Nathan Chen

Nathan Chen
Nathan Chen at a victory ceremony after a competition
Chen at 2018 Internationaux de France
Personal information
Birth nameNathan Wei Chen
Born (1999-05-05) May 5, 1999 (age 25)
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
EducationYale University (BA)
Occupations
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[1]
Nathan Chen article series
Figure skating career
Country United States
DisciplineMen's singles
Coach
Skating clubSalt Lake Figure Skating
Began skating2003
Highest WS1st (2018–2022)[2][3][4][5]
Medal record
Event Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place
Olympic Games 2 0 1
World Championships 3 0 0
Four Continents Championships 1 0 0
Grand Prix Final 3 1 0
U.S. Championships 6 0 1
World Team Trophy 1 1 1
World Junior Championships 0 0 1
Junior Grand Prix Final 1 0 1
Medal list
"" Olympic Games ""
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Milan Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Saitama Singles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Stockholm Singles
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gangneung Singles
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2017–18 Nagoya Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018–19 Vancouver Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019–20 Turin Singles
Silver medal – second place 2016–17 Marseille Singles
U.S. Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kansas City Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 San Jose Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Detroit Singles
Gold medal – first place 2020 Greensboro Singles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Las Vegas Singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Nashville Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Greensboro Singles
World Team Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2019 Fukuoka Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Osaka Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tokyo Team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sofia Singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2015–16 Barcelona Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2013–14 Fukuoka Singles
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳巍[6]
Simplified Chinese陈巍[8]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Wēi[7]

Nathan Wei Chen (born May 5, 1999) is an American figure skater. He is the 2022 Olympic champion, a three-time World champion (2018, 2019, 2021), the 2017 Four Continents champion, a three-time Grand Prix Final champion (2017, 2018, 2019), a ten-time Grand Prix medalist (8 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze), the 2022 Olympic champion in the team event, the 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, and a six-time U.S. national champion (2017–22). At the junior level, Chen is the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, 2013–14 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, 2014 World Junior bronze medalist, and a six-time Junior Grand Prix medalist (5 gold, 1 silver).

Chen, who has been referred to as one of the greatest men's figure skaters of all time by news outlets, holds the highest winning percentage in competitions in the modern era with a more-than-three-year winning streak from 2018 to 2021 in what has been described as one of the most dominant four-year stretches in the sport's history.[note 1] Chen is recognized for performing the most technically difficult programs in the world and is credited for exceeding the expectations of athletic ability in the sport; he is known as the "Quad King" for his mastery of quadruple jumps. Chen is the first skater to have landed all types of quadruple jumps, except the quadruple Axel, in competition. He has broken world and national records, and is the current world record holder for men in the short program and combined total score, and former world record holder in the free skate under the ISU Judging System. He currently holds the highest total scores of three major ISU competitions: the Olympics, the Four Continent Championships, and the Grand Prix Final. Chen is the first Asian American man to win U.S., world, and Olympic titles in single skating. At age 17, Chen became the youngest U.S. champion since Dick Button (1946), and in 2022 became the first man to win six consecutive U.S. titles since Button (1946–52). When Chen won the 2018 World Championships, he became the youngest World Champion since Evgeni Plushenko (2001). In 2021, he became the first U.S. man to win three consecutive world titles since Scott Hamilton (1982–1984). He is the first and only single figure skater to win double gold medals in the same Olympic games (Beijing 2022, in the men's and team competitions).

After his gold medal-winning performance at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Chen was named Most Valuable Skater at the 2023 edition of the International Skating Union's ISU Skating Awards and earned a nomination for a Laureus World Sports Award. In 2022, he appeared in Time magazine's list of the 100 most-influential people in the world and was announced as one of Harper's Bazaar's Icons. Chen was included in Forbes's 2020 30 under 30 Sports list. Chen has written two books: his memoir One Jump at a Time: My Story and the children's book Wei Skates On.

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