Yu Shuran
Yu Shuran | |||||||||||
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Yu at the 2015 World Junior Championships | |||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Native name | 于书然 | ||||||||||
Country represented | Singapore | ||||||||||
Born |
Beijing, China | August 4, 2000||||||||||
Residence | Beijing | ||||||||||
Height | 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||
Coach | Gao Song | ||||||||||
Choreographer | Gao Song | ||||||||||
Skating club | Champion Ice SC, Singapore | ||||||||||
Former skating club | Century Star SC Beijing | ||||||||||
Training locations | Beijing | ||||||||||
Began skating | 2006 | ||||||||||
Retired | June 2018 | ||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||
Combined total |
142.23 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy | ||||||||||
Short program |
52.87 2017 Worlds | ||||||||||
Free skate |
92.29 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Yu Shuran (于书然, born August 4, 2000) is a Chinese-born former competitive figure skater who represented Singapore internationally. Competing in ladies' singles, she became the 2017 Southeast Asian Games champion and a two-time national champion. She skated in the final segment at two ISU Championships.
Skating career
2014–2015 season
Gao Song coached Yu in Beijing, China, since the 2014–2015 season.[1] Making her junior international debut, Yu placed 8th at the Asian Open Trophy in August 2014. In October of the same year, she appeared at her first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event, placing 9th in Zagreb, Croatia. In March 2015, she qualified for the free skate at her first ISU Championship – the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia and finished 24th overall.
2015–2016 season
Yu remained on the junior level during the 2015–2016 season. She placed 28th and was eliminated after the short program at the 2016 World Junior Championships, held in March in Debrecen, Hungary.
2016–2017 season
Yu's senior international debut came in August 2016 at the Asian Open Trophy in Manila, Philippines. After placing 5th at the event, Yu competed at a JGP event in Germany and then returned to the senior level. In February 2017, she placed 21st at the Four Continents Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, and 6th at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan. In Japan, she obtained the minimum technical scores to compete at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, making her the first figure skater to represent Singapore at the World Championships.[2]
2017–2018 season
Yu began her season by becoming the first female figure skater to win a gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games. She placed first in the short program and second in the free skate.[3]
In September 2017, Yu competed in Oberstdorf, Germany, at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying opportunity for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Her placement, 9th out of 35 skaters, was not high enough to qualify but Singapore became the second alternate for an Olympic spot.
Around January 2018, Yu was hospitalized and diagnosed with a neurological disorder.[4] As a result, she missed the rest of the season, including the 2018 Singapore National Championships and the [[2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships]. Although her health improved with treatment, she learned that she would not be able to return to competition. In June 2018, she officially announced her retirement from competitive skating.[4]
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2017–2018 [5] |
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2016–2017 [6] |
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2015–2016 [7] |
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2014–2015 [1] |
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[8] | ||||
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Event | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 |
World Champ. | 25th | |||
Four Continents Champ. | 21st | |||
CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 9th | |||
Asian Games | 6th | |||
Asian Trophy | 5th | |||
Southeast Asian Games | 1st | |||
International: Junior[8] | ||||
World Junior Champ. | 24th | 28th | ||
JGP Croatia | 9th | |||
JGP Germany | 15th | |||
JGP Slovakia | 15th | |||
JGP Spain | 15th | |||
Asian Trophy | 8th J | |||
National[8] | ||||
Singapore Champ. | 1st | 1st | ||
J = Junior level |
References
- 1 2 "Shuran YU: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 22, 2015.
- ↑ Chia, Nicole; Chen, May (February 25, 2017). "Singapore will be represented in figure skating at World Championships for the first time, thanks to Yu Shuran". Straits Times. Archived from the original on February 25, 2017.
- ↑ Wong, Jonathan (August 27, 2017). "SEA Games: Figure skater Yu Shuran clinches Singapore's 1st winter sports gold at SEA Games". Straits Times. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018.
- 1 2 Chia, Nicole (June 14, 2018). "S'pore's first SEA Games figure skating champion Yu Shuran retires at 17 due to neurological disorder". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on August 28, 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ↑ "Shuran YU: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Shuran YU: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 31, 2017.
- ↑ "Shuran YU: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Shuran YU". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 28, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2017.