Ye Quan
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 Lim and Quan at the 2022–23 JGP Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 14, 2001 North York, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Hannah Lim | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer, Benjamin Brisebois, Pascal Denis, Josée Piché | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | YRSA | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ye Quan (born October 15, 2001) is a Chinese Canadian ice dancer who represents South Korea. With his skating partner, Hannah Lim, he is the 2023 World Junior Championships silver medalist, the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a three-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist, and a two-time South Korean Junior champion. They finished in the top six at the 2022 World Junior Championships.
Lim/Quan are the first South Korean ice dancers to win an ISU Grand Prix medal at either the senior or junior level.[1]
Personal life
Quan was born on October 15, 2001, in Bolungarvík, Iceland. He moved to China at the age of two and moved again to Montreal, Canada at the age of three. Both of his parents now live in Canada. [2][3]
Career
Early years
Quan began learning how to skate at around age five, first training in singles and later switching to ice dance.
Quan first partnered with Maïka Abgrall-Chouinard and competed at the pre-novice level for two years. He teamed up with Rosalie Groulx in 2017 and competed at the novice level, placing 14th at the 2018 Canadian Championships and 11th at the 2019 Canadian Championships.[4]
In the summer of 2019, Quan partnered with Hannah Lim. They were admitted to the Ice Academy of Montreal, a prestigious training school headed by Canadian coaches Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon and Frenchman Romain Haguenauer.[3] The team competed domestically in Canada for two seasons, before opting to switch to represent South Korea internationally. Lim called the move "a 'thank you' gift" to her parents for their support of her skating career, while Quan said "I was happy to represent South Korea with her."[2]
2021–22 season: International junior debut
Lim/Quan made their Junior Grand Prix debut for South Korea at the 2021 JGP France I, the first of two Junior Grand Prix events held in Courchevel, France in August. The team placed fourth in the rhythm dance, but overtook Czechs Mrázková/Mrázek in the free dance to finish third overall, standing on the podium with American gold medalists Wolfkostin/Chen and their former Canadian domestic rivals Makita/Gunara. Lim/Quan's bronze medal was the first medal for an ice dance team representing South Korea at an ISU Grand Prix series event at either the junior or senior levels.[5][1] At their second assignment, the 2022 JGP Russia, Lim/Quan placed fifth in the rhythm dance and sixth in the free dance to finish sixth overall.[6]
The team next competed at the 2022 South Korean Junior Championships in January, where they won the junior national title by a 52-point margin over Kim/Lee. As a result of their placement, they were named to the South Korean team for the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn.[7]
At the World Junior Championships, Lim/Quan were seventh in the rhythm dance, but rose to fourth in the free dance to improve their overall standing to sixth place. Their finish matched Kim/Minov's placement in 2014 as the highest finish for a South Korean ice dance team at a World Junior Championships.[8]
2022–23 season
Lim/Quan opened the Junior Grand Prix series at a Courchevel-held French JGP for the second year in a row. They placed first in both the rhythm dance and the free dance, as well as setting new personal bests in both segments of competition, to win the gold medal with a new personal best overall. Their win marked the first Junior Grand Prix event title for any South Korean or Asian ice dance team.[9][2] A month and a half later they competed at their second event, the 2022 JGP Italy in Egna. They finished fourth in the rhythm dance after scoring poorly on their step sequence and part of the Argentine tango pattern dance, but recovered with a second-place free dance and won the silver medal behind Mrázková/Mrázek, the Czech dance team they had beaten for their first JGP medal a year earlier. These results qualified them for the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final, another first for a Korean dance team.[10]
At the Final in Turin, Lim/Quan finished third in the rhythm dance with a score of 64.21. They were only 0.37 points behind Britons Bekker/Hernandez in second place, but also only 0.13 ahead of fourth-place Mrázková/Mrázek, who had been the pre-event favourites before having a double-fall in the segment.[11] In the free dance they rose to second, aided again by a double-fall from the Czechs, who finished 0.99 points behind them overall. Their silver was the first Final medal for a Korean dance team."[12][13]
Lim/Quan won their second consecutive South Korean junior title at the 2023 Junior National Championships, again by a wide margin.[14]
Programs
With Lim
| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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| 2022–2023 [15] |
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| 2021–2022 [16] |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Lim for South Korea
| International: Junior [6] | ||||||
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| Event | 21–22 | 22–23 | ||||
| Junior Worlds | 6th | 2nd | ||||
| JGP Final | 2nd | |||||
| JGP France | 3rd | 1st | ||||
| JGP Italy | 2nd | |||||
| JGP Russia | 6th | |||||
| National | ||||||
| South Korean Champ. | 1st J | 1st J | ||||
| TBD = Assigned | ||||||
With Lim for Canada
| National | ||||||
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| Event | 19–20 | 20–21 | ||||
| Canadian Champ. | 5th J | C | ||||
| Skate Canada Challenge | 9th J | 4th J | ||||
| TBD = Assigned; Levels: J = Junior | ||||||
With Groulx for Canada
| National | |||||||
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| Event | 16-17 | 17–18 | |||||
| Canadian Champ. | 14th N | 11th N | |||||
| SC Challenge | 13th N | 8th N | |||||
| Quebec Sect. | 3rd N | 2nd N | |||||
| Levels: N = Novice | |||||||
With Abgrall-Chouinard for Canada
| National | |||||||
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| Event | 15-16 | 16–17 | |||||
| SC Challenge | 11th P | 16th P | |||||
| Levels: P = Pre-Novice | |||||||
Detailed results
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.
Junior level
With Quan
| 2022–23 season | ||||
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| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
| Feb. 27 – Mar. 5, 2023 | 2023 World Junior Championships | 2 71.08 |
2 103.31 |
2 174.39 |
| January 5–8, 2023 | 2023 South Korean Junior Championships | 1 67.12 |
1 102.33 |
1 169.45 |
| December 8–11, 2022 | 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final | 3 64.21 |
2 98.32 |
2 162.53 |
| October 12–15, 2022 | 2022 JGP Italy | 4 59.01 |
2 99.24 |
2 158.25 |
| August 24–27, 2022 | 2022 JGP France | 1 62.71 |
1 99.25 |
1 161.96 |
| 2021–22 season | ||||
| April 13–17, 2022 | 2022 World Junior Championships | 7 58.82 |
4 95.62 |
6 154.44 |
| January 7–9, 2022 | 2022 South Korean Junior Championships | 1 64.48 |
1 91.52 |
1 156.00 |
| September 15–18, 2021 | 2021 JGP Russia | 5 59.87 |
6 93.14 |
6 153.01 |
| August 18–21, 2021 | 2021 JGP France | 4 55.22 |
3 89.05 |
3 144.27 |
References
- ^ a b "Ice dance duo brings S. Korea first ISU Grand Prix medal". The Korea Herald. Yonhap News Agency. August 22, 2021.
- ^ a b c Slater, Paula (September 26, 2022). "South Korea's Lim and Quan 'bring it'". Golden Skate. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ a b Park, So-young (September 10, 2021). ""한국 대표로 올림픽 나갈래요" 캐나다서 온 아이스댄스 짝꿍" [“Would you like to represent Korea in the Olympics?” Ice dance partner from Canada]. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean).
- ^ "Profile – Hannah Lim & Ye Quan". ice-dance.com. December 1, 2019.
- ^ "USA celebrates gold medal sweep as ISU Junior Grand Prix starts in Courchevel". International Skating Union. August 23, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
- ^ a b "Hannah LIM / Ye QUAN: Competition Results". International Skating Union. August 28, 2022.
- ^ Lim, Hannah (January 9, 2022). "우리 첫 종합 끝났다! 항상 응원을해주셔서 감사합니다! 주니어 월드에서 보자 🤗" (Instagram) (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 31, 2023.
- ^ "Oona Brown/Gage Brown (USA) dance off with gold in Tallinn". International Skating Union. April 17, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
- ^ "A first for Korean Ice Dance as Japan returns in style at ISU Junior Grand Prix Courchevel". International Skating Union. August 29, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
- ^ "Skaters grab last seven tickets for ISU Junior Grand Prix Final at JGP Egna-Neumarkt". International Skating Union. October 17, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
- ^ "Bashynska/Beaumont (CAN) bring the ballroom to top Junior Rhythm Dance". International Skating Union. December 9, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
- ^ "Canada Reigns in Ice Dancing with Double Gold at ISU Grand Prix Final". Skate Canada. December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ "Bashynska/Beaumont follow legends Virtue/Moir with Canada's first Junior Grand Prix Dance gold since 2006". International Skating Union. December 10, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ Lim, Hannah (January 9, 2023). "2023년 총합// 올해 너무 재밌게 경기 했습니다! 친구도 많이 만들고 @teamtriplek_ 한테 너무 감사해요 💖 우리 팬들이 사랑해주셔서 항상 감사합니다 🤧🩷" (Instagram) (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 31, 2023.
- ^ "Hannah LIM / Ye QUAN: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 26, 2023.
- ^ "Hannah LIM / Ye QUAN: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 14, 2022.