Yi Christy Leung

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Leung. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Christy and the Chinese-style name is Yi.
Yi Christy Leung
Leung at 2017 Junior Worlds
Native name梁懿
Other namesLiang Yi
Born (2002-12-12) December 12, 2002 (age 21)
Hong Kong
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country Hong Kong
CoachTammy Gambill
Skating clubHong Kong Skating Union
Began skating2009

Yi Christy Leung, also known as Liang Yi, (Chinese: 梁懿; born December 12, 2002) is a Hong Kong figure skater. She has finished within the top twelve at three ISU Championships. She is the 2019 Chinese national champion.

Career

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Early years

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Leung began learning to skate in 2009.[1] In the 2015–2016 season, she placed fourth in the senior ranks at the 2016 Chinese Championships but was ineligible for senior and junior internationals due to her age.

2016–2017 season

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Making her junior international debut, Leung placed fifth at the Asian Open Trophy in August 2016 and tenth at an October Junior Grand Prix event in Dresden, Germany. In March, she ranked eighth in the short program, tenth in the free skate, and ninth overall at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei. She became the first Hong Kong skater to finish in the top ten at an ISU Championship. Her result allowed Hong Kong to send two ladies' single skaters to the 2018 edition.

2017–2018 season

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Leung finished eleventh at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2018–2019 season

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In her senior international debut, Leung finished fourth at the 2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in Bangkok, Thailand in August 2018.[2] She finished fourth at the 2019 JGP Slovakia in Bratislava, Slovakia in August 2018, where she achieved her personal best short program score of 61.96 and personal best total score of 177.22.[3] She next made her Challenger seriesdebut at the 2018 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, where Leung also ranked fourth. At the 2018 JGP Slovenia in October 2018, Leung ranked seventh.[4] She finished sixth at the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy, her second Challenger event of the year.[5] In December 2018, Leung won the gold medal at the Chinese Figure Skating Championships.[6]

Leung ranked twelfth at the 2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships and twenty-first in the 2019 World Junior Championships.[7][8] At the 2019 World Championships in March 2019, she ranked fourteenth in the short program with a score of 58.60 and fourteenth in the free skate with a score of 118.62, to finish fourteenth overall with a repeat of her personal best total score of 177.22.[9]

2019–2020 season

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Leung began the season at the 2019 Shanghai Trophy, where she finished fourth. Leung was invited to make her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Skate America, replacing an injured Elizabet Tursynbaeva, and was also named as one of China's selections for the 2019 Cup of China. She placed ninth at Skate America and eighth at the Cup of China.[10][11]

After withdrawing from the Four Continents Championships, Leung was assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[12]

2020–2021 season

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Leung was scheduled to compete for the only time in the pandemic-constrained season at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, the first of two qualifiers for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. On arrival, however, she twisted her foot in a practice session and was forced to withdraw.[13]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating
2021–2022
2020–2021
2019–2020
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2018–2019
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2017–2018
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2016–2017
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  • Romantic Revenge
    by Michał Jelonek

Competitive highlights

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

International[17]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Worlds 14th C WD
Four Continents 12th WD
GP Cup of China 8th
GP Skate America 9th
CS Asian Open 4th 5th
CS Tallinn Trophy 6th
CS U.S. Classic 4th
Shanghai Trophy 4th
U.S. Classic WD
International: Junior[17]
Junior Worlds 9th 11th 21st
JGP Australia 14th
JGP Germany 10th
JGP Slovakia 4th
JGP Slovenia 7th
Asian Open 5th 6th
Cup of Nice 2nd
National
Hong Kong 1st J 1st J
Chinese Champ. 6th 4th 5th 1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled
Levels: J = Junior

Detailed results

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Senior

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2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 8–10, 2019 2019 Cup of China 8
53.90 		9
103.57 		8
157.47
Oct. 30 – Nov. 3, 2019 2019 CS Asian Open 4
58.34 		6
93.11 		5
151.45
October 18–20, 2019 2019 Skate America 10
54.25 		7
109.43 		9
163.68
October 3–5, 2019 2019 Shanghai Trophy 5
52.47 		4
100.73 		4
153.20

Junior

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2018–19 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 18–24, 2019 2019 World Championships Senior 14
58.60 		14
118.62 		14
177.22
March 4–10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships Junior 22
47.62 		20
88.23 		21
135.85
February 7–10, 2019 2019 Four Continents Championships Senior 15
53.93 		11
110.86 		12
164.79
December 27–30, 2018 2019 Chinese Nationals Senior 2
65.93 		1
124.24 		1
190.17
November 26 – December 2, 2018 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy Senior 5
56.70 		6
115.25 		6
171.95
October 3–6, 2018 2018 JGP Slovenia Junior 7
50.16 		5
109.25 		7
159.41
September 12–16, 2018 2018 CS U.S. International Classic Senior 5
58.10 		3
115.73 		4
173.83
August 22–25, 2018 2018 JGP Slovakia Junior 4
61.96 		5
115.26 		4
177.22
August 1–5, 2018 2018 CS Asian Open Senior 3
57.99 		4
103.02 		4
161.01
2017–18 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 5–11, 2018 2018 World Junior Championship Junior 11
56.97 		13
99.25 		11
156.22
August 23–26, 2017 2018 Junior Grand Prix, Australia Junior 12
38.81 		15
69.07 		14
107.88
August 2–5, 2017 2017 Asian Open Trophy Junior 6
42.88 		6
89.25 		6
132.13

References

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  1. ^ a b "Yi Christy LEUNG: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "ISU CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2018". isuresults.com. August 15, 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  3. ^ "ISU JGP Bratislava 2018". isuresults.com. August 25, 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  4. ^ "ISU JGP Ljubljana Cup 2018". isuresults.com. October 6, 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  5. ^ "ISU CS Tallinn Trophy 2018". isuresults.com. December 3, 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  6. ^ Ho, Kelly (December 31, 2018). "HK figure skater Christy Leung wins historic gold at the 2018/2019 Chinese National Figure Skating Championships in Harbin". yp.scmp.com. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  7. ^ "ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2019: Ladies Result". isuresults.com. February 8, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  8. ^ "ISU World Junior Championships 2019". isuresults.com. March 9, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  9. ^ "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2019: Ladies - Final Results". isuresults.com. March 22, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  10. ^ Slater, Paula (October 20, 2019). "Shcherbakova of Russia captures gold at Skate America in Grand Prix debut". Golden Skate.
  11. ^ Slater, Paula (November 9, 2019). "Shcherbakova wins second consecutive Grand Prix in Chongqing". Golden Skate.
  12. ^ Ewing, Lori (March 11, 2020). "World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal". CBC Sports.
  13. ^ Chan, Kin-wa (March 25, 2021). "Heartbreak for Hong Kong's Christy Leung after injury forces her to pull out of the figure skating World Championships". South China Morning Post.
  14. ^ "Yi Christy LEUNG: 2019/2020". International Skating Union.
  15. ^ "Yi Christy LEUNG: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 18, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  16. ^ "Yi Christy LEUNG: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  17. ^ a b "Competition Results: Yi Christy LEUNG". International Skating Union.
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