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 Tammy Gambill, Anthony Liu
Former coach Lynn Smith
Choreographer Mark Pillay
Training locations Riverside, California
Began skating 2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 155.61
2016 Four Continents
Short program 57.50
2016 World Figure Skating Championships
Free skate 107.73
2016 Four Continents

Amy Lin (born November 3, 1999) is a Taiwanese figure skater. She is the 2016 MNNT Cup bronze medalist and has competed in the final segment at three 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.

Skating technique

Unlike most skaters, Lin jumps and spins clockwise.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2016–17
[2]
  • Skyliner
    (from "I'll Be Seeing You:
    A Tribute to Carmen McRae")
    by Charlie Barnet, Robert Allen
2015–16
[1]
2013–14
[3]
    2012–13
    [3]

      Competitive highlights

      CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

      For Chinese Taipei

      International[4]
      Event 2015–16 2016–17
      World Champ. 21st
      Four Continents Champ. 15th
      CS Golden Spin 7th
      CS U.S. Classic 8th
      Asian Open 4th 3rd
      MNNT Cup 3rd
      International: Junior[4]
      World Junior Champ. 14th
      JGP Germany TBD
      JGP Japan TBD
      JGP United States 10th
      NRW Trophy 5th J
      J: Junior level
      TBD: Assigned, WD: Withdrew

      For the United States

      International[4]
      Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15
      Challenge Cup 7th J
      National[3]
      U.S. Championships 2nd N 6th J 5th J
      U.S. Junior Championships 16th I
      Pacific Coast Sectionals 7th N 1st N 1st J 1st J
      Southwest Pacific Regionals 1st J
      Central Pacific Regionals 4th V 3rd I 2nd N 1st N 1st 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: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2016-02-22.
      3. 1 2 3 "Amy Lin". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016.
      4. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Amy LIN". International Skating Union.

      External links

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