Junhwan CHA

Republic of Korea
Figure Skating
21 Oct 2001
20
Male
SEOUL
 
Republic of Korea
SEOUL
 
Republic of Korea

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
FSK Figure Skating Men Single Skating 5

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Capital Indoor Stadium
Men Single Skating - Short Program
Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium
Men Single Skating - Free Skating
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
9Team2018PyeongChang, KOR
15Men Single Skating2018PyeongChang, KOR
Youth Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
5Men Single Skating2016Lillehammer, NOR
6Team2016Lillehammer, NOR
World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
10Men Single Skating2021Stockholm, SWE
19Men Single Skating2019Saitama, JPN
World Junior Championships
RankEventYearLocation
5Men Single Skating2017Taipei City, TPE
7Men Single Skating2016Debrecen, HUN
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Short Program: Fate of the Clockmaker by Eternal Eclipse, Flynn Hase Spence; Cloak and Daggerby Bianca Ban
Free Skating: Turandot by Giacomo Puccini; Violin Fantasy on Puccini's Turandot by Vanessa-Mae

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Music, movies, singing. (isuresults.com)

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University student

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Studies at Korea University since 2020.

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Older brother.

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Korean, English

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Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club

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Brian Orser (CAN)

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2017 Grand Prix Skate Canada International (Single skating - 9th)

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2017: Suffered from injuries to his right ankle, left thigh and hip joint. (Info 2018)

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Shae-Lynn Bourne (CAN)

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2015

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There was a public ice rink near his home in Seoul, and he went on a school excursion to it in 2009. "I had the chance to go there with my school class. I just went and tried and I liked it. I liked the wind when I was skating. That’s how I started." (isu.org, 14 Mar 2017)

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He tried many sports as a child, including skating. "I just fell in love with skating, because I really liked the wind coming at me. I really felt free when skating." (Skating ISU YouTube.com, 12 Sep 2020)

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"Keep working hard and improving. Keep learning the whole life." (Athlete, 14 Nov 2021)

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Used to train in Toronto, Ontario (CAN) with other top-level skaters, but returned to Korea because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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First South Korean male skater to qualify for, and to win, a medal at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2018/19. "It’s (the first time) a Korean male skater got a medal in the final, so I am very honoured." (isu.org, 6 Feb 2019)

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His family. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2021)

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"Enjoy life." (Athlete, 14 Nov 2021)

General Interest

PYEONGCHANG 2018 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Was not in perfect condition at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games when he caught the flu right before the start, and suffered from fatigue as a result, leaving his worried mother to say, “I raised him as a strong boy. I can’t believe he is in such a bad condition to participate in the event.” (donga.com, 19 Feb 2018)

MOVING TO CANADA
In 2014, his mother went with him when he moved to Canada to be coached by Calgary 1988 Olympic Winter Games silver medallist Brian Orser at the Toronto Cricket Club in Toronto, Ontario. He homeschooled while in Toronto and returned to in-school classes when he was in Korea. He graduated in 2020 from high school. (isu.org, 14 Mar 2017; Skating ISU YouTube.com, 12 Sep 2020; Athlete, 14 Nov 2021)

COVID-19
Returned to South Korea from Canada in early 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and trained there mostly alone. (Skating ISU YouTube.com, 12 Sep 2020, Athlete, 14 Nov 2021)

ACTOR / SINGER
Was a child actor and appeared in movies and commercials. Performed as a singer in the South Korean show "King of Masked Singer". Remembered as the "Choco Pie boy" because he modeled for the chocolate snack Choco Pie and several other TV commercials as a child. (koreaherald.com, 16 Feb 2018; Video Star Talk Show, YouTube.com, 12 May 2020; MBCentertainment, YouTube.com, 28 Jun 2020)

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Milestones

Ranked fifth at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

First South Korean male skater to win an ISU Championship when claiming gold at the 2022 Four Continents Championship.

Competed at the Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games.

Made his senior Olympic Winter Games debut on home soil at PyeongChang 2018 at age 16, the youngest skater in the competition. His finish of 15th in the single skate (with an overall 248.59 points), was the highest-ranking by a South Korean male skater at an Olympic Winter Games. He broke his personal high scores both in the short and free programs. (previous high was 17th by Jung Sung-il at Lillehammer 1994). (koreaherald.com, 17 Feb 2018)

Has two top-20 finishes at the World Championships, his best being 10th in 2019.

First South Korean male skater to win a medal at the Grand Prix of Figure Sating Series (2018 Grand Prix Skate Canada - third).

Six-time national champion (2017-22).

2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classics (International junior debut - Single skating - 1st)
Legend
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