San Francisco and also found a local sponsor.
Early in his career, he was coached by Jeffrey Crandell. Tran sustained a sprained ankle and shin splints in the 2017–18 season. In October 2017, he debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series, placing twelfth in Poland. He won silver in the junior men's event at the 2018 U.S. Championships.
Tran sprained his ankle three more times in the fall of 2018. At the 2019 U.S. Championships, he repeated as junior silver medalist.

### Senior career

By the 2019–20 season, Tran was training under Dee Goldstein. He placed ninth at his JGP assignment. He qualified to the senior men's event at the 2020 U.S. Championships, where he finished eighth.
Making his senior international debut, he placed ninth at the 2021 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic in September. In January, he finished eighth at the 2022 U.S. Championships.
In August 2022, Tran won silver at the Philadelphia Summer International. He then appeared at two Challenger competitions, placing thirteenth at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy and seventh at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy. Following Eric Sjoberg's withdrawal, Tran was invited to his first Grand Prix event, the 2022 Skate America, where he finished tenth.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| 2023–2024 | L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole choreo. by Misha Ge | Tron: Legacy by Daft Punk choreo. by Misha Ge | |
| 2022–2023 | Asturias (Leyenda) by Isaac Albéniz performed by Marcin Patrzałek choreo. by Misha Ge | The Matrix choreo. by Misha Ge | Runaway Baby by Bruno Mars |
| 2021–2022 | Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona performed by Paco de Lucía choreo. by Misha Ge | Fly Me to the Moon by Michael Bublé choreo. by Misha Ge | |
| 2020–2021 2019–2020 | Puss in Boots by Henry Jackman choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo | Sherlock Holmes by Hans Zimmer choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo | |
| 2018–2019 | Let's Dance (InFiction String Remix) by David Bowie choreo. by Alex Chang | Golden Age by Woodkid Volcano by Woodkid Run Boy Run by Woodkid by Woodkid choreo. by Alex Chang | |
| 2017–2018 | Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1 by Muse | Poeta by Vicente Amigo | |

## Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

### Senior and junior

International :
| Event | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 |
| GP Skate America | | | | | | 10th |
| CS Finlandia | | | | | | 13th |
| CS Lombardia | | | | | | 7th |
| Philadelphia | | | | | | 2nd |
| U.S. Classic | | | | | 9th | |
| Universiade | | | | | | 9th |
| International: Junior |||||||
| JGP Austria | | 10th | | | | |
| JGP Poland | 12th | | 9th | | | |
| National |||||||
| U.S. Championships | 2nd J | 2nd J | 8th | 10th | 8th | 16th |
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew J = Junior level |||||||

## Detailed results
### Senior level

2022–23 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 23–29, 2023 | 2023 U.S. Championships | 16 60.63 | 13 126.55 | 16 187.18 |
| January 13–15, 2023 | 2023 Winter Universiade | 17 60.69 | 8 137.90 | 9 198.59 |
| October 21–23, 2022 | 2022 Skate America | 11 64.99 | 10 134.69 | 10 199.68 |
| October 4–9, 2022 | 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy | 15 62.52 | 12 128.82 | 13 191.34 |
| September 16–19, 2022 | 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy | 8 60.53 | 7 125.61 | 7 186.14 |
| August 7, 2022 | 2022 Philadelphia Summer International | 2 71.54 | 1 127.11 | 2 198.65 |
| 2021–22 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 3–9, 2022 | 2022 U.S. Championships | 9 71.18 | 7 144.54 | 8 215.72 |
| September 14–17, 2021 | 2021 U.S. International Classic | 8 65.77 | 10 110.95 | 9 176.72 |
| 2020–21 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 11–21, 2021 | 2021 U.S. Championships | 10 74.03 | 11 136.76 | 10 210.79 |
| 2019–20 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| Jan. 20–26, 2020 | 2020 U.S. Championships | 11 71.86 | 8 149.02 | 8 220.88 |

### Junior level

2019–20 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| September 18–21, 2019 | 2019 JGP Poland | 12 56.88 | 9 118.35 | 9 175.23 |
| 2018–19 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| Jan 19–27, 2019 | 2019 U.S. Championships | 4 64.84 | 2 131.19 | 2 196.03 |
| Aug 29 – September 1, 2018 | 2018 JGP Austria | 10 60.07 | 10 109.63 | 10 169.70 |
| 2017–18 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 29, 2017 – January 8, 2018 | 2018 U.S. Championships | 2 67.28 | 2 132.67 | 2 199.95 |
| October 4–7, 2017 | 2017 JGP Poland | 10 60.53 | 12 112,38 | 12 172.91 |