Yu Xiaoyu

{{Infobox figure skater

|name= Yu Xiaoyu

|image= 2016 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Yu Xiaoyu Zhang Hao IMG 3568.jpg

|caption= Yu and Zhang in 2016

|fullname=

|altname=

|country= {{CHN}}

|formercountry=

|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1996|1|2|df=y}}

|birth_place= Beijing, China

|hometown= Beijing

|residence= Beijing

|height= {{height|m=1.62}}

|partner=

|formerpartner = Wang Lei, Zhang Hao
Jin Yang

|coach= Hongbo Zhao, Bin Yao, Bing Han

|formercoach= Yang Ding, Luan Bo

|choreographer=

|formerchoreographer= David Wilson, Marina Zueva, Zhang Wei

|skating club= Beijing Century Star FSC

|retired= 2021

|worldranking=

|pbrankings =

|combined total= 219.20

|combined date= 2017 Skate America

|SP score= 75.58

|SP date= 2018 Winter Olympics

|FS score= 145.53

|FS date= 2017 Skate America

|show-medals = yes

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalCountry|{{CHN}}
(with Zhang Hao)}}

{{MedalCountry|{{CHN}}
(with Jin Yang)}}

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Yu Xiaoyu ({{lang-zh|c=于小雨|p=Yú Xiǎoyǔ}}; {{small|Mandarin pronunciation:}} {{IPAc-cmn|yu|2|-|x|yao|3|-|yu|3}}) is a former Chinese pair skater. With partner Zhang Hao, she is the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, 2017 Asian Winter Games champion and 2018 Chinese national champion. With partner Jin Yang, she is a two-time (2014, 2015) World Junior champion, the 2012 World Junior silver medalist, the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics champion, the 2013–2014 JGP Final champion, and the 2016 Four Continents bronze medalist. She was born in Beijing.

Partnership with Jin Yang

Yu/Jin were paired together by their coaches in 2009. They did on- and off-ice training from eight in the morning to five in the afternoon with a break in the middle.

=2010–11 season=

Yu/Jin won the silver medal at the 2010 Chinese Nationals. They made their international debut during the 2010–11 season. They won bronze at JGP Cup of Austria and then won gold at Czech Skate. At the Junior Grand Prix Final, they won the bronze medal.

=2011–12 season=

File:2011 Skate Canada Yu Xiaoyu Jin Yang.jpg

The pair performed a quad twist at a national competition in 2011, when Yu was 15 and Jin was 17 years old (or 13 and 22). They finished 7th at the 2011 Skate Canada and 6th at the 2011 Cup of China. They then won the bronze medal at their national championships. Yu/Jin competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships and won the silver medal behind teammates and training partners Sui Wenjing/Han Cong.

=2012–13 season=

In the 2012-13 season, Yu/Jin finished 4th in JGP Austria and 2nd in JGP Croatia in their JGP Events. They finished 5th at the JGP Final. Yu/Jin then competed at the 2013 World Junior Championships and finished 4th.

=2013–14 season=

Prior to the 2013-14 season, Yu/Jin changed coaches, moving from Luan Bo to Olympic pairs champion Zhao Hongbo, Yao Bin, and Han Bing. They won the gold medals in their JGP events at the 2013 JGP Latvia and 2013 JGP Estonia qualifying them to their fourth JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan where they won the gold medal. Yu/Jin finished their perfect season by winning gold at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

=2014–15 season=

In the 2014-15 season, Yu/Jin made their official senior debut on the Grand Prix circuit. They won a silver medal at the 2014 Cup of China and a bronze medal at the 2014 NHK Trophy, qualifying them for their first senior Grand Prix Final in Barcelona, Spain. At the Grand Prix Final they set new personal bests in both the short program and free skate to finish in 5th place. They then went on to win their second national title. With the surprise comeback of Pang/Tong, Yu/Jin were not given a spot to compete at the Four Continents Championships in Seoul and the World Championships in Shanghai, China. Instead, they were sent to the 2015 Winter Universiade where they won the gold medal. It was later announced that they would compete at the 2015 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Despite training senior program layouts for much of the season, they managed to successfully defend their Junior World title, winning both segments of the competition.

=2015–16 season=

Yu/Jin were assigned to Cup of China and NHK Trophy. They attempted their first throw quadruple salchow in competition at Cup of China and won a bronze medal. They then went on to win silver at 2015 NHK Trophy which helped qualify them for the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final in Barcelona. At the Final they placed 5th.

At the 2016 Four Continents Championships, Yu/Jin claimed the bronze.

Partnership with Zhang Hao

=2016–17 season=

On April 14, 2016, International Figure Skating magazine broke the news of Yu's new partnership with Zhang Hao. The Chinese Skating Association decided to switch partners between the two pairs of Peng/Zhang and Yu/Jin. They took the silver medal at the 2016 Skate Canada and won gold at the 2016 Cup of China. At the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final in Marseille they won the silver medal behind Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov.

=2017–18 season=

Yu/Zhang began their season at the 2017 Cup of Nice where they placed first. In their first Grand Prix event of the season, Yu/Zhang placed second at the 2017 Cup of China after ranking second in both the short program and free skate. In their second Grand Prix event at 2017 Skate America, Yu/Zhang again placed second after ranking second in both programs. Their scores in both Grand Prix events have qualified Yu/Zhang for the 2017-18 Grand Prix Final, where they placed sixth. They won the Chinese National Championship and were named to the Chinese Olympic and World teams. They placed eighth at the Olympics, and seventh at Worlds.

= 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons =

Due to injury, they withdrew from both of their 2018-19 Grand Prix events and did not compete at Nationals. They did not compete again until the 2019-20 Nationals, where they placed fourth.

Partner Change and Retirement

= 2020-21 season =

In September 2020, it was reported that Yu and Zhang had split, and that Yu was now paired with Wang Lei.{{cite web|url=https://m.weibo.cn/status/4551582433936050|title=前几日去九华山庄采访，发现于小雨新搭档变成了王磊。|trans-title=A few days ago, I went to Jiuhua Mountain Villa for an interview and found that Yu Xiaoyu's new partner had become Wang Lei.|language=zh|first=Haiguang|last=Sun|type=Weibo|date=September 21, 2020}} Zhang would announce his retirement later in the season.

In April 2021, she announced her retirement.{{cite web|url=https://weibo.com/2741408621/K93IUcXnH|title=我前不久正式提交了退役申请。|language=zh|first=Xiaoyu|last=Yu|type=Weibo|date=September 21, 2020}}

Age controversy

In February 2011, a group of Chinese skaters' ages became the subject of controversy as their birth dates published on the Chinese Skating Association's website did not match the ones listed on their bio pages in the ISU website.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/figureskating/news/story?id=6120559|title=China faces more age issues on figure skaters|date=2011-02-14|website=ESPN.com|access-date=2017-11-29}} The controversy prompted a search for more discrepancies among Chinese figure skaters' dates of births. According to news articles published in February 2011, although Yu's birthday was listed as 2 January 1996 on ISU's website, the Chinese website suggested that she was born on that day in 1998. Her then partner Jin Yang did not seem to have a controversy. Officials from the State General Administration of Sports held a press conference where they attributed the discrepancies to erroneous information provided by the Chinese website.{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20110217/n279378463.shtml|title=曝花滑再有三人涉嫌年龄作假冰协资料07年已错-搜狐体育|website=sports.sohu.com|access-date=2017-11-29}}{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20110217/n279394735.shtml|title=闫涵等花滑小将也陷"年龄门" 黑名单再添三人-搜狐体育|website=sports.sohu.com|access-date=2017-11-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.qq.com/a/20110218/000139.htm|title=花滑年龄造假事件再添3名队员被指是政府行为|website=news.qq.com|access-date=2018-08-03}}{{Cite web|url=http://sports.163.com/11/0218/10/6T5SUFPI00051CAQ.html|title=花滑年龄门祸起外国冰迷论坛网友争论发现疑点|website=sports.163.com|date=18 February 2011 |access-date=2018-08-03}}

Programs

=With Zhang Hao=

Season ! Short program ! Free skating ! Exhibition
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
2019–20 \| "Leave a Light On" {{small\| by Tom Walker choreo. by Benoît Richaud }} \| November {{small\| by Max Richter choreo. by Benoît Richaud }} \|
2018–19 \| colspan=2 \| Did not compete this season \|
2017–18 \| Swan Lake {{small\| by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky choreo. by Lori Nichol }} \| Jyn Erso and Hope Suite {{small\| (from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) by Michael Giacchino }} Princess Leia's Theme {{small\| (from Star Wars: A New Hope) by John Williams choreo. by Lori Nichol }} \| Endless Love {{small\| by Lionel Richie performed by Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey }}
2016–17 \| Eternal Flame Fearless {{small\| by Brand X Music choreo. by David Wilson }} \| Cavatina Larghetto Amoroso {{small\| by Emil von Sauer choreo. by Lori Nichol }} \| Leon {{small\| by Eric Serra}}

=With Jin Yang=

Season ! Short program ! Free skating ! Exhibition
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
2015–16 \| rowspan=2 \| Yulunga (Spirit Dance) by Dead Can Dance choreo. by David Wilson \| rowspan=2 \| Humility and Love (from "Creation" soundtrack) by Christopher Young choreo. by David Wilson \| See You Again by Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth performed by Jeric T
2014–15 \| Everyday I Miss You (from Nessun Dorma) by Sun Nan ---- A Hundred Thousand Teardrops by Tanya Chua
2013–14 \| Méditation by Jules Massenet choreo. by Marina Zueva \| The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber choreo. by Marina Zueva \| All I Ask of You (from The Phantom of the Opera) by Andrew Lloyd Webber ---- You're Not From Here by Lara Fabian choreo. by Zhang Wei ---- Yue Guang Di Tan by Rachel Liang
2012–13 \| Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn choreo. by Marina Zueva \| Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II choreo. by Marina Zueva \|
2011–12 \| The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky choreo. by Zhang Wei \| Requiem for a Dream by Clint Mansell choreo. by Marina Zueva \| You're Not From Here by Lara Fabian choreo. by Zhang Wei
2010–11 \| I Allegro by Samuel Barber \| Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev \|
2009–10 \| The Love of Death by Park Sei Joon \| The Way We Were by Marvin Hamlisch \|
2008–09 \|align="center"\|unknown \| Sheeta's Decision (from Castle in the Sky) by Joe Hisaishi \|

Competitive highlights

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GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series

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=With Zhang=

colspan="4" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" \| International
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Event ! 2016–17 ! 2017–18 ! 2019-20
align=left \| Olympics		8th
align=left \| Worlds	4th	7th \|
align=left \| Four Continents	4th	\|
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Final	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	6th \|
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Cup of China	bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd \|
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Skate Canada	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	\|
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Skate America		bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align="left" \| Asian Games	bgcolor="gold" \| 1st	\|
align="left" \|Cup of Nice		bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|
colspan="4" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" \|National
align="left" \|Chinese Champ.		bgcolor="gold" \| 1st	4th
colspan="4" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" \| Team events
align="left" \| Olympics		6th T

= Pair skating with Jin Yang =

{{Figure skating competitive highlights

|level=senior|ref={{r|SS-XYYJ}}

|season1=2008–09|season2=2009–10|season3=2010–11|season4=2011–12

|season5=2012–13|season6=2013–14|season7=2014–15|season8=2015–16

|{{FS placements|8|{{nowrap|Four Continents Championships}}|p8=3rd}}

|{{FS placements|8|Grand Prix Final|p7=5th|p8=5th}}

|{{FS placements|8|Chinese Championships|p1=6th|p2=4th|p3=2nd|p4=3rd|p5=1st|p6=3rd|p7=1st}}

|{{FS placements|8|{{small|GP}} Cup of China|p4=6th|p7=2nd|p8=3rd}}

|{{FS placements|8|{{small|GP}} NHK Trophy|p7=3rd|p8=2nd}}

|{{FS placements|8|{{small|GP}} Skate Canada|p4=7th}}

|{{FS placements|8|Chinese National Games|p1=7th|p4=4th}}

|{{FS placements|8|Winter Universiade|p7=1st}}

}}

{{Figure skating competitive highlights

|level=junior|ref={{r|SS-XYYJ}}

|{{FS placements|5|{{nowrap|World Junior Championships}}|p2=2nd|p3=4th|p4=1st|p5=1st}}

|{{FS placements|5|Winter Youth Olympics|p2=1st}}

|{{FS placements|5|Junior Grand Prix Final|p1=3rd|p2=5th|p3=5th|p4=1st}}

|{{FS placements|5|{{small|JGP}} Austria|p1=3rd|p2=2nd|p3=4th}}

|{{FS placements|5|{{small|JGP}} Croatia|p3=2nd}}

|{{FS placements|5|{{small|JGP}} Czech Republic|p1=1st}}

|{{FS placements|5|{{small|JGP}} Estonia|p4=1st}}

|{{FS placements|5|{{small|JGP}} Latvia|p2=2nd|p4=1st}}

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References

{{Reflist|30em|refs=

{{cite web | url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00055106.htm |title= Competition Results: Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG |publisher= International Skating Union }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00055106.htm |title= Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG: 2016/2017 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170610043618/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00055106.htm |archive-date= June 10, 2017 |url-status= unfit }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00055106.htm |title= Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG: 2017/2018 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171203000851/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00055106.htm |archive-date= December 3, 2017 |url-status= unfit }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.skatingscores.com/chn/pairs/xiaoyu_yu_yang_jin |title=CHN - Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin |website=SkatingScores.com}}

{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012581.htm | title = Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN: 2009/2010 | publisher = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100314221911/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012581.htm | archive-date = March 14, 2010 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012581.htm | title = Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN: 2010/2011 | publisher = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110713064625/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012581.htm | archive-date = July 13, 2011 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012581.htm | title = Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN: 2011/2012 | publisher = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120419140353/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012581.htm | archive-date = April 19, 2012 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012581.htm | title = Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN: 2012/2013 | publisher = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130720093726/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012581.htm | archive-date = July 20, 2013 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012581.htm | title = Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN: 2013/2014 | publisher = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140621132408/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012581.htm | archive-date = June 21, 2014 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012581.htm |title= Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN: 2014/2015 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150603082457/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012581.htm |archive-date= June 3, 2015 |url-status= unfit }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012581.htm |title= Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN: 2015/2016 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160527054336/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012581.htm |archive-date= May 27, 2016 |url-status= unfit }}

{{cite news | url = https://www.espn.com/olympics/figureskating/news/story?id=6120559 | title = China eyed over 9 athletes' ages | agency = Associated Press | publisher = ESPN | date = February 14, 2011 | access-date = February 14, 2011 }}

{{cite news | url = http://www.goldenskate.com/2012/03/xiaoyu-yu-and-yang-jin-on-the-rise/ | title = Xiaoyu Yu and Yang Jin on the rise | first = Tatjana | last = Flade | work = Golden Skate | date = March 7, 2012 }}

{{cite news |title= Yu and Jin: 2015-16 a season for improvement|url= https://goldenskate.com/2016/02/xiaoyu-yu-yang-jin/ |first=Wei |last= Xiong |work= Golden Skate |date= 12 February 2016}}

{{cite news |title=China's Sui and Han take third Four Continents title|url= https://goldenskate.com/2016/02/4ccs-pairs/|first= Tatjana |last= Flade |work= Golden Skate |date= 20 February 2016}}

{{cite news |url= https://www.facebook.com/IFSmagazine/posts/10154733195757538/ |title= The Chinese fans are very unhappy...they took to Weibo in droves today to protest two of China's pairs teams being split and paired with different partners. The Federation has split Xiaoyu Yu and Jin Yang, the two-time World Junior champions, and Peng Cheng and Hao Zhang. Yu is now partnered with Zhang and Cheng will compete with Yang. |work= International Figure Skating magazine |type= Facebook |date= April 14, 2016 }}

{{cite news |url= http://www.neveitalia.it/sport/figureskating/notizie/news/nelle-notizie-di-aprile-tiene-banco-la-rivoluzione-tra-le-coppie-di-artistico-cinesi |title= Nelle notizie di aprile tiene banco la rivoluzione tra le coppie di artistico cinesi |language= it |work= NEVE ITALIA |date= April 27, 2016 }}

{{cite web |url= http://nice-baie-des-anges.fr/images/stories/docs-coupe/resultats2017/CAT005RS.HTM |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171016102340/http://nice-baie-des-anges.fr/images/stories/docs-coupe/resultats2017/CAT005RS.HTM |url-status= dead |archive-date= October 16, 2017 |title= 22nd INTERNATIONNAL CUP OF NICE 2017 - Senior Pairs |publisher= Nice Baie des Anges Association |date= October 15, 2017 }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/gpchn2017/CAT003RS.HTM |title= ISU GP Audi Cup of China 2017 - Pairs |publisher= International Skating Union |date= November 4, 2017 }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/gpusa2017/CAT003RS.HTM |title= ISU GP 2017 Bridgestone Skate America - Pairs |publisher= International Skating Union |date= November 25, 2017 }}

{{cite tweet |number= 977864933827375104 |title= #Milano2018 #WorldFigure Exhibition program - music & timing |user= absoluteskating |author= AbsoluteSkating |date= 25 March 2018 }}

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External links

{{isu name | id=00055106 | name= Yu / Zhang}}
{{ISU name | id = 00012581 | name = Xiaoyu Yu & Yang Jin}}
[https://www.skatingscores.com/chn/pairs/xiaoyu_yu_yang_jin Xiaoyu Yu & Yang Jin] at SkatingScores.com

Category:1996 births

Category:Living people

Category:Chinese female pair skaters

Category:Figure skaters from Beijing

Category:World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists

Category:Figure skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Category:Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Category:Asian Games gold medalists for China

Category:Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating

Category:Figure skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic figure skaters for China

Category:Asian Games medalists in figure skating

Category:Figure skaters at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Category:Youth Olympic gold medalists for China

Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for China

Category:Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade

Category:Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists

colspan="4" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" \| International
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Event ! 2016–17 ! 2017–18 ! 2019-20
align=left \| Olympics		8th
align=left \| Worlds	4th	7th \|
align=left \| Four Continents	4th	\|
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Final	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	6th \|
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Cup of China	bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd \|
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Skate Canada	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	\|
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Skate America		bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align="left" \| Asian Games	bgcolor="gold" \| 1st	\|
align="left" \|Cup of Nice		bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|
colspan="4" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" \|National
align="left" \|Chinese Champ.		bgcolor="gold" \| 1st	4th
colspan="4" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" \| Team events
align="left" \| Olympics		6th T