Vincent Zhou
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Vincent Zhou (born October 25, 2000) is an American figure skater. He is a 2022 Olympic Games team event gold medalist,[lower-alpha 1] a two-time World bronze medalist (2019, 2022), the 2019 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, the 2021 Skate America champion, the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy silver medalist, the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy silver medalist, and a three-time U.S. national silver medalist (2017, 2019, 2021).
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Born | (2000-10-25) October 25, 2000 (age 23) San Jose, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Palo Alto, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Drew Meekins, Christy Krall, Tom Zakrajsek, Mie Hamada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Skating Club of Boston | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest WS | 3rd (2018-19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Traditional Chinese | 周知方[2] | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 周知方 | ||||||
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He is also the 2017 World Junior champion, a three-time Junior Grand Prix event silver medalist, and the 2013 U.S. junior national champion.
In February 2018, Zhou became the first person to successfully land a quadruple Lutz jump at the Olympics. He finished sixth in PyeongChang.[3]