Wang Lei (figure skater)

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Wang Lei
Wang at the 2016 World Championships
Born (1988-07-11) July 11, 1988 (age 35)
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
CountryChina
PartnerPeng Cheng
CoachYao Bin, Yu Sun
Skating clubXin Xiu FSC Harbin
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Wang Lei (born July 11, 1988) is a Chinese pair skater. With Wang Xuehan, he is a bronze medalist at three Grand Prix events – 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard, 2014 Cup of China, and 2016 NHK Trophy – and the 2016 Chinese national champion. With earlier partner Zhang Yue, he is a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix Final medalist, having won silver in 2008 and bronze in 2009.

Personal life[edit]

Wang Lei was born on July 11, 1988, in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.[1]

Career[edit]

Single skating[edit]

Wang started skating in 1993 after a sports club visited his kindergarten in order to recruit new members.[1][2] He made his international debut competing as a single skater on the junior level. He finished 7th at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events.

Partnership with Zhang[edit]

Zhang/Wang perform a lift at the 2008–09 Junior Grand Prix Final

Wang teamed up with Zhang Yue in 2006.[3] In the 2007–08 season, the pair won two bronze medals on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit and qualified to their first JGP Final. They made their senior Grand Prix debut at the 2007 Cup of China before placing 8th at the JGP Final in Gdańsk, Poland. Following the retroactive disqualification of gold medalists Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov due to a positive doping sample from Larionov, Zhang/Wang moved up to 7th place. They concluded their season at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Ranked 4th in the short and 7th in the free, they finished 7th overall which, combined with Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming's bronze medal result, allowed China to send three pairs to the 2009 event.

In the 2008–09 JGP series, Zhang/Wang won a bronze medal in Belarus and finished 5th in Mexico. They were awarded the silver medal at the JGP Final in Goyang, South Korea. At the 2009 World Junior Championships in Sofia, the pair placed 7th in the short, 8th in the free, and 8th overall. At the 2009 World Championships in Los Angeles, they ranked 14th in the short, 16th in the free, and 16th overall.

Zhang/Wang won silver medals at their 2009–10 JGP assignments, in Belarus and Germany, and qualified to the JGP Final in Tokyo, where they took the bronze medal. They finished 6th at the 2010 Four Continents Championships in Jeonju.

The pair won the bronze medal at the 2011 Winter Universiade in Erzurum, Turkey. They placed 9th at the 2011 Four Continents in Taipei, 13th at the 2011 Worlds in Moscow, and 9th at the 2012 Four Continents in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Their partnership ended in 2012.

Partnership with Wang Xuehan[edit]

Wang/Wang at the 2016 NHK Trophy

Wang's partnership with Wang Xuehan began in 2012. The pair won the bronze medal at the 2013 Chinese Championships.

Making their Grand Prix debut, the Wangs placed fourth at the 2013 Cup of China. They finished fourth at the 2014 Chinese Championships.

The following season, the Wangs were awarded bronze at both of their Grand Prix events – 2014 Cup of China and 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard. They took the silver medal at the 2015 Chinese Championships.

In the 2015–16 season, the pair placed fifth at the 2015 Skate America and fourth at the 2015 Cup of China. They were selected to compete at their first ISU Championship – the 2016 Worlds in Boston. Ranked 15th in the short program and 14th in the free skate, they finished 15th overall.

They were fourth at the 2016 Cup of China and won the bronze medal at the 2016 NHK Trophy. Due to injury, they did not compete again until the 2018-19 Chinese National Games, where they placed second.

In September 2020, it was announced that Wang and Wang had split and that he was paired with Yu Xiaoyu, although they never competed together internationally. [4]

Partnership with Peng[edit]

Peng and Wang performing their short program at the 2024 World Championships

Xiaoyu and Wang never competed together. In April, it was announced that Yu had retired.[5] In June 2023, it was announced that he was paired with Peng Cheng.[6]

Peng/Wang made their competitive debut with a gold medal win at the Shanghai Trophy.[7] They were assigned to make their Grand Prix at the 2023 Cup of China, held this time in Chongqing. They finished third in both segments, winning the bronze medal.[8][9] The following week they competed at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo, where they won the short program but dropped to fourth place after the free skate.[10]

The team made their Four Continents Championships debut at the 2024 edition in Shanghai, coming sixth.[11] Peng/Wang were sixteenth in their World Championship debut as a team.[7]

Programs[edit]

With Peng[edit]

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[12]
  • Brilliant Adventurer（璀璨冒险人）
    (from Doula Continent（斗羅大陸)
    by Zhou Shen
    choreo. by Lori Nichol

With Wang Xuehan[edit]

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2016–17
[13]
  • Hurt
    performed by Wei Zhang
2015–16
[1]
2014–15
[14]
2013–14
[15]

With Zhang Yue[edit]

Season Short program Free skating
2011–12
[16]
2010–11
[17]
2009–10
[18]
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
    by Sergei Rachmaninov
2008–09
[19]
2007–08
[20]
  • Sailor's Hornpipe
  • Anchor's Away
  • A Life on the Ocean Wave
  • Drunken Sailor

Single skating[edit]

Season Short program Free skating
2004–05
[21]
  • Exodus

Competitive highlights[edit]

GP: Grand Prix; Junior Grand Prix

Pairs with Peng[edit]

International[7]
Event 23–24
Worlds 16th
Four Continents 6th
GP Cup of China 3rd
GP Finland 4th
Shanghai Trophy 1st
National[7]
Chinese Champ. 1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Pairs with Wang Xuehan[edit]

International[22]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
World Champ. 15th
GP Cup of China 4th 3rd 4th 4th
GP NHK Trophy 3rd WD
GP Skate America 5th
GP Trophée Bompard 3rd
National[22]
Chinese NG 2nd
Chinese Champ. 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd
Team events
Team Challenge Cup 3rd T
4th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Pairs with Zhang Yue[edit]

International[23]
Event 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12
Worlds 16th 13th
Four Continents 6th 9th 9th
GP Cup of China 4th 5th
GP Skate America 8th
GP NHK Trophy 8th
Universiade 3rd
International: Junior[23]
Junior Worlds 7th 8th
JGP Final 7th 2nd 3rd
JGP Belarus 3rd 2nd
JGP Estonia 3rd
JGP Germany 2nd
JGP Mexico 5th
JGP United Kingdom 3rd
National[23]
Chinese Champ. 6th 2nd 3rd 3rd

Men's singles[edit]

International[21]
Event 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06
JGP China 7th
JGP Czech Republic 17th
JGP Japan 7th
JGP Slovenia 12th

Detailed Results[edit]

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

With Peng[edit]

2023–2024 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 18–24, 2024 2024 World Championships 15
59.50 		16
106.17 		16
165.67
Jan. 30 – Feb. 4, 2024 2024 Four Continents Championships 5
60.18 		6
120.04 		6
180.22
December 24–26, 2023 2023 Chinese Championships 1
66.66 		1
118.64 		1
185.30
November 17–19, 2023 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo 1
65.25 		4
120.91 		4
186.16
November 10–12, 2023 2023 Cup of China 3
62.91 		3
115.15 		3
178.06
October 3–5, 2023 2023 Shanghai Trophy 3
62.33 		1
118.34 		1
180.67

With Wang[edit]

2018–2019 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 29–30, 2018 2019 Chinese Championships 3
62.79 		2
124.02 		2
186.81
2016–2017 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 18–20, 2016 2016 Cup of China 4
66.45 		4
115.57 		4
182.02
November 25–27, 2016 2016 NHK Trophy 3
65.66 		3
119.66 		3
185.32
2015–2016 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 22–24, 2016 2016 Team Challenge Cup – 4
118.78 		4P/3T
118.78
March 28–April 3, 2016 2016 World Championships 15
57.32 		14
111.33 		15
168.65
December 26–27, 2015 2016 Chinese Championships 1
69.17 		1
117.28 		1
186.45
November 5–8, 2015 2015 Cup of China 4
69.36 		4
117.40 		4
186.76
October 23–25, 2015 2015 Skate America 3
64.95 		6
106.82 		5
171.77
2014–2015 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 27–28, 2014 2015 Chinese Championships 2
62.57 		2
123.15 		2
185.72
November 21–23, 2014 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard 3
63.25 		4
118.72 		3
181.97
November 7–9, 2014 2014 Cup of China 2
57.27 		3
114.88 		3
172.15
2013–2014 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 28–29, 2013 2014 Chinese Championships 5
55.21 		4
100.79 		4
156.00
November 1–3, 2013 2013 Cup of China 5
57.16 		4
115.19 		4
172.35
2012–2013 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 20–21, 2012 2013 Chinese Championships 4
45.27 		3
94.15 		3
139.42

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Xuehan Wang / Lei Wang: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Xu, Bailu (January 16, 2015). "Xuehan Wang and Lei Wang: Pair skating is very interesting!". Absolute Skating.
  3. ^ "Rising ice skating stars leading youth movement". People's Daily Online. October 19, 2007.
  4. ^ Sun, Haiguang (September 21, 2020). "前几日去九华山庄采访，发现于小雨新搭档变成了王磊。" [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.] (Weibo) (in Chinese).
  5. ^ Yu, Xiaoyu (April 2, 2021). "在这里向广大的冰迷和一直以来关心我支持我的朋友们宣布一个会让大家失落的消息，我前不久正式提交了退役申请。" [I'm here to announce to the skating fans and friends who have always cared about and supported me, a piece of news that will make you all feel lost. I formally submitted my application for retirement not long ago.] (in Chinese) – via Weibo.
  6. ^ "彭程、金杨确定拆队，彭程/王磊正式连接征战国际比赛" [Peng Cheng and Jin Yang decided to split the team, and Peng Cheng/Wang Lei officially joined the international competition] (in Chinese). June 6, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d "Competition Results: Cheng Peng / Lei Wang". International Skating Union.
  8. ^ "Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps (CAN) win Pairs Short Program at ISU Grand Prix Cup of China". International Skating Union. November 10, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  9. ^ "Unstoppable Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps (CAN) seize second Grand Prix gold at Cup of China". International Skating Union. November 11, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  10. ^ Slater, Paula (November 18, 2023). "Hase and Volodin golden in Grand Prix debut". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  11. ^ Slater, Paula (February 3, 2024). "Stellato-Dudek claims Four Continents title". Golden Skate. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  12. ^ "Cheng Peng / Lei Wang: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 14, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ "Xuehan Wang / Lei Wang: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 23, 2016.
  14. ^ "Xuehan Wang / Lei Wang: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. ^ "Xuehan Wang / Lei Wang: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 15, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  16. ^ "Yue Zhang / Lei Wang: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  17. ^ "Yue Zhang / Lei Wang: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  18. ^ "Yue Zhang / Lei Wang: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 8, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ^ "Yue Zhang / Lei Wang: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 22, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  20. ^ "Yue Zhang / Lei Wang: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 9, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. ^ a b "Lei WANG: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 20, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  22. ^ a b "Competition Results: Xuehan Wang / Lei Wang". International Skating Union.
  23. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Yue Zhang / Lei Wang". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.

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