Cha Jun-hwan

This is a Korean name; the family name is Cha.

Cha Jun-hwan
File:Cha Jun-Hwan 2015.jpg Cha in 2015
Personal information
Native name	차준환
Country represented	South Korea
Born	(2001-10-21) October 21, 2001 Seoul, South Korea
Home town	Seoul
Height
Coach	Brian Orser
Former coach	Shin Hea-sook
Choreographer	Kenji Miyamoto Cindy Stuart Joey Russell
Former choreographer	Shin Yea-ji
Skating club	Korea National Training Center Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club
Training locations	Toronto
Former training locations	Seoul
Began skating	2009
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	207.11 2016 Junior Worlds
Short program	74.38 2016 Junior Worlds
Free skate	139.97 2016 Youth Olympics (team)

Cha Jun-hwan (Hangul:차준환) (born October 21, 2001) is a South Korean figure skater. He is a two-time (2015, 2016) South Korean national senior bronze medalist, and a two-time (2012, 2013) South Korean national junior champion. He placed 5th at the 2016 Youth Olympics and 7th at the 2016 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Cha was born on October 21, 2001 in Seoul. He has worked as a child actor, model, and ballet dancer.

Career

Cha began skating at the age of seven, coached by Shin Hea-sook. His skating idols were Evgeni Plushenko and Daisuke Takahashi.

Early career

Cha placed fourth as a junior skater at the 2011 South Korean Championships. In 2012, he won the junior level at the South Korean Championships. In the 2012–13 season, he took the novice gold medal at the Asian Trophy and repeated as the junior champion at the South Korean Championships. At the 2014 Korean Championships, he placed fifth at the senior level. This was his first senior experience at national championships.

During the 2014–15 season, Cha won the novice gold medal at the Merano Cup and the senior bronze medal at the South Korean Championships. In March 2015, he began training in Toronto under Brian Orser to improve his jumps, including triple Axel jump and quad jumps.

2015–16 season: Junior international debut

Making his junior international debut, Cha won gold at the 2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic by over 30 points. Competing with an ear infection at the 2016 South Korean Championships, he repeated as the senior national bronze medalist. In February, he represented South Korea at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, placing 4th in the short program, 5th in the free skating, and 5th overall. In March, Cha competed in Debrecen, Hungary at the 2016 World Junior Championships, placing 7th in the short program, 6th in the free skating, and 7th overall.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2015–2016	Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns performed by Angèle Dubeau choreo. by Cindy Stuart Por una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel (from Scent of a Woman) performed by The Tango Project choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	Moulin Rouge!: One Day I'll Fly Away performed by Nicole Kidman The Show Must Go On performed by Jim Broadbent, Nicole Kidman, Anthony Weigh choreo. by Cindy Stuart and Joey Russell
2014–2015	Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns performed by Angèle Dubeau choreo. by Cindy Stuart	Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (from Shine) performed by David Helfgott choreo. by Cindy Stuart	One Day I'll Fly Away (from Moulin Rouge!) performed by Nicole Kidman choreo. by Cindy Stuart
2013–2014	Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy choreo. by Shin Yea-ji	Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2012–2013	Fantaisie-Impromptu by Frédéric Chopin performed by Robert Wells choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	The Mummy by Jerry Goldsmith The Mummy Returns by Alan Silvestri choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto Strictly Ballroom by David Hirschfelder choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	Gopher Mambo by Yma Sumac choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2011–2012	Fantaisie-Impromptu performed by Robert Wells choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	St. Louis Blues Mambo by Pérez Prado choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2010–2011	Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	Strictly Ballroom by David Hirschfelder choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	La Cumparsita by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2009–2010		Kung Fu Panda: Hero Let The Tournament Begin by Hans Zimmer, John Powell choreo. by Shin Yea-ji

Competitive highlights

International: Junior, Novice
Event	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16
Youth Olympics						5th
Junior Worlds						7th
Autumn Classic						1st J.
Asian Trophy			1st N.
Merano Cup					1st N.
National
South Korean	4th J.	1st J.	1st J.	5th	3rd	3rd
Team events
Youth Olympics						6th T (3rd P)
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior T = Team result; P = Personal result

Detailed results

2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 14–20, 2016	2016 World Junior Championships	Junior	7 74.38	6 132.73	7 207.11
February 12–21, 2016	2016 Youth Olympic Games - Team Event	Junior	- -	3 139.97	6
February 12–21, 2016	2016 Youth Olympic Games	Junior	4 68.76	5 130.14	5 198.90
January 8–10, 2016	2016 South Korean Championships	Senior	4 58.60	3 131.38	3 189.98
October 12–15, 2015	2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic	Junior	1 65.48	1 132.96	1 198.44
2014–15 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 5–9, 2015	2015 South Korean Championships	Senior	4 58.28	3 122.85	3 181.13
November 14–16, 2014	2014 Merano Cup	Novice	1 46.16	1 88.68	1 134.84
2013–14 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 3–5, 2014	2014 South Korean Championships	Senior	5 60.44	3 123.94	5 184.38
2012–13 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 2–6, 2013	2013 South Korean Championships	Junior	1 50.67	1 100.07	1 150.74
August 7–12, 2012	2012 Asian Trophy	Novice	2 36.15	1 79.01	1 115.16
2011–12 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 4–8, 2012	2012 South Korean Championships	Junior	1 46.26	1 86.95	1 133.21
2010–11 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 12–16, 2011	2011 South Korean Championships	Junior	3 37.16	4 70.65	4 107.81

• Personal best highlighted in bold.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Jun Hwan CHA at the International Skating Unionja:チャ・ジュンファン