Jin Boyang

Jin Boyang (Mandarin pronunciation: ; born 3 October 1997) is a Chinese figure skater.

Jin was born on 3 October 1997, in Harbin, China.

His parents formerly competed in middle to long-distance running.

At the age of 11, he started focusing on jumps, and by 2009–10, at the age of 12 or 13, he had landed five triple jumps.

He landed his first triple axel in May 2010.

He landed his first quadruple Toe Loop at the age of 14, and his first quadruple Salchow at the age of 15.

Jin won the junior division of the Asian Open Trophy 2011 by "a landslide".

He earned a total of 177.17 points; if he were competing in the senior men's division, he would have come in second place.

His feet were so small that he had to wear girls' skates with black boot covers because there were no men's skating boots in his size.

Jin debuted on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the 2012–2013 season.

After taking gold in France and silver in Slovenia, he finished fifth at the JGP Final, held in Sochi, Russia.

Jin enrolled at the Harbin Institute of Physical Education in 2013.

The first time he succeeded in jumping the quadruple Lutz in practice was in 2013.

He won a bronze medal at the 2013 Chinese Championships, and placed fourth at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy.

In the 2013–14 JGP series, Jin won his assignments in Latvia and Estonia.

He qualified for the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where he placed fifth in the short program, but rebounded in the free skate with three quads and six clean triples, and won the gold overall, stating he was "very happy" to skate well.

He won his first senior national title at the 2014 Chinese Championships.

He finished sixth at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Jin won both of his Junior Grand Prix events in Slovenia and Japan, and was the top qualifier for the Junior Grand Prix Final held in Barcelona, Spain, as the only skater to win both of his events.

He placed second after the short program.

However, a fifth-place free skate left him in fourth overall.

On the junior level, he is the 2015 World Junior silver medalist and the 2013 JGP Final champion.

He is the first Chinese skater to medal in the men's singles event at a World Championships.

Jin is the first skater ever to land a quad Lutz-triple toe loop combination in competition, the first skater to ever have landed three different types of quads in a single competition, the first skater to have landed four quad jumps in a single program in international competition, and the first skater to have landed six quads in international competition.

He is credited as being one of the people who fueled the "revolution" based around quadruple jumps in figure skating.

He won his second national title at the 2015 Chinese Championships.

Jin concluded his season with a silver medal at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, having placed fifth in the short program and first in the free skate.

A video of Jin landing a quadruple Lutz triple Toe Loop combination in practice was circulated.

During a national event early in the season, Jin completed this jumping pass in his short program and landed four quadruple jumps in his free skate, although with a step-out on the quad Lutz, completing six quadruple jumps in competition.

Jin received two 2015 Grand Prix assignments.

He is a two-time World bronze medalist (2016–2017), the 2018 Four Continents champion, a two-time Four Continents silver medalist (2016, 2019), the 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist, a five-time (2014–2017, 2019) Chinese national champion and a two-time (2016,2024) Chinese national winter games champion.

In 2019, he enrolled for a Master's Degree at Beijing Sport University.

His family name Jin (金) means "gold", and he is called "Golden Boy" by some media sources.

He likes pets, electronics, music, the internet, remote-controlled cars, car racing, and collecting shoes.

He enjoys go-karting, motorcycling, and skiing, but avoids them to prevent injury during training.

Jin started skating at age seven and a half, having become interested in the activity when he attended one of Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo's ice shows.

His first coach was Wang Junxiang.

He took ballet, Latin dances, jazz, and street dance classes before he started focusing on competitive skating.

At first, his parents opposed the idea of a career in figure skating, because he was good at school at the time.

However, he began to demonstrate his talents in skating, especially with dance movements, during his second year of primary school, and his parents started to support him.