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An Xiangyi

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In this Chinese name, the family name is An.
An Xiangyi
Native name安香怡 (Chinese)
Other namesNini
Born (2006-12-24) 24 December 2006 (age 17)
Beijing, China
HometownBeijing, China
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryChina China
DisciplineWomen's singles
CoachAn Longhe
Skating clubBeijing New Century Star
Began skating2009
Chinese Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Changchun Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Chengde Singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Harbin Singles
An Xiangyi
Simplified Chinese安香怡
Traditional Chinese安香怡
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinAn Xiāngyí

An Xiangyi (Chinese: 安香怡; pinyin: An Xiāngyí, Korean: 안샹이; born 24 December 2006) is a Chinese figure skater. She is a two-time Asian trophy champion (2023 and 2024) and a two-time (2020 and 2022) national champion.[1]

Personal life

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An was born on December 24, 2006, in Beijing, China to parents, Zhang Aijun and An Longhe.[2] She is often nicknamed "Nini" by friends and skating fans.[2]

In addition to figure skating, An also practices rhythmic gymnastics, which she says helps with her figure skating by increasing her flexibility.[3] As hobbies, she enjoys cooking and painting. She also has three pet cats.[2]

An has named American women's singles skater, Amber Glenn, as an inspiration to her due to Glenn's ability to remain competitive with the top skaters in the world while in her mid- to late- twenties.[4]

Career

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Early years

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An with Mao Asada and Javier Fernández at the 2015 Cup of China

An began figure skating in 2009 at the age of three. Since starting, she has been coached by her father, An Longhe, a former competitive figure skater.[5][2]

An was the 2019 Asian Open advanced novice champion.[6] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all Chinese national competitions were canceled during the 2020–21 season, thus An could not partake in major competitions.[7] During the 2021–22 season, several coronavirus outbreaks and COVID-19 protocols in China caused the 2021 National Figure Skating Grand Prix and China Figure Skating Club League Finals to be held virtually. An would go on to win the gold medal at the event.[8]

2022–2023 season: Junior international debut

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An made her Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Solidarity Cup, after scoring first in national qualification events.[9][10] She finished fifth at the event.[5]

After contracting COVID-19 and having had a recurrence of injuries, An withdrew from the 2022 Chinese Figure Skating Junior Championships and the 2022 Chinese Figure Skating Club League Finals.[citation needed] However, she later competed in the 2022 Chinese Figure Skating Championships, ranking first in the short program by a small 1.73 mark lead after falling on her triple toe-triple toe combination, and winning the free skate by 15.83 marks, ahead of Li Ruotang.[5]

In March, An was assigned to the 2023 World Junior Figure Championships in Calgary, where she ranked fifth in the short program.[11] In the free skate, she stepped out of one jump and had quarter underrotation calls on three others, ranking eighth in that segment but finishing sixth overall. She became the first Chinese woman to place in the top ten since Li Zijun in 2012.[12]

2023–2024 season: Senior international debut

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An began the season by winning gold at the 2023 Asian Open Trophy and went on to finish fifth at the 2023 Shanghai Trophy.[13][5]

Prior to debuting on the 2023–24 Grand Prix series, An had longtime choreographer, Benoît Richaud, create a new free program, different from the one that she had initially intended to skate to. Competing at 2023 Skate America, An finished ninth. At the 2023 Cup of China, An debuted a new short program, finishing sixth in that segment of the competition, but dropping to eleventh overall after placing eleventh in the free skate segment.[13][5][14][15][16]

An opted to sit out of the 2023 Chinese Championships.[17] She did, however, compete at the 2024 National Winter Games, where she won gold in the team event and silver in the individual event.[18][19]

2024–2025 season

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An began her international season by winning gold at the 2024 Asian Open Trophy.[5] She then went on to finish fifth at the 2024 Shanghai Trophy and tenth at the 2024 Cup of China. One week following the latter event, An would finish fifth at the 2024 Chinese Championships.[13]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
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2023–2024
[14][15][16]
  • Femme Fatale
    by Compilation - Studio Unisons
    choreo. Benoît Richaud
  • Lara
    (from Lara)
    by Arash Safaian & Alice Sara Ott
  • Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena:
    Mea tormenta properate
    by Johann Adolph Hasse
    choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2022–2023
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2019–2020
  • I'm In Here
    by Sia
    choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2018–2019
  • Tango D'Amor
    by Tango Jointz
  • La Bohemia
    by Jimena Fama
    choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2017–2018

Competitive highlights

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JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix

International[5]
Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 22–23 23–24 24-25
GP Cup of China 11th 10th
GP Skate America 9th
Asian Open Trophy 1st 1st
Shanghai Trophy 5th 5th
International: Junior[5]
World Junior Champ 6th
JGP Poland I 5th
International: Advanced novice
Asian Open Trophy 1st
National
Chinese Champ. 4th 2nd 1st 1st WD 5th
National Youth Games 1st
National Winter Games 2nd
Team
National Winter Games 1st T
1st P
TBD = To be decided; WD = Withdrawn

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [13]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 183.94 2023 Junior Worlds
Short program TSS 65.40 2022 JGP Poland I
TES 37.09 2022 JGP Poland I
PCS 28.31 2022 JGP Poland I
Free skating TSS 120.03 2023 Junior Worlds
TES 60.03 2023 Junior Worlds
PCS 60.00 2023 Junior Worlds

Personal best highlighted in bold.

Senior level

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2024–25 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 28–December 1, 2024 2024 Chinese Championships 4
61.35 		6
115.04 		5
176.39
November 22–24, 2024 2024 Cup of China 9
60.10 		10
103.64 		10
163.74
October 3–5, 2024 2024 Shanghai Trophy 5
56.25 		5
101.81 		5
158.06
September 5–6, 2024 2024 Asian Open Trophy 1
64.61 		2
122.84 		1
187.45
2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 24–27, 2024 14th Chinese Winter Games 1
65.52 		3
116.25 		2
181.77
February 21–22, 2024 14th Chinese Winter Games - team event 1
64.52 		- 1T
November 10–12, 2023 2023 Cup of China 6
61.86 		11
90.50 		11
152.36
October 20–22, 2023 2023 Skate America 8
59.74 		9
105.66 		9
165.40
October 3–5, 2023 2023 Shanghai Trophy 5
50.99 		5
105.71 		5
156.70
August 16–19, 2023 2023 Asian Open Trophy 1
58.70 		1
102.28 		1
160.98

Junior level

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2022–23 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
Feb. 27 – Mar. 5, 2023 2023 World Junior Championships Junior 5
63.91 		8
120.03 		6
183.94
January 11–13, 2023 2022 Chinese Championships Senior 1
61.32 		1
128.49 		1
189.81
Sept. 28 – Oct. 1, 2022 2022 JGP Poland I Junior 4
65.40 		8
113.91 		5
179.31
2019–20 season
Oct. 30 – Nov. 3, 2019 2019 Asian Open Trophy Adv. novice 1
45.62 		1
93.01 		1
138.63
September 14–16, 2019 2020 Chinese Championships Senior 1
66.50 		1
131.43 		1
197.93
2018–19 season
December 29–30, 2018 2019 Chinese Championships Senior 1
66.92 		2
113.69 		2
180.61
2017–18 season
December 23–24, 2017 2018 Chinese Championships Senior 4
52.40 		6
86.76 		4
139.16

References

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  6. ^ "Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2019 - Advanced Novice Girls". www.hksu.org. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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  8. ^ Wang, Haoyu; Zheng, Zhi; Wu, Bowen (24 September 2021). "Approaching the Winter Olympics 2021 Figure Skating Club League Finals Concluded (走近冬奧-2021花樣滑冰俱樂部聯賽總決賽收官)". Nanmuxuan. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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  22. ^ 中国花滑俱乐部联赛第三站：陈昱东、安香怡获双冠 [The third stage of the Chinese Figure Skating Club League: Chen Yudong and An Xiangyi won the double championship]. 中国花滑俱乐部联赛第三站：陈昱东、安香怡获双冠 [China News Service] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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