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    XXII Olympic Winter Games
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    Denis TEN

    Kazakhstan
    • Gender: Male
    • Nationality: Kazakhstan
    • Birthday: 13 June 1993
    • Age: 21
    • Height: 1.68 m (5' 6'')
    • Weight: -
    • Place of Birth: Kazakhstan, ALMATY
    • Place of Residence: -
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    Medals

    • Figure Skating
    • Men
    • Bronze

    Athlete competitions and results

    • 13 February, 19:00 Men Short Program
    • Denis TEN
      Score: 84.06
    • Rank: 9
    • 14 February, 19:00 Men Free Skating
    • Denis TEN
      Score: 255.10
    • Rank: 3

    Additional Information

    Highlights

    RankEventYearLocation
    Olympic Winter Games
    11Men2010Vancouver, BC, CAN
    World Championships
    2Men2013London, ON, CAN
    7Men2012Nice, FRA
    13Men2010Torino, ITA
    14Men2011Moscow, RUS
    Four Continents Championships
    4Men2014Taipei, TPE
    6Men2012Colorado Springs, CO, USA
    12Men2013Osaka, JPN
    Asian Winter Games
    1Men2011Kazakhstan

    Best performance per season in Grand Prix events from 2010/2011
    SeasonMen
    2013/20141 x 4th
    2012/20131 x 6th
    2011/20122 x 5th
    2010/20111 x 11th

    RankEventYearLocation
    Grand Prix performances in current season
    4Men2013/2014Cup of China, CHN
    World Junior Championships
    4Men2012Minsk, BLR
    9Men2010The Hague, NED
    ISU World Standings (as of 03 Feb 2014)
    5Men

    Personal Bests
    TypeDateScoreCompetitionEvent
    Total15 Mar 2013266.48World Championships 2013Men
    Short Program13 Mar 201391.56World Championships 2013Men
    Short Program Technical13 Mar 201350.81World Championships 2013Men
    Short Program Component01 Nov 201340.82GP Cup of China 2013Men
    Free Skating15 Mar 2013174.92World Championships 2013Men
    Free Skating Technical15 Mar 201387.76World Championships 2013Men
    Free Skating Component15 Mar 201387.16World Championships 2013Men

    Season Bests
    TypeDateScoreCompetitionEvent
    Total24 Jan 2014226.37Four Continents Championships 2014Men
    Short Program01 Nov 201377.05GP Cup of China 2013Men
    Short Program Technical22 Jan 201439.13Four Continents Championships 2014Men
    Short Program Component01 Nov 201340.82GP Cup of China 2013Men
    Free Skating24 Jan 2014150.03Four Continents Championships 2014Men
    Free Skating Technical24 Jan 201473.95Four Continents Championships 2014Men
    Free Skating Component02 Nov 201380.50GP Cup of China 2013Men
    • Hobbies: Music, movies, reading, spending time with friends. (ISU, 27 Sep 2013)
    • Coach: Frank Carroll (USA) (ISU, 24 Dec 2013)
    • Injuries: He suffered an injury during the warm up for the 2013 World University Winter Games in Trento, Italy, and had to withdraw from the competition. (insidethegames.biz, 11 Dec 2013)

      He suffered back and ankle injuries in 2013. (tengrinews.kz, 06 Dec 2013)

      He withdrew from the 2013 Skate America event due to an infection. (ISU, 25 Nov 2013)
    • Languages Spoken: Russian
    • Sporting Relatives: His great-great grandfather is Min Keung Ho, a well-known commander who was killed in the Korean independence war. (Tengri, 25 Jan 2011; chosun.com, 07 May 2010)
    • Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010

    Additional Information

    Music
    Music short program/short dance as of season 2013/2014
    Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens

    Music free skating/free dance as of season 2013/2014
    The Young Lady And The Hooligan by Dmitri Shostakovich (ISU, 24 Dec 2013)

    Choreographer
    Lori Nichol, CAN (ISU, 24 Dec 2013)

    Start of sporting career
    He began skating in 1998 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. (ONS, 20 Feb 2014)

    Reason for taking up this sport
    His mother took him to a well-known outdoor skating rink. "I saw all those people skating and made the decision to become a figure skater." (ONS, 20 Feb 2014)

    Ambitions
    To compete at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (icenetwork.com, 28 Aug 2013)

    Training
    During the high and low season he trains 23 hours a week in El Segundo, CA, United States. (ISU, 24 Dec 2013)

    Hero
    Russians figure skaters Alexei Yagudin and llia Kulik, and his great-great grandfather Min Keung Ho. (Tengri, 25 Jan 2011; chosun.com, 07 May 2010)

    General
    NATIONAL FIRSTS
    His bronze medal in the singles at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi was the first figure skating medal won by a Kazakhstani skater. He became the first figure skater from Kazakhstan to win a medal at an International Skating Union [ISU] championship, when he won silver at the 2013 World Championships in London, ON, Canada. (ISU, 04 Feb 2014; nbcsports.com, 15 Feb 2014; SportsDeskOnline, 16 Feb 2014)

    CHORUS SINGING
    In 2002, he participated at the Choir Olympics in Pusan, Korea. A year later he had to choose between singing or figure skating, as he did not have enough time to dedicate to both. (Tengri, 25 Jan 2011)

    PERFORMANCE PREFERENCES
    He is one of the few professional ice skaters able to perform Biellmann spin, which requires a great deal of flexibility and is mainly performed by female figure skaters. He says his favourite part of his performance is the new set of step sequences. "They are incredibly complex, but very cool. I hope the public will judge them on their merits." (icenetwork.co, 28 Aug 2013; Tengri, 25 Jan 2011)

    SHOWMAN
    In May 2013 he and several international skaters performed in a skating show called Denis Ten and Friends in Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan. (icenetwork.com, 28 Aug 2013)

    TRAINING SWITCH
    He moved from Moscow, Russia to the US after the 2009/10 season for training purposes. (icenetwork.com, 28 Aug 2013)

    Social Media
    Hear more from the athlete via their website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and VK.

    Figure Skating

    Men
    • ISU World Standings Points: 3511
    • ISU World Standings Rank: 5
    • Season Best: 77.05
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