# Ean Weiler

Ean Weiler (born September 12, 2007) is a Swiss figure skater. He is the 2025 Swiss junior national champion, the 2024 Swiss junior national silver medalist, and a two-time national novice champion (2022–23).

## Personal life

Ean Weiler was born on September 12, 2007, in Winterthur, Switzerland, as the only child to mother Corinne Weiler and father Harn-Chieh Kwan who are both of Swiss nationality. Weiler stayed in close contact with his stepbrother, meeting regularly for gaming in their free time. He lived with his family in Wil in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen and attended to the local secondary school, while training in Bülach, taking skating lessons six times a week. In order to improve his performing abilities, Weiler regularly took ballet classes. In the beginning of 2024 he relocated to Champéry, Switzerland to train under Stéphane Lambiel.

## Competitive skating career
### Early career

Weiler was introduced to figure skating in 2018 at the age of ten during a school trip to Schaffhausen, being inspired by the performance of a schoolmate: "She fascinated me so much that I went home and told my mother that I'd like to start skating as well." Although it is more common among figure skaters to start skating in their early childhood, Weiler managed to pass all required basic tests at his local club in a span of one year. Weiler was first coached by Mark Pepperday in Bülach, Switzerland, before switching to Ekaterina Zanta in 2019.
In May 2021, Weiler was selected for the Swiss national team in the advanced novice category and would go on to win in all domestic competitions the following season. In February 2022, he participated at the Swiss Championships for the first time, winning gold in the novice under-14 category. In April, he gave his international debut at the Egna Trophy in Italy, where he placed seventh.
During the 2022–23 season, Weiler continued to win every domestic he competed in, including the Advanced Novice Swiss Championships, an event that he won by more than 50 points.

### 2023–24 season

Weiler debuted on the Junior Grand Prix circuit by finishing eighteenth at 2023 JGP Turkey. He would go on to compete at the 2023 Santa Claus Cup, where he finished fifth on the junior level. At the 2024 Swiss Junior Championships, Weiler won the silver medal. He then ended the season with a fourth-place finish at the 2024 Bavarian Open.
In May 2024, Weiler moved to Champéry, where Stéphane Lambiel became his new coach.

### 2024–25 season

Weiler began the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, finishing fourth at 2024 JGP Turkey and eleventh at 2024 JGP Slovenia. He then went on to win gold on the junior level at the 2024 Tallinn Trophy.
In early December, Weiler won the 2025 Swiss junior national title. Selected to compete at the 2025 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, Weiler finished in twenty-fourth place.

## Skating style and influences

Weiler's figure skating idol is two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu from Japan who influenced Weiler in his skating style, which notably features some of Hanyu's signature moves, including the Ina Bauer, hydroblading, and the side lunge.$^{:2}$ Since 2022, Weiler's costumes are made by Japanese designer Satomi Ito who has been in charge of Hanyu's costumes since the 2014–15 season. Being asked about his favorite element in figure skating, Weiler noted his personal preference for jumps.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2020–21 | Feeling Good by Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse performed by Michael Bublé choreo. by Ekaterina Zanta | Now We Are Free (from Gladiator) by Hans Zimmer performed by 2Cellos choreo. by Ekaterina Zanta |
| 2021–22 | Feeling Good by Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse performed by Michael Bublé choreo. by Ekaterina Zanta | Now We Are Free (from Gladiator) by Hans Zimmer performed by 2Cellos choreo. by Ekaterina Zanta |
| 2022–23 | Feeling Good by Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse performed by Michael Bublé choreo. by Ekaterina Zanta | Nothing Else Matters by Metallica performed by Luka Šulić choreo. by Ekaterina Zanta |
| 2023–24 | Earth Song by Michael Jackson performed by Amadeus Electric Quartett & Xenti Runceanu choreo. by Ekaterina Zanta | S.O.S. d'un terrien en détresse (from Starmania) by Michel Berger & Luc Plamondon performed by Dimash Qudaibergen choreo. by Ekaterina Zanta |
| 2024–25 | Lose Control by Teddy Swims choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel | S.O.S. d'un terrien en détresse (from Starmania) by Michel Berger & Luc Plamondon performed by Dimash Qudaibergen choreo. by Ekaterina Zanta |

## Competitive highlights

* JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
* N – Event at novice level
* TBD – To be decided
Competition placements at junior and novice level :
| Season | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
| World Junior Championships | | | | 24th |
| Swiss Championship | 1st N | 1st N | 2nd J | 1st J |
| JGP Slovenia | | | | 11th |
| JGP Turkey | | | 18th | 4th |
| Bavarian Open | | | 4th | |
| Egna Spring Trophy | 7th | | | |
| Santa Claus Cup | | | 5th | |
| Tallinn Trophy | | | | 1st |

## Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 195.92 | 2024 JGP Turkey |
| Short program | TSS | 67.93 | 2024 JGP Turkey |
| Short program | TES | 35.70 | 2024 JGP Turkey |
| Short program | PCS | 33.40 | 2024 JGP Slovenia |
| Free skating | TSS | 127.59 | 2024 JGP Turkey |
| Free skating | TES | 59.79 | 2024 JGP Turkey |
| Free skating | PCS | 67.80 | 2024 JGP Turkey |

### Junior level

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
2024–25 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 25–March 2, 2025 | 2025 World Junior Championships | 16 68.19 | 24 89.79 | 24 157.98 |
| December 13–15, 2024 | 2025 Swiss Championships | 1 64.16 | 1 122.10 | 1 186.26 |
| November 12–17, 2024 | 2024 Tallinn Trophy | 1 61.66 | 1 127.84 | 1 189.50 |
| October 2–5, 2024 | 2024 JGP Slovenia | 8 66.04 | 11 119.29 | 11 185.33 |
| September 18–21, 2024 | 2024 JGP Turkey | 4 67.93 | 4 127.59 | 4 195.52 |
| 2023–24 season ||||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 30–February 4, 2024 | 2024 Bavarian Open | 5 57.60 | 3 112.65 | 4 170.25 |
| December 15–17, 2023 | 2024 Swiss Championships | 3 49.66 | 2 104.82 | 2 154.48 |
| November 29–December 4, 2023 | 2023 Santa Claus Cup | 4 55.60 | 5 100.70 | 5 156.30 |
| September 6–9, 2023 | 2023 JGP Turkey | 18 47.91 | 16 103.12 | 18 151.03 |