An Xiangyi (Chinese: 安香怡; pinyin: An Xiāngyí, Korean: 안샹이; born 24 December 2006) is a Chinese figure skater. She is a two-time Asian trophy champion (2023 and 2024) and a two-time (2020 and 2022) national champion.[1]
| An Xiangyi | ||||||||||||
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| Native name | 安香怡 (Chinese) | |||||||||||
| Other names | Nini | |||||||||||
| Born | 24 December 2006 Beijing, China | |||||||||||
| Hometown | Beijing, China | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||||||||
| Country |  China | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's singles | |||||||||||
| Coach | An Longhe | |||||||||||
| Skating club | Beijing New Century Star | |||||||||||
| Began skating | 2009 | |||||||||||
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| An Xiangyi | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 安香怡 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 安香怡 | ||||||
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Personal life
editAn was born on December 24, 2006, in Beijing, China to parents, Zhang Aijun and An Longhe.[2]
In addition to figure skating, An also practices rhythmic gymnastics, which she says helps with her figure skating by increasing her flexibility.[3] As hobbies, she enjoys cooking and painting. She also has three pet cats.[2]
She is often nicknamed "Nini" by friends and skating fans.[2][4]
Career
editEarly years
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An began figure skating in 2009 at the age of three. Since starting, she has been coached by her father, An Longhe, a former competitive figure skater.[5][2]
An was the 2019 Asian Open advanced novice champion.[6] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all Chinese national competitions were canceled during the 2020–21 season, thus An could not partake in major competitions.[7] During the 2021–22 season, several coronavirus outbreaks and COVID-19 protocols in China caused the 2021 National Figure Skating Grand Prix and China Figure Skating Club League Finals to be held virtually. An would go on to win the gold medal at the event.[8]
2022–2023 season: Junior international debut
editAn made her Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Solidarity Cup, after scoring first in national qualification events.[9][10] She finished fifth at the event.[5]
After contracting COVID-19 and having had a recurrence of injuries, An withdrew from the 2022 Chinese Figure Skating Junior Championships and the 2022 Chinese Figure Skating Club League Finals.[citation needed] However, she later competed in the 2022 Chinese Figure Skating Championships, ranking first in the short program by a small 1.73 mark lead after falling on her triple toe-triple toe combination, and winning the free skate by 15.83 marks, ahead of Li Ruotang.[5]
In March, An was assigned to the 2023 World Junior Figure Championships in Calgary, where she ranked fifth in the short program.[11] In the free skate, she stepped out of one jump and had quarter underrotation calls on three others, ranking eighth in that segment but finishing sixth overall. She became the first Chinese woman to place in the top ten since Li Zijun in 2012.[12]
2023–2024 season: Senior international debut
editAn began the season by winning gold at the 2023 Asian Open Trophy and went on to finish fifth at the 2023 Shanghai Trophy.[13][5]
Prior to debuting on the 2023–24 Grand Prix series, An had longtime choreographer, Benoît Richaud, create a new free program, different from the one that she had initially intended to skate to. Competing at 2023 Skate America, An finished ninth. At the 2023 Cup of China, An debuted a new short program, finishing sixth in that segment of the competition, but dropping to eleventh overall after placing eleventh in the free skate segment.[13][5][14][15][16]
An opted to sit out of the 2023 Chinese Championships.[17] She did, however, compete at the 2024 National Winter Games, where she won gold in the team event and silver in the individual event.[18][19]
2024–2025 season
editAn began her international season by winning gold at the 2024 Asian Open Trophy.[5] She then went on to finish fifth at the 2024 Shanghai Trophy.[13]
Programs
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2024–2025 [20] |
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| 2023–2024 [14][15][16] |
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| 2022–2023 [21][22] |
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| 2019–2020 |
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| 2018–2019 |
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Competitive highlights
edit| International[5] | ||||||
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| Event | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24-25 |
| GP Cup of China | 11th | TBD | ||||
| GP Skate America | 9th | |||||
| Asian Open Trophy | 1st | 1st | ||||
| Shanghai Trophy | 5th | 5th | ||||
| International: Junior[5] | ||||||
| World Junior Champ | 6th | |||||
| JGP Poland I | 5th | |||||
| International: Advanced novice | ||||||
| Asian Open Trophy | 1st | |||||
| National | ||||||
| Chinese Champ. | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | WD | |
| National Youth Games | 1st | |||||
| National Winter Games | 2nd | |||||
| Team | ||||||
| National Winter Games | 1st T 1st P |
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| TBD = To be decided; WD = Withdrawn | ||||||
Detailed results
edit| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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| Total | TSS | 183.94 | 2023 Junior Worlds |
| Short program | TSS | 65.40 | 2022 JGP Poland I |
| TES | 37.09 | 2022 JGP Poland I | |
| PCS | 28.31 | 2022 JGP Poland I | |
| Free skating | TSS | 120.03 | 2023 Junior Worlds |
| TES | 60.03 | 2023 Junior Worlds | |
| PCS | 60.00 | 2023 Junior Worlds |
Personal best highlighted in bold.
Senior level
edit| 2024–25 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
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| October 3–5, 2024 | 2024 Shanghai Trophy | 5 56.25 |
5 101.81 |
5 158.06 |
| September 5–6, 2024 | 2024 Asian Open Trophy | 1 64.61 |
2 122.84 |
1 187.45 |
| 2023–24 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 24–27, 2024 | 14th Chinese Winter Games | 1 65.52 |
3 116.25 |
2 181.77 |
| February 21–22, 2024 | 14th Chinese Winter Games - team event | 1 64.52 |
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| November 10–12, 2023 | 2023 Cup of China | 6 61.86 |
11 90.50 |
11 152.36 |
| October 20–22, 2023 | 2023 Skate America | 8 59.74 |
9 105.66 |
9 165.40 |
| October 3–5, 2023 | 2023 Shanghai Trophy | 5 50.99 |
5 105.71 |
5 156.70 |
| August 16–19, 2023 | 2023 Asian Open Trophy | 1 58.70 |
1 102.28 |
1 160.98 |
Junior level
edit| 2022–23 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
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| Feb. 27 – Mar. 5, 2023 | 2023 World Junior Championships | Junior | 5 63.91 |
8 120.03 |
6 183.94 |
| January 11–13, 2023 | 2022 Chinese Championships | Senior | 1 61.32 |
1 128.49 |
1 189.81 |
| Sept. 28 – Oct. 1, 2022 | 2022 JGP Poland I | Junior | 4 65.40 |
8 113.91 |
5 179.31 |
| 2019–20 season | |||||
| Oct. 30 – Nov. 3, 2019 | 2019 Asian Open Trophy | Adv. novice | 1 45.62 |
1 93.01 |
1 138.63 |
| September 14–16, 2019 | 2020 Chinese Championships | Senior | 1 66.50 |
1 131.43 |
1 197.93 |
| 2018–19 season | |||||
| December 29–30, 2018 | 2019 Chinese Championships | Senior | 1 66.92 |
2 113.69 |
2 180.61 |
| 2017–18 season | |||||
| December 23–24, 2017 | 2018 Chinese Championships | Senior | 4 52.40 |
6 86.76 |
4 139.16 |
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