Chen Hongyi

Chen Hongyi (Chinese: 陈虹伊; pinyin: Chén Hóngyī; born September 19, 2002) is a Chinese figure skater. She is a two-time Chinese national bronze medalist (2018, 2019) and has skated in the final segment at four ISU Championships.

Early years

Chen began learning to skate in 2008. Competing in the senior ranks, she placed fourth at the 2017 Chinese Championships in December 2016.

2017–2018 season

Chen's ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut came in September 2017, in Zagreb, Croatia, where she placed sixteenth. The following month, she finished tenth at a JGP event in Gdańsk, Poland. In December, she stepped onto her first senior national podium, taking bronze at the 2018 Chinese Championships. She qualified to the free skate and finished eighteenth overall at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2018–2019 season

Making her senior international debut, Chen placed sixth at the 2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in early August. She placed fourteenth at the 2019 Four Continents Championships.She placed nineteenth at the 2019 World Junior Championships in early March, and then made her senior World Championship debut, placing nineteenth there as well.

2019–2020 season

Chen made her Grand Prix debut, placing ninth at the 2019 Cup of China and eighth at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup.

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