Amy Lin

Amy Lin
Personal information
Country represented Chinese Taipei
Former country(ies) represented United States
Born (1999-11-03) November 3, 1999
Fremont, California, USA
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Coach Rafael Arutyunyan, Nadezda Kanaeva
Former coach Tammy Gambill, Anthony Liu, Lynn Smith
Choreographer Marina Klimova, Tom Dickson
Former choreographer David Wilson, Pasquale Camerlengo, Mark Pillay
Former skating club Peninsula SC
Training locations Lakewood, California
Former training locations Riverside, California
Began skating 2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 155.61
2016 Four Continents
Short program 57.50
2016 Worlds
Free skate 107.73
2016 Four Continents

Amy Lin (born November 3, 1999) is an American-Taiwanese figure skater. She is the 2016 MNNT Cup bronze medalist and has competed in the final segment at five ISU Championships.

Personal life

Lin was born on November 3, 1999 in Fremont, California.[1] She has one older brother, James, who is a student at UC Berkeley. She trained in gymnastics, ballet, and Chinese dance while also skating before moving to Riverside, California.

Career

Lin began skating at age four-and-a-half when her mother brought her children to a local ice rink. She represented the United States at one international event, the 2014 International Challenge Cup, finishing 7th on the junior level.

For Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)

Lin began appearing internationally for Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) in the 2015–16 season. Making her senior international debut, she placed fourth at the Asian Open Trophy in August 2015. In September, she competed at her first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event, placing 10th in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Later that month, she finished 8th at her first ISU Challenger Series (CS) event, the 2015 U.S. International Classic. She was 7th at the 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

In January 2016, Lin won the senior bronze medal at the MNNT Cup in Poland. In February, she competed at the 2016 Four Continents Championships in Taipei, placing 17th in the short program, 12th in the free skate, and 15th overall. In March, she finished 14th at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, having placed 22nd in the short and 11th in the free. She qualified for the final segment at the 2016 World Championships in Boston by placing 14th in the short program. Ranked 22nd in the free, she finished 21st overall.

Lin started off the 2016–17 season with a bronze medal at the Asian Open Trophy in August 2016. She placed eighth in the short program at JGP Japan before withdrawing due to injury. Post-competition examinations revealed a bone bruise in her left ankle. Consequently, she withdrew from all her fall events. Lin resumed full-time training in January 2017, after dealing with a succession of injuries that included an ankle sprain and shin splints.

Skating technique

Unlike most skaters, Lin jumps and spins clockwise.

Programs

Lin in 2016
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2017–2018
[2]
2016–2017
[3]
  • Skyliner
    (from "I'll Be Seeing You:
    A Tribute to Carmen McRae")
    by Charlie Barnet, Robert Allen
  • Maybe I Love You
    by Lenka
2015–2016
[1]
2013–2014
[4]
    2012–2013
    [4]

      Competitive highlights

      CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

      For Taiwan

      International[5]
      Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
      Worlds21st28th28th
      Four Continents15th17th18th
      CS Asian Open7th
      CS Golden Spin7th
      CS Nebelhorn10th11th
      CS Tallinn Trophy9th
      CS U.S. Classic8th
      CS Warsaw Cup18th
      Asian Games9th
      Asian Open4th3rd6th
      MNNT Cup3rd
      International: Junior[5]
      Junior Worlds14th21st31st
      JGP Australia15th
      JGP JapanWD
      JGP U.S.10th
      NRW Trophy5th J
      National
      Taiwanese Champ.1st1st
      J = Junior level
      TBD = Assigned, WD = Withdrew

      For the United States

      International[5]
      Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15
      Int. Challenge Cup7th J
      National[4]
      U.S. Championships2nd N6th J5th J
      U.S. Junior Championships16th I
      Pacific Coast Sectionals7th N1st N1st J1st J
      Southwest Pacific Regionals1st J
      Central Pacific Regionals4th V3rd I2nd N1st N1st J
      Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate, N = Novice; J = Junior

      References

      1. 1 2 "Amy LIN: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
      2. ↑ "Amy LIN: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017.
      3. ↑ "Amy LIN: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016.
      4. 1 2 3 "Amy Lin". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016.
      5. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Amy LIN". International Skating Union.
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