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Julian Yee Zhi Jie (, born 26 May 1997) is a Malaysian
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 ...
. He is also the first Olympian Malaysian figure skater. He is the
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and
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gold medalist,
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silver medalist, 2016 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy and 2013 Skate Down Under bronze medalist, as well as five-time Malaysian senior national champion (2013–2017). He has competed in the final segment at ten ISU Championships, including four
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. He represented
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at the
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.


Personal life

Julian Yee Zhi Jie was born on 26 May 1997 in
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, Malaysia. His mother, Irene Cheow, served as the deputy president of the Ice Skating Association of Malaysia from 2012 to 2014. He has two brothers, Ian and Ryan Yee Zhi Jwen. Ryan has also competed internationally in figure skating.


Career


Early years

Julian Yee began learning to skate at age four at the Sunway Pyramid Ice Rink in Malaysia. He and his brothers were introduced to skating by their mother, Irene. Harry Janto Leo became his coach in 2004. During his early years, Yee competed only in ISI-sanctioned competitions, which were regarded as recreational skating. He won the elementary category at the inaugural Malaysian National Championships and defended his title the following year. He learned all his double jumps by the age of twelve. He was selected by Ice Skating Association of Malaysia to participate in the 2009 Korean Dream Program in PyeongChang. In 2010, Yee received additional coaching from Chen Lu and Denis Petrov. In 2011, he became the youngest skater to win the Junior Men's category, at age 13 years 10 months, thereby breaking the previous record held by his brother, Ryan Yee Zhi Jwen.


2011–12 to 2012–13

In the 2011–12 season, Yee was selected to represent Malaysia in the
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. He competed at events in
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, Italy and
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, Estonia, but failed to reach the free skate. In 2013, Yee became first Malaysian to obtain the qualifying scores for the World Junior Championships. He finished 34th in the short program and did not qualify for the free skate. He learned most of the triple jumps by sixteen.


2013–14 to 2014–15

In 2014, Yee became the first Malaysian to reach the free skate at a
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. One of the youngest skaters at the event, held in Taipei City from 20–25 January 2014, he qualified for the free skate and finished 23rd overall. At the 2014 Malaysian Open National Championship, Yee held the lead after the short program and defended his title to become only the second Malaysian skater to win the Senior Men's title in consecutive years. In the 2014–15 JGP season, Yee finished sixth in
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, Japan, scoring personal bests in the short program, free skate, and combined total. In March 2015, competing at his fourth World Junior Championships, he qualified for the free skate and finished 19th overall. He also managed to qualify for Malaysia their first ever Youth Winter Olympics spot but he was not able to compete in it as he was over-aged.


2015–16 season

Yee started the 2015–16 JGP season with a 7th-place result in
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, Latvia, scoring personal bests in the short, free skate and combined total (176.79). After placing first in the junior category at the 2015 Skate Canada Summer Skate in Thornhill, he competed at the JGP in
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, Spain and finished 4th – the highest result by a Malaysian in the Junior Grand Prix. He won his first
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medal, silver, at the
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. Yee finished 15th at the 2016 Four Continents Championships in
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after placing 15th in the short and 14th in the free. In March, he qualified for the free skate at the 2016 World Championships in
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; he ranked 22nd in the short, 19th in the free, and 21st overall. During the season, he trained in Petaling Jaya and
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, Ontario, coached by Michael Hopfes and Doug Leigh. Yee has also trained in the Elvis Stojko Arena (
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, Canada), the Chinese National Arena (
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, China), and the Beijing Capital Gymnasium (
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, China).


2016–17 season

Yee won bronze at the Asian Open Trophy, held in Manila in August 2016. He then relocated to
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to train full-time, taking a gap year off his university studies. He competed at two
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events, placing 4th at the
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in September and 5th at the
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in October. Yee finished 15th overall at the 2017 Four Continents Championships in
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, South Korea, and then went directly to
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, Japan to compete at his first
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; he placed 8th with a new personal best of 222.69 points. In March, he reached the final segment and finished 22nd overall at the 2017 World Championships in
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, Finland.


2017–18 season

In August 2017, Yee won gold at the
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. Yee represented Malaysia in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, together with Jeffrey Webb. He got a personal best score of 73.58 in the short program, and barely missed qualifying for the free skate. Yee is the first ever Malaysian figure skater to qualify for this event.


Programs


Competitive highlights

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; CS:
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; JGP:
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Detailed results

Further to the introduction of the +5 / -5 GOE for the season 2018/19, all statistics will restart from zero. All previous statistics are now considered historical


Senior level


Junior level


References


External links

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