- Source: Huang Yihang
Huang Yihang (simplified Chinese: 黄一航; traditional Chinese: 黃一航; pinyin: Huáng Yīháng; born May 30, 2002) is a Chinese pair skater. With his skating partner Zhang Jiaxuan, he is the 2024 Chinese national champion, the 2023 Chinese national silver medalist, the 2022 Chinese national bronze medalist, the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix gold medalist.
With former skating partner, Wang Yuchen, he is the 2020 Cup of China silver medalist, the 2020 Chinese junior national champion, and placed in the top eight at the 2020 World Junior Championships.
Personal life
Huang was born on May 30, 2002, in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China.
He looks up to Olympic champion pair team, Sui/Han.
Career
= Partnership with Wang
=Huang started skating in 2010.
He teamed up with Wang Yuchen prior to the 2017–18 season to pursue pair skating. They were initially coached by Luan Bo. Debuting at the 2018 Chinese Championships, the pair finished eighth. They would begin training under Zhao Hongbo, Guan Jinlin, and Zhang Tianci in Beijing after the season ended.
2018–2019 season
Wang/Huang were added to the Chinese national team ahead of the season to replace an injured Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao. They made their junior international debut on the Junior Grand Prix, placing eighth in Canada and 13th in the Czech Republic. In early December, Wang/Huang competed at the Russian-Chinese Winter Youth Games, where they finished fourth. They ended their season at the 2019 Chinese Championships, finishing fifth.
2019–2020 season
Wang/Huang opened their season on the Junior Grand Prix and finished eighth at both their events in the United States and Croatia. In between the two JGP events, they competed at the 2020 Chinese Championships, where they won the junior title by 0.01 points ahead of Wang Huidi / Jia Ziqi and Li Jiaen / Wang Zijian.
Wang/Huang were assigned to compete at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland in January. On being selected, Wang said: "I am very excited to participate in such a large competition for the first time. In order to achieve our competition goal, I will train hard and strive to skate in my best form and win glory for the country." Wang/Huang went on to place fifth in the individual event. Huang expressed dissatisfaction with their performance and called it a "learning opportunity." As part of Team Future during the team event, they again placed fifth to help the team finish seventh overall.
Wang/Huang finished their season at the 2020 World Junior Championships in March. Placing eighth in the short program and sixth in the free skating, they ended in eighth place overall.
2020–2021 season
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Junior Grand Prix series was cancelled and the Grand Prix events were limited to domestic competitors or skaters who trained in the host nation's immediate geographic region. As a result, Wang/Huang were assigned to make their senior debut at the 2020 Cup of China. They finished second in both segments to earn the silver medal behind Peng Cheng / Jin Yang.
In January 2021, Wang/Huang participated in the New Year's Day Ice Carnival, a domestic team competition held among the Chinese national team, as part of Sui Wenjing's Team Elite alongside Jin Boyang, Chen Hongyi, Wang Yihan, and Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming. They lost the competition to Han Cong's Team Sharp Blades after falling behind on the first day of competition.
2021–2022 season
Wang/Huang were assigned to compete at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to attempt to qualify a third berth for Chinese pairs at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They placed fourth in the short program, third among the teams seeking the three available spots, but dropped to sixth place after three falls in their free skate, and did not qualify a place.
They went on to win the bronze medal at the 2021 CS Asian Open Trophy. The pair parted ways following the season.
= Partnership with Zhang
=2022–2023 and 2023–2024 seasons
For the 2022–23 figure skating season, Huang teamed up with Zhang Jiaxuan. Upon getting together, the pair began training in Beijing with Ding Yang as their coach.
In their first appearance together at the Chinese Championships, Huang/Zhang won the bronze medal. The following year, they won the silver medal at the 2023 Chinese Championships.
2024–2025 season: International debut
On the 2024–25 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, Zhang/Huang made their international debut. The pair won gold both their assigned events, 2024 JGP Latvia and 2024 JGP Poland. With these results, the pair qualified for the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final in Grenoble, France as the highest ranking junior pair team.
In late November, Zhang/Huang won gold at the 2024 Chinese Championships. The following week, they would win the Junior Grand Prix Final by over twenty points. Regarding this win, Zhang said, "It is a great honour for us to be here at the Junior Grand Prix Final. We hope to improve to be able to do even better in the future. Our goal is not only to improve on our technical but also on our artistry."
Programs
= With Zhang
== With Wang
=Competitive highlights
= With Zhang
== With Wang
=Detailed results
= With Zhang
=Senior level
Junior level
= With Wang
=Senior level
Junior level
References
External links
Jiaxuan Zhang / Yihang HUANG at the International Skating Union
Zhang/Huang at SkatingScores.com
Yuchen WANG / Yihang HUANG at the International Skating Union
Wang/Huang at SkatingScores.com