Cha Young-hyun

In this Korean name, the family name is Cha.
Cha Young-hyun
Cha at the 2018 Junior Worlds
Native name차영현
Born (2003-09-24) September 24, 2003 (age 21)
Seoul, South Korea
HometownPaju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Figure skating career
CountrySouth Korea South Korea
CoachChoi Hyung-kyung
Began skating2008
Cha Young-hyun
Hangul
차영현
Revised RomanizationCha Yeonghyeon
McCune–ReischauerCh'a Yŏnghyŏn

Cha Young-hyun (Korean: 차영현; born September 24, 2003)[1] is a South Korean figure skater and a tightrope dancer (eoreum-sani) of Namsadang. He is the 2017 South Korean national junior champion and the 2021 South Korean national bronze medalist.[2][3]

Personal life

Cha was born on September 24, 2003, in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. He is currently a student at Korea University.[4]

Career

Early career

Cha started skating in 2007. He performed traditional Korean tightrope dancing in 2011[5] and holds the record as the youngest tightrope dancer (eoreum-sani)[6] of Namsadang at eight years old.

2017–2018 season

Cha made his international debut at the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit in Italy, where he finished in sixteenth place.[7] Following a fifth-place finish at the 2018 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, Cha was selected to compete at the 2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, where he placed nineteenth.[3]

Following the season, Cha made a coaching change from Lee Eun-hee to Hong Ye-Seul.[8]

2018–2019 season

Cha began his season with eighth and seventh place finishes at 2018 JGP Austria and 2018 JGP Slovenia, respectively. Cha was once again selected to compete at the World Junior Championships after placing fourth at the 2019 South Korean Figure Skating Championships. He ultimately finished in twentieth at the Junior Worlds.[3]

2019–2020 season

Cha started his season by finishing fifth at 2019 JGP Russia and eleventh at 2019 JGP Italy. He then went on to make his senior international debut at the 2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, where he placed seventh. Following Cha's second consecutive fourth-place finish at the 2020 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, he was selected to represent South Korea at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. Cha managed to finish fifth at that event after placing fifth both in both short and free program segments of the competition.[3]

2020–2021 season

Cha only competed at the 2021 South Korean Figure Skating Championships during this season, where he won the bronze medal.[3]

He switched coaches from Hong Ye-Seul to Choi Hyung-kyung following the season.[9]

2021–2022 season

Cha started season by respectively finishing seventh and fourth at 2021 JGP Slovakia and 2021 JGP Slovenia. After finishing fourth at the 2022 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, Cha concluded his season by finishing nineteenth at the 2022 World Junior Championships.[3]

2022–2023 season

Cha began the season with a silver medal at 2022 JGP France. He then went on to compete on the senior level at 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where he placed tenth. At the 2022 JGP Poland I, Cha's second Junior Grand Prix assignment, he finished fourth. One month later, Cha competed at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge, where he placed tenth. He would then place sixth at the 2023 South Korean Championships.[3]

Due Cha having previously finished second at the 2022 Korean Universiade, he was selected to represent South Korea at the 2023 Winter World University Games in January, where he would finish seventh.[10]

2023–2024 season

Cha started the season by winning the silver medal at the 2023 Asian Open Trophy before coming in seventh at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy.[3] In January, he finished sixth at the 2024 South Korean Championships.[10]

Selected to compete at the 2024 Four Continents in Shanghai, China, Cha finished fourteenth.[3]

2024–2025 season

Cha began the season in October by competing at the 2024 Korean Universiade and Asian Games Qualifiers, where he finished fourth. With this result, Cha was selected to represent South Korea at the 2025 Winter World University Games.[11][12]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
[13]
  • Dune
    • Herald of the Change
    • Armada
    • Premonition
      by Hans Zimmer
      choreo. by Shin Yea-ji
2023–2024
[14]
  • The Devil
    arranged by Kim Youngah
    performed by Seoul Classical Players
    choreo. by Shin Yea-ji
2022–2023
[15]
  • The Devil
    arranged by Kim Youngah
    performed by Seoul Classical Players
    choreo. by Shin Yea-ji
  • Wandering (방황)
    composed by Kyung Sub Lee
2021–2022
[9]
2020–2021
2019–2020
[16]
2018–2019
[8]
  • Wandering (방황)
    composed by Kyung Sub Lee
2017–2018
[17]
2016–2017
2015–2016
  • Wandering (방황)
    composed by Kyung Sub Lee
  • Wandering (방황)
    composed by Kyung Sub Lee
2014–2015
2013–2014
  • Ninja Assassin
    composed by Andy Brown
2012–2013
  • Arirang (아리랑)
    composed by Elec Cookie
2011–2012

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25
Four Continents 14th
CS Asian Open 7th
CS Ice Challenge 10th
CS Finlandia Trophy 7th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 10th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice 14th
Asian Open 2nd
Winter World
University Games		 7th TBD
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 19th 20th 19th
Youth Olympics 5th
JGP Austria 8th
JGP Italy 16th 11th
JGP France 2nd
JGP Poland I 4th
JGP Russia 5th
JGP Slovakia 7th
JGP Slovenia 7th 4th
Children of Asia 3rd
National
South Korea Champ. 1st J 5th 4th 4th 3rd 4th 6th 6th
Team events1
Youth Olympics 4th T

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [10]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 211.15 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy
Short program TSS 72.43 2024 Four Continents Championships
TES 38.89 2024 Four Continents Championships
PCS 35.07 2022 JGP France
Free skating TSS 142.38 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy
TES 70.31 2022 CS Ice Challenge
PCS 72.43 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy

Senior level

Results in the 2024–25 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 16–20, 2024 France 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 15 64.71 16 120.27 14 184.98
2023–2024 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 30–February 4, 2024 2024 Four Continents Championships 12
72.43 		16
131.71 		14
204.14
January 4–7, 2024 2024 South Korean Championships 7
71.38 		7
146.10 		6
217.48
October 4–8, 2023 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy 9
68.77 		6
142.38 		7
211.15
August 16–19, 2023 2023 Asian Open Trophy 2
64.84 		1
127.53 		2
192.37

Junior level

Cha at the 2018 World Junior Championships
2022–2023 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 13–15, 2022 2023 Winter Universiade Senior 10
67.13 		7
140.90 		7
208.03
November 9–13, 2022 2022 CS Ice Challenge Senior 14
59.27 		6
136.74 		10
196.01
September 28–October 1, 2022 2022 JGP Poland I Junior 7
65.72 		3
133.46 		4
199.18
September 21–24, 2022 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy Senior 14
53.94 		6
129.15 		10
183.09
August 24–27, 2022 2022 JGP France Junior 2
70.25 		2
125.90 		2
196.15
2021–2022 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
April 13–17, 2022 2022 World Junior Championships Junior 19
60.32 		18
115.31 		19
175.63
January 7–9, 2022 2022 South Korean Championships Senior 3
69.47 		4
138.98 		4
208.45
September 22–25, 2021 2021 JGP Slovenia Junior 2
67.33 		6
124.00 		4
191.33
September 1–4, 2021 2021 JGP Slovakia Junior 9
58.84 		5
123.45 		7
182.29
2020–2021 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 24–26, 2021 2021 South Korean Championships Senior 5
61.90 		3
131.54 		3
193.44
2019–2020 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team Junior – 3
133.13 		4T/3P
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Junior 5
69.61 		5
129.51 		5
199.12
October 30–November 3, 2019 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy Senior 7
64.64 		7
116.31 		7
180.95
September 11–14, 2019 2019 JGP Russia Junior 8
61.05 		4
122.56 		5
183.61
October 2–5, 2019 2019 JGP Italy Junior 12
60.85 		9
125.16 		11
186.01
2018–2019 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 4–10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships Junior 21
61.75 		19
115.47 		20
177.22
February 13–15, 2019 2019 Children of Asia ISG Junior 4
64.39 		3
128.99 		3
193.38
January 11–13, 2019 2019 South Korean Championships Senior 2
67.42 		5
115.95 		4
183.37
October 3–6, 2018 2018 JGP Slovenia Junior 8
62.39 		7
121.60 		7
183.99
Aug. 29 – Sept. 1, 2018 2018 JGP Austria Junior 11
56.08 		7
117.74 		8
173.82
2017–2018 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 5–11, 2018 2018 World Junior Championships Junior 23
57.57 		16
116.56 		19
174.13
January 5–7, 2018 2018 South Korean Championships Senior 7
61.23 		5
134.19 		5
195.42
October 11–14, 2017 2017 JGP Italy Junior 15
50.35 		15
101.01 		16
151.36
2016–2017 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 7–9, 2017 2017 South Korean Championships Junior 1
49.95 		1
112.91 		1
162.86

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