Angela Wang

Angela Wang
Angela Wang in 2012
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1996-07-30) July 30, 1996 Salt Lake City, Utah
Height	5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)
Coach	Christy Krall Damon Allen Janet Champion
Former coach	Scott Smith
Choreographer	Rachael Flatt Tom Dickson
Former choreographer	Damon Allen Scott Brown
Skating club	Salt Lake City FSC
Training locations	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Former training locations	Salt Lake City
Began skating	2002
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	166.80 2015 U.S. Classic
Short program	61.41 2013 JGP Czech Republic
Free skate	110.89 2012 JGP Final

Angela Wang (born July 30, 1996) is an American ladies' figure skater. She has won three medals on the ISU Challenger Series and three on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, including gold at the 2012 JGP in Croatia.

Personal life

Angela Wang, an only child, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her parents moved from China to the United States in 1994. Her father is a pharmaceutical researcher. She graduated from Cheyenne Mountain High School. in 2014.

Career

Wang began skating at age five because the 2002 Winter Olympics were held in her hometown of Salt Lake City that year. She made her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut during the 2010–11 season, placing fourth at her sole assignment, the SBC Cup held in Japan.

Wang relocated to Colorado Springs in the summer of 2011 and joined Christy Krall and Damon Allen. Competing in the 2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix, she won bronze in Lake Placid, New York and gold in Zagreb, Croatia. She qualified for the JGP Final, where she placed fourth. The following season, Wang took silver in Gdańsk, Poland and placed fifth in Ostrava, Czech Republic, becoming the first alternate for the JGP Final. She was called up when Karen Chen withdrew and finished sixth.

Making her senior international debut, Wang medaled at two 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series events: the bronze medal at the Lombardia Trophy and the silver medal at the Skate Canada Autumn Classic.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2015–2016	Paint it Black by Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà choreo. by Rachael Flatt	En Aranjuez con tu amor performed by Sarah Brightman choreo. by Mark Pillay
2014–2015	Paint it Black by Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà choreo. by Rachael Flatt	Papa, Can You Hear Me? by Itzak Pearlman The Way He Makes Me Feel by Moscow Virtuosi
2013–2014	A Beautiful Storm by Jennifer Thomas choreo. by Tom Dickson	Nights in the Gardens of Spain by Manuel de Falla choreo. by Caterina Lindgren
2012–2013	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Tan Dun	Ladies in Lavender by Nigel Hess
2011–2012	A League of Their Own by Hans Zimmer	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Tan Dun
2010–2011	Mulan by Jerry Goldsmith	How to Train Your Dragon by John Powell
2009–2010	Yellow River Concerto performed by Lang Lang	Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
2008–2009	Nessun dorma (from Turandot) by Giacomo Puccini	New World Concerto by Antonín Dvořák

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

2010–present

International
Event	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
GP Rostel. Cup					9th
GP Bompard						8th
CS Golden Spin						5th
CS Lombardia					3rd
CS U.S. Classic						3rd
SC Autumn Classic					2nd	3rd
International: Junior
JGP Final			4th	6th
JGP Croatia			1st
JGP Czech Rep.				5th
JGP Japan	4th
JGP Poland				2nd
JGP USA			3rd
National
U.S. Champ.		8th	9th	15th	15th	10th
Pacific Coast	5th J.	3rd
Central Pacific	1st J.	1st
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

2005–2010

National
Event	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
U.S. Champ.				3rd N.	7th J.
U.S. Junior Champ.	7th Jv.	9th I.	4th I.
Pacific Coast Sect.				2nd N.	1st J.
Central Pacific Reg.	1st Jv.	1st I.	1st I.	2nd N.	1st J.
Levels: Jv. = Juvenile; I. = Intermediate; N. = Novice; J. = Junior

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Angela Wang at the International Skating Union
• Angela Wang at IceNetwork