Princeton Kwong (born November 14, 1989, in Fremont, California) is an American figure skater who represented the United States as a single skater. He is the 2004 U.S. novice national gold medalist,[1] and has won two bronze medals in the 2004–2005 ISU Junior Grand Prix, held in Long Beach, US and Chemnitz, Germany respectively.
Princeton Kwong | |
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Full name | Princeton Kwong |
Born | Fremont, California | November 14, 1989
Hometown | Pleasanton, California |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | United States |
Coach | Sergei Ponomarenko Marina Klimova |
Skating club | Peninsula FSC |
Began skating | 1997 |
Retired | 2007 |
He holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton University.
Competitive highlights
editEvent | 2001-02 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | |||
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U.S. Championships | 1st N. | 5th J. | 7th J. | 7th J. | ||||
Junior Grand Prix, Romania | 6th J. | |||||||
Junior Grand Prix, Germany | 3rd J. | |||||||
Junior Grand Prix, USA | 3rd J. | |||||||
Gardena Trophy | 2nd J. | |||||||
Junior nationals | 4th Ju. | |||||||
Pacific Coast Sectionals | 1st N. | 2nd J. | 2nd J. | 1st J. | ||||
Central Pacific Regionals | 1st N. | 1st J. | 1st J. | 1st J. | ||||
Ju. = Juvenile level; N. = Novice level; J. = Junior level |
Personal
editHe is the son of Raymond and Emma Kwong and the older brother of Samuel Kwong, an American nationally ranked saber fencer.