Zhao Kai Pang (born March 5, 1995) is a Canadian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Madeline Edwards, he is the 2014 World Junior bronze medalist and 2013 Canadian national junior champion.[1]
| Zhao Kai Pang | |||||||||||||||
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 Edwards/Pang in 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | March 5, 1995 Kitimat, British Columbia | ||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Burnaby, British Columbia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Partner | Madeline Edwards | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Megan Wing Aaron Lowe | ||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Inlet FSC Burnaby | ||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | July 13, 2016 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editZhao Kai Pang teamed up with Madeline Edwards in December 2007.[2] They debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2011, placing fifth in Austria. The following season, they won a pair of bronze medals at their JGP assignments, in France and Turkey, and gold in the junior event at the 2013 Canadian Championships. They were sent to the 2013 World Junior Championships, where they finished 12th.
In the 2013–14 season, Edwards/Pang won two JGP medals, silver in Mexico and bronze in the Czech Republic. Because Skate Canada required junior champions to move up, they competed on the senior level domestically, with a different pattern in the short dance and an additional 30 seconds in the free dance.[3] They finished seventh at the 2014 Canadian Championships. At the 2014 World Junior Championships, they won the bronze medal after placing fifth in the short dance and third in the free dance.
Edwards/Pang decided to continue competing on the JGP series in the 2014–15 season.[4] They were awarded silver in Courchevel, France, finishing second to Russia's Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd by a margin of 2.82 points. After edging Loboda/Drozd by 0.44 to win gold in Aichi, Japan, they qualified for the JGP Final in Barcelona, where they placed fifth. Edwards injured her ankle during training in late December 2014.[5] Ranked sixth in the short and fourth in the free dance, the duo finished sixth at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.
Edwards/Pang decided to sit out the 2015–16 season to allow her ankle to heal fully.[5] On July 13, 2016, Pang announced his decision to retire from competition.[6]
In 2019, Pang was accepted into the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Medicine.[7]
Programs
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| 2015–16 [8] |
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| 2013–14 [3][11] |
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| 2012–13 [12] |
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| 2011–12 [13] |
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| 2010–11 [10] |
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| 2009–10 [10] |
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| 2008–09 [10] |
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Competitive highlights
editJGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Edwards
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| Event | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 |
| Junior Worlds | 12th | 3rd | 6th | ||
| JGP Final | 5th | ||||
| JGP Austria | 5th | ||||
| JGP Czech Rep. | 3rd | ||||
| JGP France | 3rd | 2nd | |||
| JGP Japan | 1st | ||||
| JGP Mexico | 2nd | ||||
| JGP Turkey | 3rd | ||||
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| Canadian Champ. | 1st N | 2nd J | 1st J | 7th | 7th |
| Levels – N: Novice, J: Junior | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b c "Competition Results: Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 15, 2016.
- ^ "Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang". Skate Canada British Columbia/Yukon. Archived from the original on September 15, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
- ^ a b Hoyt, Melanie (September 5, 2013). "Edwards & Pang on the Right Path". ice-dance.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014.
- ^ a b Slater, Paula (July 25, 2014). "Edwards and Pang emerge with new confidence". Golden Skate.
- ^ a b Edwards, Madeline; Pang, ZhaoKai (September 28, 2015). "Injury".
- ^ Edwards, Madeline; Pang, ZhaoKai (July 13, 2016). "Retirement". Facebook.
- ^ Ice Dance Academy, Vancouver (May 15, 2019). "Congrats ZhaoKai Pang for getting into med school😀 All the best" (Instagram).
- ^ Thayer, Jacquelyn (August 4, 2015). "Behind the Program, Ep. 3: Edwards and Pang, 2015-16 Free Dance". Two for the Ice.
- ^ "Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Programs". Official website of Edwards/Pang. Archived from the original on July 15, 2016.
- ^ "Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.
- ^ "Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013.
- ^ "Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012.
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