Karen CHEN
United States of AmericaEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
 Figure Skating |
Women Single Skating | 16 | |
| Team Event | 2 |
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Schedule
Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| Olympic Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 11 | Women Single Skating | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| World Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 4 | Women Single Skating | 2021 | Stockholm, SWE |
| 4 | Women Single Skating | 2017 | Helsinki, FIN |
| Four Continents Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 7 | Women Single Skating | 2020 | Seoul, KOR |
| 12 | Women Single Skating | 2017 | Gangneung, KOR |
| 12 | Women Single Skating | 2016 | Taipei City, TPE |
| World Junior Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 8 | Women Single Skating | 2015 | Tallinn, EST |
| 9 | Women Single Skating | 2014 | Sofia, BUL |
| World Team Trophy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 2 | Team | 2021 | Osaka, JPN |
| 3 | Team | 2017 | Tokyo, JPN |
| Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 4 | Women Single Skating | 2020/21 | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| 5 | Women Single Skating | 2021/22 | Grenoble, FRA |
| 8 | Women Single Skating | 2019/20 | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| 9 | Women Single Skating | 2019/20 | Sapporo, JPN |
| 10 | Women Single Skating | 2021/22 | Vancouver, BC, CAN |
Short Program: Requiem for a Tower; Requiem for a Dream arranged by Hugo Chouinard
Free Skating: Butterfly Lovers (Violin Concerto) performed by Takako Nishizaki
Photography, birding, painting, reading, writing. (isuresults.com; usfigureskatingfanzone.com)
Athlete, University student
Studies Human Development at Cornell University, but is currently on a leave of absence to focus on her skating career. Had started her freshman year in fall of 2019.
Father, Chih-hui (Ken) Chen. Mother, Hsiu-Hui Tseng. Brother, Jeffrey.
English
Peninsula FSC San Jose
Tammy Gambill (USA)
Brother Jeffrey Chen (Figure skating): Competes in ice dance and finished seventh at the 2020 World Junior Championships.
US International FS Classic 2015 (Single skating - 4th)
Ongoing hip problems. (Athlete, 20 Jan 2022)
2018/19 season: Did not compete as she recovered from a stress fracture in her right foot. (usfigureskatingfanzone.com, olympics.nbcsports.com, 2 May 2019)
2012: Broke her tibia to the growth plate. (Athlete, 20 Jan 2022)
Pasquale Camerlengo (ITA)
Drew Meekins (USA)
Karen Chen (USA) (herself)
2013
2005.
Took up skating to express herself as a shy child. "...I found it as a way to express myself and come out of my little shell. I also just loved being on the ice and zooming around the rink as fast as my little legs could carry me." (Athlete, 20 Jan 2022)
Has interest in pursuing the medical field, but is unsure which specific direction. (Athlete, 20 Jan 2022)
Trains in Colorado Springs, CO.
Winning silver at the 2022 National Championships and making the Olympic team for the second time. "Perhaps because it’s the most recent, but I think it's mostly because these last four years has been incredibly tough for me in so many ways. I felt like I was being tested over and over again to see if I can endure these challenges, so when I delivered my programs at nationals and claimed my spot on the Olympic Team, I couldn’t help but feel so many emotions all jumbled up." (Athlete, 20 Jan 2022)
Figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi (USA), 1992 Olympic champion, two-time World champion.
"I’ve looked up to her as a little girl and still to this day. We actually share the same hometown, so I remember bumping into her at my local ice rink and being too starstruck and shy to ask her to sign my skate. She has been a huge inspiration for me, not just because of her incredible skating achievements, but how kind and generous she is." (Athlete, 20 Jan 2022)
Her mother. "We have always had such a close relationship ever since I was little. It may have not always been the prettiest because our personalities are quite similar, but it has influenced me in countless of ways. I truly would not be who I am without my mom." (Athlete, 20 Jan 2022)
Always has to put on her left skate first, then her right. Then she walks and jumps around before tightening the right skate to make sure it is extra tight. Always wears a jade necklace from her grandparents.
“Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.” (karenchen.figureskatersonline.com)
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- Silver
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- Gold Medal Event
