Nam Nguyen (born May 20, 1998) is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2014 World Junior champion, 2014 Skate America bronze medalist and 2015 Canadian national champion. He has placed as high as fifth at the World Championships, in 2015.
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Personal life
Nam Nguyen was born May 20, 1998 in Ottawa. Both of his parents are from Vietnam -- his father, Sony, moved to Canada in 1988 and sponsored his wife, Thu, in 1994. His father is an engineer and his mother works for a medical software company. His sister, Kim, is six years younger and is also a figure skater. He lived in Richmond, British Columbia and Burnaby, B.C. from 1999 to 2012, and then moved to Toronto, Ontario, so that he and his sister could train under Brian Orser. He is a student at Northview Heights Secondary School.
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Career
Nguyen began skating in 2003. Growing up, his figure skating idols were Evgeni Plushenko, Stephane Lambiel, and Jeffrey Buttle. Nguyen also cited his former training mates, Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernandez, as being his inspirations.
Early career
From 2007 to 2009, Nguyen won three Canadian national men's titles -- Juvenile, Pre-Novice, and Novice -- each time becoming the youngest skater to do so. In 2010, he won the bronze medal on the junior level at the Canadian Championships. Nguyen performed in the exhibition gala at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. The following year at the 2011 Canadian Championships, he became the youngest skater to win the junior men's title.
2011-2012 season
In the 2011-2012 season, Nguyen became age-eligible for international junior competition. He finished 12th in his first Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in Riga, Latvia and then won the bronze medal in his second event in Brasov, Romania. He placed 7th on the senior level at the 2012 Canadian Championships and was assigned to the 2012 World Junior Championships. Nguyen landed his first triple axel in competition in the preliminary round and qualified for the short program with a first-place finish. He was 18th in the short program and 11th in the free skating, finishing 13th overall at the event. Joanne McLeod coached him at the BC Centre of Excellence in Burnaby, British Columbia until the end of the season.
2012-2013 season
In the summer of 2012, Nguyen moved to Toronto to work with Brian Orser at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club. He started the season at the JGP in France where he finished ninth. He did better at his second JGP event, in Turkey, earning the bronze medal. At the Canadian Championships, he placed sixth in the senior division. He finished the season at the World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy, where he placed 12th.
2013-2014 season
The next season, he placed fourth and 16th at his two JGP events. Competing at the senior level, he placed fifth at the Canadian Championships. He then competed at his first senior international, the Four Continents Championships, and placed tenth. Afterwards, at the World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, he placed first in both segments and won the gold medal. He finished the season at the senior World Championships, where he placed 12th.
2014-2015 season
Nguyen started the season with a silver medal at the inaugural Skate Canada Autumn Classic, an ISU Challenger Series event. He made his senior Grand Prix debut at the Skate America, winning the bronze medal. He continued to his second Grand Prix event, the Cup of China, where he placed fourth. This placed him ninth in the final Grand Prix standings, making him third alternate for the final. In December, he won the gold medal at the Skate Canada Challenge, the qualifying event for Canadian Nationals. In January, he won his first senior national title, outscoring the silver medalist by more than 30 points. After placing 11th at the 2015 Four Continents, he finished 5th at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, recording his personal best scores in both segments.
2015-2016 season
Nguyen started his season by winning silver at the 2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic. Turning to the Grand Prix series, he placed 5th at the 2015 Skate Canada International and 7th at 2015 Rostelecom Cup.
Nguyen finished fourth at the 2016 Canadian Nationals. He was assigned to the 2016 World Championships in Boston after Liam Firus withdrew. He failed to qualify to the free skating. In an interview at the 2016 Team Challenge Cup, he mentioned his planned coaching change to David Glynn. Skate Canada confirmed the change a few days later, stating that Nguyen would move to San Jose in May.
2016-2017 season
Nguyen placed 5th at the 2016 CS U.S. International Classic. On the Grand Prix series, he placed 6th at the 2016 Skate America and 8th at the 2016 NHK Trophy.
After returning to Ontario in December 2016, he began training at the York Region Skating Academy, coached by Tracey Wainman and Grzegorz Filipowski. He won the bronze medal at the 2017 Canadian Championships and placed 8th at the 2017 Four Continents Championships.
2017-2018 season
Nguyen placed 5th at the 2017 CS Autumn Classic and 7th at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup. At the 2017 NHK Trophy in Osaka, Japan Nam placed 10th overall after disappointing 11th place in short program. Later in Montreal, QC Nam Nguyen took the bronze medal at the 2018 Skate Canada Challenge.
Programs
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Seasons: 2011-2012 to present
Seasons: 2006-2007 to 2010-2011
Detailed results
Small medals for short program and free skating awarded only at ISU Championships.
- ^Jv. Juvenile skaters have only one program (free skating).
- ^CD Competition dates, not event dates.
- JGP = Junior Grand Prix
References
External links
Media related to Nam Nguyen at Wikimedia Commons
- Nam Nguyen at the International Skating Union
Source of article : Wikipedia
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