Julian Zhi Jie Yee

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yee.
Julian Yee
Personal information
Full name Julian Yee Zhi-Jie
Country represented  Malaysia
Born (1997-05-26) 26 May 1997
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Residence Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Coach Michael Hopfes, Doug Leigh
Former coach Harry Janto Leo
Choreographer Elvin Wong
Training locations Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Began skating 2001
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 202.94
2016 Worlds
Short program 67.60
2016 Worlds
Free skate 135.34
2016 Worlds

Julian Yee Zhi-Jie (Chinese: 茹自杰; pinyin: Rú Zìjié;[1] born 26 May 1997) is a Malaysian figure skater. He is a three-time Malaysian senior national champion (2013–2015) and has qualified for the free skate at three ISU Championships.[2]

Personal life

Julian Yee Zhi-Jie was born on 26 May 1997 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] His mother, Irene Cheow,[4] served as the deputy president of the Ice Skating Association of Malaysia from 2012 to 2014.[5] He has two brothers, Ian and Ryan Yee Zhi-Jwen. Ryan has also competed internationally in figure skating.[3]

Career

Early years

Julian Yee began learning to skate at age four at the Sunway Pyramid Ice Rink in Malaysia.[6][7] He and his brothers were introduced to skating by their mother, Irene. Harry Janto Leo became his coach in 2004.[7]

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.

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 ISU Junior Grand Prix. He competed at events in Milan, Italy and Tallinn, 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 Four Continents Championships.[8] 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 Aichi, 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.

2015–16 season

Yee started the 2015–16 JGP season with a 7th-place result in Riga, 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 Logroño, Spain and finished 4th – the highest result by a Malaysian in the Junior Grand Prix. He won his first ISU Challenger Series medal, silver, at the Denkova-Staviski Cup.

Yee finished 15th at the 2016 Four Continents Championships in Taipei 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 Boston; he ranked 22nd in the short, 19th in the free, and 21st overall. During the season, he trained in Petaling Jaya and Barrie, Ontario, coached by Michael Hopfes and Doug Leigh.[3]

Yee has also trained in the Elvis Stojko Arena (Toronto, Canada), the Chinese National Arena (Harbin, China), and the Beijing Capital Gymnasium (Beijing, China).

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2016–17
[9]
  • I Put a Spell on You
    by Garou
  • It's a Man's World
    by James Brown
  • Get It On
    by James Brown
  • I Feel Good
    by James Brown
2015–16
[3]
  • I Put a Spell on You
    by Garou
2014–15
[10]
  • Peter Gunn
    by Henry Mancini
  • Fever
    by John Davenport
  • Oye Negra
    by Eddie Cooley and Terry Snyder
2013–14
[11]
  • Chambermaid Swing
    by Parov Stelar
  • Capone
    by Ronan Hardiman
  • Sons of Odin
    by Patrick Doyle
  • Unstoppable
    by Gregson and Mullen
  • Mission: Impossible
    by Hans Zimmer
2012–13
[12]
  • Sons of Odin
    by Patrick Doyle
  • Unstoppable
    by Gregson and Mullen
  • Mission: Impossible
    by Hans Zimmer
2011–12
[13][14]
  • The Jet Song
    (from "West Side Story")
    by Leonard Bernstein
  • Fever
  • Feeling Good

Competitive highlights

CS: ISU Challenger Series; JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix

International[2]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Worlds 21st
Four Continents 23rd 22nd 15th
CS DS Cup 2nd
CS Nebelhorn 9th 4th
CS Warsaw Cup 5th
Asian Open 3rd
Down Under 3rd
International: Junior[2]
Junior Worlds 20th P 34th 35th 19th
JGP Spain 4th
JGP Latvia 7th
JGP Croatia 14th
JGP Czech Rep. 17th
JGP Estonia 14th
JGP Italy 22nd
JGP Japan 6th
JGP Poland 26th
JGP Slovenia 21st
Asian Open 8th J 6th J 4th J 2nd J
New Year's Cup 6th J
Skate Helena 1st J
Taipei Open 3rd J
National[2]
Malaysian 2nd 1st 1st 1st
J = Junior level; P = Preliminary round

References

  1. ↑ "滑冰／率性馬來西亞茹自杰　奔放冰上風格受讚賞". Eastern Television. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Competition Results: Julian Zhi Jie YEE". International Skating Union.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Julian Zhi Jie YEE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Jong, Teoh Xiu (13 April 2016). "Figure skater hopes to realise dreams". The Star (Malaysia).
  5. ↑ "ISAM EXCO for 2012 - 2014". Ice Skating Association of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Athlete profiles: Julian Yee". Ice Skating Association of Malaysia. 2013.
  7. 1 2 Lim, Jarod (17 October 2013). "Determined to shine". The Star (Malaysia).
  8. ↑ Lim, Jarod (17 October 2013). "Determined to shine". The Star Online.
  9. ↑ "Julian Zhi Jie YEE: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
  10. ↑ "Julian Zhi Jie YEE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Julian Zhi Jie YEE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Julian Zhi Jie YEE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013.
  13. ↑ "Julian Zhi Jie YEE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
  14. ↑ "Julian Zhi Jie YEE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.

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