# Wang Yihan (figure skater)

Wang Yihan (Chinese: 王一涵; pinyin: Wang Yihan; born 11 March 2010) is a Chinese figure skater. She is the 2024 Chinese national champion, the 2024 JGP Thailand champion, and the 2024 JGP China bronze medalist. She is the first Chinese woman to win a gold medal on the Junior Grand Prix.

## Personal life

Wang was born on March 11, 2010, in Beijing, China. As hobbies, she enjoys painting and dancing. In addition, Wang is able to speak English proficiently.
She is often nicknamed "Liuliu."
Wang has cited Mao Shimada and Shin Ji-a as figure skating role models.

## Career
### Early career

In 2015, following the successful bid for Wang's home city of Beijing to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, figure skating in China saw a sudden surge in popularity. This encouraged a then five-year-old Wang to try the sport for herself. During her first year of figure skating, she would constantly travel between the Shijingshan, Haidian, and Chaoyang districts since each public rink in Beijing often became too crowded for her to get sufficient practice time in one place. It was not until 2016 when Wang was able to join the Beijing Xinghong Ao Skating Club. There, Gao Weijun became her coach.
She debuted as an advanced novice skater at the 2022 Chinese Novice Championships, where she won silver. The following year, she won another silver medal at the 2023 Chinese Novice Championships.

### 2023–24 season

Wang made her international debut on the 2023–24 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. She finished twelfth at 2023 JGP Hungary and fourth at 2023 JGP Poland. Wang would go on to win bronze at the 2023 Chinese Junior Championships. One month following those national championships, she would claim gold at the 2023 Chinese Championships in the senior women's event.
During the 2024 Four Continents Championships, held in Shanghai, China, Wang was invited to perform in the gala. She then finished off the season by taking gold on the junior level of the 2024 National Winter Games.

### 2024–25 season

Wang began her season by competing on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. At her first assignment, the 2024 JGP Thailand, three-time World Junior silver medalist Shin Ji-a entered as the gold medal favourite, but struggled. Wang unexpectedly claimed the gold medal, making history as the first skater from China to win a Junior Grand Prix title in the women's singles event. She followed this achievement with a bronze medal finish on home ice at the 2024 JGP China, qualifying for the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final. At the Final, Wang skated two clean programs and finished in fourth place overall. Following the event, she said, "I feel really happy as I was able to land my jumps. This is my first time in the JGP final and that made me feel a bit nervous but I enjoyed skating here a lot."
Selected to compete at the 2025 World Junior Championships in late February, Wang placed eighth in the short program and sixteenth in the free skate, finishing twelfth overall.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| 2024–2025 | Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones performed by Hidden Citizens choreo. by Misha Ge | Main Theme I (Opening) The Gold Pavilion (from The Grandmaster) by Shigeru Umebayashi & Nathaniel Méchaly Wing Chung by Fan Yang choreo. by Zeng Jiaxin | |
| 2023–2024 | Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov performed by Juan García Esquivel choreo. by Elvin Wong | Orobroy Vs Semblanzas de un río by David Peña Dorantes choreo. by Elvin Wong | Girl on Fire (from Glee) by Alicia Keys performed by Naya Rivera |

## Competitive highlights

JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix
International: Junior :
| Event | 23–24 | 24–25 |
| World Juniors | | 12th |
| JGP Final | | 4th |
| JGP China | | 3rd |
| JGP Hungary | 12th | |
| JGP Poland | 4th | |
| JGP Thailand | | 1st |
| National |||
| Chinese Champ. | 1st | |
| Chinese Junior Champ. | 3rd | |
| National Winter Games | 1st J | |

## Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 194.71 | 2024 JGP Thailand |
| Short program | TSS | 65.39 | 2024 JGP Thailand |
| Short program | TES | 38.65 | 2024 JGP China |
| Short program | PCS | 26.74 | 2024 JGP Thailand |
| Free skating | TSS | 129.32 | 2024 JGP Thailand |
| Free skating | TES | 72.20 | 2024 JGP China |
| Free skating | PCS | 58.04 | 2024 JGP Thailand |
Personal best highlighted in bold.

### Junior level

2024–25 season :
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| February 25–March 2, 2025 | 2025 World Junior Championships | Junior | 8 63.44 | 16 112.07 | 12 175.51 |
| December 5–8, 2024 | 2024–25 JGP Final | Junior | 4 64.52 | 3 123.38 | 4 187.90 |
| October 9–12, 2024 | 2024 JGP China | Junior | 4 63.15 | 2 128.96 | 3 192.11 |
| September 11–14, 2024 | 2024 JGP Thailand | Junior | 1 65.39 | 1 129.32 | 1 194.71 |
| 2023–24 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| January 17–19, 2024 | 14th Chinese Winter Games | Junior | 1 64.16 | 1 128.61 | 1 192.77 |
| December 22–24, 2023 | 2023 Chinese Championships | Senior | 1 63.61 | 2 124.98 | 1 188.59 |
| November 24–26, 2023 | 2023 Chinese Junior Championships | Junior | 3 56.24 | 3 117.16 | 3 173.40 |
| September 27–30, 2023 | 2023 JGP Poland | Junior | 6 59.06 | 3 117.24 | 4 176.30 |
| September 20–23, 2023 | 2023 JGP Poland | Junior | 4 60.43 | 13 94.85 | 12 155.28 |