Cha Jun-hwan

Cha Jun-hwan
Cha at the 2023 Worlds.
Native name차준환
Born (2001-10-21) October 21, 2001 (age 23)
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Figure skating career
Country South Korea
DisciplineMen's singles
CoachChi Hyun-jung
Began skating2009
Highest WS3rd (2022–23)
Medal record
Event Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place
World Championships 0 1 0
Four Continents Championships 1 0 1
Grand Prix Final 0 0 1
South Korean Championships 8 0 2
World Team Trophy 0 1 0
Junior Grand Prix Final 0 0 1
Medal list
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Saitama Singles
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tallinn Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Shanghai Singles
Grand Prix Final
Bronze medal – third place 2018–19 Vancouver Singles
South Korean Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gangneung Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Seoul Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Seoul Singles
Gold medal – first place 2020 Uijeongbu Singles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Uijeongbu Singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Uijeongbu Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Uijeongbu Singles
Gold medal – first place 2024 Uijeongbu Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Seoul Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Seoul Singles
World Team Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2023 Tokyo Team
Junior Grand Prix Final
Bronze medal – third place 2016–17 Marseille Singles
Korean name
Hangul
차준환
Hanja
Revised RomanizationCha Jun-hwan
McCune–ReischauerCh'a Chunhwan

Cha Jun-hwan (Korean차준환; born October 21, 2001) is a South Korean figure skater. He is the 2023 Worlds silver medalist, the 2022 Four Continents champion, the 2024 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2018–2019 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, a five-time Grand Prix medalist (5 bronze), a four-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (1 gold and 3 silver), as well as an eight-time consecutive South Korean national champion (2017–2024). He represented South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics. At the junior level, Cha is the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and a two-time Junior Grand Prix gold medalist.

Cha is the first South Korean man to win and to medal at the Four Continents Championships, as well as the first to medal at the World Championships, Grand Prix Final, Junior Grand Prix Final, and any senior Grand Prix event.