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Simply spectacular, I expect Chen Lu to be around a long time (people who are expecting her to go pro are daft, she's in for the long haul until China has a whole team of skaters as good as she). IMHO she will be the next gold medalist (world and olympic) if someone doesn't club her in the knee. 8) 8)

Before they had any success in figure skating, China had no reason to build rinks, consequently there were few as Chen was growing up. However, since her father was a member of the national hockey team and the manager of an outdoor ice rink, Chen was able to get most of the ice time she wanted. Sports were also in her blood from her mother's side, she being a serious table tennis player.

Chen did her first triple jump at age 9, by 10 she could do 5 different triples. She also studies ballet.

Tougher than nails, Chen tried but was unable to compete at the 1994 Worlds with a stress fracture in her foot. It has been said that Kristi Yamaguchi is her skating hero.

Basic Stats

Birth Date: 24/11/1976 (cycle 77, year 53, month 10, day 4 in the lunar calendar. The year of the Fire Dragon.)
Lunar Birthday: 14/11/1997
Home Town: Chang Chun, Jilin
Nickname: Lulu (common Chinese method of creating the diminutive/familiar form a name or word through repetition)
Height: cm (5'4")
Weight: kg (107 lbs)
Trains: Capital Gymnasium (Beijing, Chn), Ice Castles (Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA)
Coach: Li Minzhu, Frank Carroll, Carlo Fassi
Choreographer: Sandra Bezic, Toller Cranston, Tom Dixon, Lee Anne Miller
Mother: Chen Chui Yan (table tennis player)
Father: Chen Xi Qin (hockey coach)

Competitive History

Amateur

1st, NHK Trophy '95 (Nagoya, Jpn)
2nd, Trophee de France '95 (Contrex - Bordeaux, Fra)
2nd, Skate America '95 (Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI)
3rd, Best of the Best '95 (Byrne Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ)
2nd, Tri-Cities Pro-Am '95
1st, Worlds '95 (Birmingham, Grb)
1st, NHK '94 (Morioka, Jpn)
withdrew due to injury (stress fracture of the right foot) at Worlds '94 (Chiba, Jpn)
3rd, Winter Olympics '94 (Lillehammer, Nor)
3rd, Worlds '93 (Prague, Cze)
3rd, Worlds '92 (Oakland, CA)
6th, Winter Olympics '92 (Albertville, Fra)
3rd, Junior Worlds '92
12th, Worlds '91 (Munich, Frg)
1st, Chinese National Figure Skating Competition '90-'95

Exhibitions and Shows

Appearing in The Big Skate, Stampede Corral, Calgary, AB, Sept 28, 95.
Campbell Soup's 1995 Tour of World Figure Skating Champions == Tom Collins Tour

Programs

1995-6 programs choreographed by Sandra Bezic
- short program: a selection of Chinese melodies
- long program: Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2