An Xiangyi

An Xiangyi (Chinese: 安香怡; pinyin: An Xiāngyí; born December 24, 2006) is a Chinese figure skater. She is the champion of the 2020 Chinese Figure Skating Championships, 2021 China Figure Skating Club League Finals and Advanced Novice Girls competition at the Asian Trophy in 2019.

In this Chinese name, the family name is An.
An Xiangyi
Personal information
Native name安香怡 (Chinese)
Country representedChina
Born (2006-12-24) December 24, 2006
Beijing, China
CoachAn Longhe
ChoreographerBenoit Richaud
Skating clubBeijing New Century Star
Training locationsBeijing
Former training locationsHarbin
Began skating2006

Career

Early years

Motivated by father An Longhe, a former Chinese figure skater, An Xiangyi started skating when she was born. According to Chinese media, An Xiangyi trained 5-6 hours a day, approximately 30 hours a week, which is equivalent to a professional skater's training capacity.[1]

2018–2019 season

An Xiangyi competed in the first Beijing Winter Games(北京市第一届运动会) and have got the gold medal with a total score of 102.55 marks (28.06 in the short program and 74.49 in the free program).[2] She later competed in The 2nd National Youth Games（第二届全国青年运动会）, again being the champion by getting 56.69 marks and 93.01 marks in the short program and free skating respectively[3]

2019–2020 season

An Xiangyi topped the podium in 2020 Chinese Figure Skating Championships, with a score of 197.93 in total, surpassing silver medalist Chen Hongyi by over 21 points. She also topped the podium in two stops of the China Figure Skating Club League. During the 2019–2020 season, An Xiangyi debuted internationally, in the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy. She got 45.62 marks in the short program and 93.01 in the free skating, getting the gold medal in Advanced Novice Girls with a total of 138.63 marks.[4]

2020–2021 season

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all national competitions were cancelled in this season, thus she could not partake in major competitions

2021–2022 season

Due to several coronavirus outbreaks and COVID19 protocols in China, the 2021 National Figure Skating Grand Prix (全国花样滑冰大奖赛) and China Figure Skating Club League Finals(全国花样滑冰具乐部联赛总决赛) were held virtually, competitors will need to send competition clips to the federation to have their scores accessed. In the Club League Finals, An Xiangyi top the podium by getting 174.08 points in total(63.00 in the short program and 111.08 in the free skating)[5].While in the Grand Prix, An Xiangyi got a total of 170.27 points, topping the podium, successfully defending her title.[6]

Program
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2021–2022
  • Song of The Fishermen
    by Ren Guangpu
2020–2021 Did not compete this season
2019–2020
2018–2019

Unknown

2017–2018
  • Amelia
    choreo. by An Xiangyi
  • Fix you
    choreo. by An Xiangyi

Unknown

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
Worlds
Four Continents
CS Asian Open
International: Junior
CS Asian Open1st
National
Chinese Champ.2nd1stCTBC
Club League Finals1st
Grand Prix1st
National Youth Games1st
National Winter GamesTBC
TBD = Assigned; TBC = Postponed; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

Records
  • An Xiangyi becomes the first Chinese skater to attempt for a quad salchow.[7]

References
  1. "Last hope for the nation! An Xiangyi attempts a quad jump! 全村希望！花滑小花安香怡首次冰上四周跳 因年龄无缘北京冬奥". 4 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. Zhang, Anqi. "The first Beijing Winter Games figure skating competition ended (北京市第一届冬运会花滑比赛落幕)". Xinhua. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  3. Zhang, Kunlong; Chu, Peng (28 April 2019). "An Xiangyi, from Beijing got 2 gold medals in the 2nd National Youth Games （北京小丫安香怡二青会两金入账）". Beijing Youth Daily (北京青年报). Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  4. "Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2019". Rink results. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  5. Wang, Haoyu; Zheng, Zhi; Wu, Bowen (24 September 2021). "Approaching the Winter Olympics 2021 Figure Skating Club League Finals Concluded (走近冬奧-2021花樣滑冰俱樂部聯賽總決賽收官)". Nanmuxuan. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  6. Fang, Jialiang (19 September 2021). "An Xiangyi successfully defended the 2021-2022 National Figure Skating Grand Prix (2021-2022赛季全国花样滑冰大奖赛安香怡成功卫冕)". China News Service. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  7. "Restart Quad Attempt". Instagram. @nini_skating. Retrieved 30 March 2022.


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