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![]() Cha in 2015
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Born |
Seoul, South Korea |
October 21, 2001 ||||||||||||
Home town | Seoul | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
Coach | Brian Orser | ||||||||||||
Former coach | Shin Hea-sook | ||||||||||||
Choreographer |
David Wilson Jeffrey Buttle |
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Former choreographer |
Kenji Miyamoto Cindy Stuart Joey Russell Shin Yea-ji |
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Skating club |
Korea National Training Center Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club |
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Training locations | Toronto | ||||||||||||
Former training locations | Seoul | ||||||||||||
Began skating | 2009 | ||||||||||||
World standing | 75 (As of 17 December 2016[update]) | ||||||||||||
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Combined total | 242.45 2017 Junior Worlds |
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Short program | 82.34 2017 Junior Worlds |
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Free skate | 160.13 2016 JGP Japan |
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Medal record
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Cha Jun-hwan (Hangul:차준환) (born October 21, 2001) is a South Korean figure skater. He is the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, 2017 South Korean national champion, and a two-time (2012, 2013) South Korean national junior champion. He placed 5th at the 2016 Youth Olympics, 7th at the 2016 World Junior Championships and 5th at the 2017 World Junior Championships.
Cha was born on October 21, 2001 in Seoul. He has worked as a child actor, model, and ballet dancer. His brother is four years older.
Cha began skating at the age of seven, during a school excursion. His first coach was Shin Hea-sook. His skating idols were Evgeni Plushenko and Daisuke Takahashi.
Cha placed fourth as a junior skater at the 2011 South Korean Championships. In 2012, he won the junior level at the South Korean Championships. In the 2012–13 season, he took the novice gold medal at the Asian Trophy and repeated as the junior champion at the South Korean Championships. At the 2014 Korean Championships, he placed fifth at the senior level. This was his first senior experience at national championships.