Angela Wang (born July 30, 1996) is an American

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

. She is the 2017

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champion, a three-time medalist on the

ISU Challenger Series The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 figure skating season, 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU ...

, and a three-time medalist on the

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(JGP) series. Her JGP medals include gold from a 2012 competition in

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Personal life

Angela Wang, an only child, was born in

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. Her mother, Shuyan, is an English-Mandarin translator, while her father, Laixin, is a pharmaceutical drug developer. Her parents moved from China to the United States in 1994. Wang graduated from Cheyenne Mountain High School in 2014. She then majored in exercise science at the

University of Colorado Colorado Springs The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) is a Public university, public research university in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is one of four campuses that make up the University of Colorado system. As of Fall 2023, UCCS had over 11 ...

Career

Wang began skating in 2002 because the

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were held that year in her hometown of

. She made her

(JGP) debut during the 2010–2011 season, placing fourth at her sole assignment, the SBC Cup held in Japan. Wang relocated to Colorado Springs in the summer of 2011 and joined

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and

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. Competing in the 2012 JGP series, she won bronze in

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, and gold in

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, Croatia. She qualified for the JGP Final, where she placed fourth. She was coached by

, and Janet Champion in

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. The following season, Wang took silver in

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, Poland and placed fifth in

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, Czech Republic, becoming the first alternate for the JGP Final. She was called up when

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withdrew and finished sixth. Making her senior international debut, Wang medaled at two

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events, taking bronze at the

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and silver at the Autumn Classic. She placed 15th at the 2015 U.S. Championships and 10th at the 2016 U.S. Championships. In October 2016, Wang withdrew from the

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due to a right ankle injury. She finished 7th at the U.S. Championships in January 2017 and won gold the following month at the

. In January 2018, Wang placed 7th again at the

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and was named as the third alternate for the

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team. During the season, she was coached by

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, and Erik Schulz in

. She then relocated to

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, Canada, to be coached by

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Programs

Competitive highlights

''GP:

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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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2010–2011 to present

2005–2006 to 2009–2010

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Angela 1996 births Living people American female single skaters Figure skaters from Salt Lake City American sportswomen of Chinese descent University of Colorado Colorado Springs alumni 21st-century American sportswomen