Zhang Kexin

Zhang Kexin interests me as a reminder that national champions exist far beyond the sports the world bothers to televise. Becoming China's 2014 figure skating champion, in a country not famous for the discipline, demands real grit, and at 153 cm I imagine she fought for every point through speed and the sharpness of her spins. There is something fitting about a skater raised in icy Harbin. She seems to have retired since, but a championship is permanent. I genuinely like preserving the names of athletes who reached the summit of a nation, even if only for a season.

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Name (English)

Zhang Kexin

Name (Japanese)

張可欣

Reading

ちょう・かきん

Born

October 17, 1995 (age 30)

Origin

Harbin, People's Republic of China

Height

153 cm

Occupation

figure skater

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang%20Kexin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%B5%E5%8F%AF%E6%AC%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4515447

Tags

• figure skater

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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