Peng Cheng

Peng Cheng
Peng and Jin in 2016
Born (1997-04-23) April 23, 1997 (age 26)
Harbin
Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country China
PartnerWang Lei
CoachYao Bin, Hongbo Zhao, Bing Han

Peng Cheng (Chinese: 彭程; pinyin: Péng Chéng; Mandarin pronunciation: [pʰə̌ŋ ʈʂʰə̌ŋ]; April 23, 1997) is a Chinese pair skater. With her current partner Wang Lei, she is the 2023 Cup of China bronze medalist and 2023 Chinese national champion.

With former partner Jin Yang, she is a two-time Four Continents medalist (silver in 2020, bronze in 2019), two-time Grand Prix Final silver medalist (2018–19, 2019–20), and the 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist. Peng/Jin represented China at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics.

With former partner Zhang Hao, she is the 2015 Four Continents silver medalist and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Career

Early in her career, Peng competed with Zhang Tianci.

Partnership with Zhang Hao

2012–13 season

Her partnership with Zhang Hao was announced in May 2012. The pair made their international debut at the 2012 Cup of China. They placed eleventh at their first World Championships.

2013–14 season

In the 2013–14 season, Peng/Zhang won their first Grand Prix medals, bronze at the 2013 Cup of China and silver at the 2013 NHK Trophy, and qualified for the Grand Prix Final, where they came in fourth. They were selected for the 2014 Winter Olympics and finished eighth in Sochi. Ending their season, they placed fifth at the 2014 World Championships in Saitama.

2014–15 season

For the 2014–15 Grand Prix season, Peng/Zhang were assigned to Skate America and Cup of China, where they placed third and first, respectively, qualifying for the 2015 Grand Prix Final. They finished fourth at that competition after placing fifth in the short program and third in the free skate.

They won the silver medal at the 2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. At the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships, they earned personal best scores in the free skate and combined total to finish in fourth place overall.

2015–16 season

Peng/Zhang's final season together began at the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, where they placed fourth in the short program, before the remainder of the event was cancelled as a result of the terrorist attacks in Paris. They won the bronze medal at the 2015 Rostelecom Cup, qualifying for the Grand Prix Final, which had been expanded as a result of the Paris incident. They finished sixth there.

In their final event together, the 2016 World Championships, they performed poorly, placing twelfth in the short program and ninth in the free skate, for twelfth place overall.

Partnership with Jin Yang

2016–17 season

On April 14, 2016, International Figure Skating magazine broke the news of Peng's new partnership with Jin Yang. The Chinese Skating Association decided to switch partners between the two pairs of Peng/Zhang and Yu/Jin.

Peng/Jin debuted on the Grand Prix with two silver medals at the 2016 Cup of China and the 2016 NHK Trophy, earning a place in the Grand Prix Final, where they finished sixth. They won their first national title at the 2017 Chinese Championships.

Competing at the 2017 Four Continents Championships, their first ISU Championship event, they placed fifth. At the 2017 Asian Winter Games, Peng/Jin won the silver medal behind Yu/Zhang. This concluded their season.

2017–18 season

The two won the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy, their first international gold medal together. The Grand Prix was a disappointment, with Peng/Jin finishing fifth at both the 2017 Skate America and 2017 Internationaux de France. At the 2018 Chinese Championships, they finished second behind Yu/Zhang and were named to China's team for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Peng/Jin competed in the pairs event in Pyeongchang, finishing seventeenth in the short program and thus missing the free skate by a single ordinal. Their season concluded at the 2018 World Championships, where they finished ninth.

2018–19 season

With both Sui Wenjing / Han Cong and Yu/Zhang sidelined by injury at the beginning of the season, Peng/Jin were the sole Chinese pair team competing internationally on the senior level. They began with a gold medal at the 2018 CS Asian Open.

On the Grand Prix, Peng/Jin began at the 2018 Skate Canada International, where they won the silver medal, finishing ahead of bronze medalists Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro by 0.15 points. The two struggled on their side-by-side jumps in the free skate, where they finished fourth, an area where Jin said they hoped to improve. At the 2018 NHK Trophy, they won a second silver medal by a far more decisive margin. They qualified to the Grand Prix Final, with Peng noting that "we feel like we miss our teammates, but advancing to the Grand Prix Final is something we are proud of." At the Final, they placed first in the short program and second in the free skate, winning silver overall. This was the team's first major international medal.

They won their second national title at the 2019 Chinese Championships. At the 2019 Four Continents Championships in Anaheim, they placed third in the short program behind Moore-Towers/Marinaro and a returning Sui/Han, in consequence of Peng falling on their throw jump. They also came third in the free skate, making an error on the side-by-side triple Salchow jumps, finishing third overall, their first ISU Championship medal. Peng commented, "despite the success rate of the triple jump in the training, we want to try that and challenge ourselves and show what we have done in our training."

Concluding the season at the 2019 World Championships, Peng/Jin placed third in the short program, earning a small bronze medal. They came fifth in the free skate due to Peng underrotating her triple Salchow attempt and finished fourth overall, off the podium, by 1.97 points. Jin reflected on the season: " We are satisfied with overall performances. We could pull out what we can. Of course, for some details, there are some areas to improve. The biggest accomplishment this season is to get our names out so that judges recognize us. For next season, we continue to improve our performance."

2019–20 season

Peng/Jin debuted at the 2019 CS U.S. Classic, taking the bronze medal. They then won the 2019 Shanghai Trophy.

On the Grand Prix series, Peng/Jin first competed at 2019 Skate America, placing first in the short program despite Peng stepping out on and underrotating her side-by-side jump. They also placed first in the free skate, despite a fall on a throw triple loop, taking their first Grand Prix gold medal together. They did not skate in the gala due to the throw jump fall impacting Peng's ankle. At their second event, the 2019 Cup of China, Peng/Jin placed narrowly third in the short program after Peng fell on a jump and they had unison issues with their spins. They rose to second place and the silver medal in the free skate.

Qualifying to the Grand Prix Final, Peng/Jin lost their skates on the way there and consequently could not practice for five days, though they were ultimately returned the day before the competition began. They were fifth in the short program following Peng putting her foot down on their throw triple loop. Jin said that Peng's ankle injury from Skate America was "quite stubborn and not becoming better", impacting their training. They skated cleanly in the free skate, narrowly placing first in that segment, and rose to second place overall, winning their second consecutive Final silver medal.

Peng/Jin skated cleanly to place second in the short program at the 2020 Four Continents Championships in Seoul. Jin said they were quite satisfied with their performance, while Peng revealed that sickness and a leg injury had impacted their training after the Grand Prix Final. Second in the free skate as well with only a step out on a throw triple loop, they won the silver medal behind Sui/Han. They were assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

2020–21 season

With the pandemic continuing to affect international travel, the ISU assigned the Grand Prix based largely on geography, with Peng/Jin being assigned to the 2020 Cup of China. Following withdrawals from some other Chinese teams, including Sui/Han, Peng/Jin won the gold medal by almost 50 points out of the three teams attending.

In March at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, Peng fell at the beginning of the short program, breaking one of the zippers on her dress, but continued the performance and put her hand down on her underrotated jump attempt. They placed fifth in that segment. Peng also made errors on both jumps in the free skate, and they placed sixth in that segment but remained in fifth place overall.

2021–22 season

Peng/Jin's first Grand Prix assignment was initially the 2021 Cup of China, but following its cancellation, they were reassigned to the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia. Making their season debut, they placed second in both segments to take the silver medal behind Sui/Han. The Chinese federation opted to withdraw them from their second event, the 2021 Internationaux de France, as a result of which they could not qualify for the Grand Prix Final.

Assigned to the Chinese Olympic team, Peng/Jin began the 2022 Winter Olympics as their country's entry in the pairs free skate segment of the Olympic team event. They were third in the segment despite Peng's multiple jump errors and their final lift exiting early, while the Chinese team finished in fifth place. In the pairs event, Peng/Jin were fifth in the short program. In the free skate, Peng underrotated and stepped out of her triple Salchow attempt, but they placed sixth in the segment and remained fifth overall. Jin said they had been under "great pressure because we had the disappointing score" at the previous Olympics and failed to qualify for the free skate but that they were pleased to have performed well in Beijing.

2022–23 season

Peng and Jin were slated to compete at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo and 2022 Grand Prix de France, but withdrew from both events.

In June, it was announced that Peng and Jin had split.

Partnership with Wang Lei

2023–24 season

Simultaneous with the announcement of the end of her prior partnership, Peng's new partnership with Wang Lei was announced. She was later explain the origins of the new partnership: "We have been teammates for a long time and we knew each other. So I knew he was in a good condition and, when I decided I wanted to continue, I asked him."

Peng/Wang made their competitive debut with a gold medal win at the Shanghai Trophy. They were assigned to make their Grand Prix at the 2023 Cup of China, held this time in Chongqing. They finished third in both segments, winning the bronze medal. The following week they competed at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo, where they won the short program but dropped to fourth place after the free skate.

The team made their Four Continents Championships debut at the 2024 edition in Shanghai, coming sixth.

Programs

With Wang

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
  • Brilliant Adventurer(璀璨冒险人)
    (from Doula Continent(斗羅大陸)
    by Zhou Shen
    choreo. by Lori Nichol

With Jin

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2022–2023
2021–2022
2020–2021

2019–2020
2018–2019
2017–2018
2016–2017

With Zhang

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–2016
2014–2015

Notre Dame de Paris
by Richard Cocciante :

2013–2014
2012–2013

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series

Pairs with Wang

International
Event 23–24
Four Continents 6th
GP Cup of China 3rd
GP Finland 4th
Shanghai Trophy 1st
National
Chinese Champ. 1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Jin

International
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
Olympics 17th 5th
Worlds 9th 4th C 5th
Four Continents 5th WD 3rd 2nd
GP Final 6th 2nd 2nd
GP Cup of China 2nd 2nd 1st C
GP Finland WD
GP France 5th WD WD
GP Italy 2nd
GP NHK Trophy 2nd 2nd
GP Skate America 1st
GP Skate Canada 5th 2nd
CS Asian Open 1st
CS Finlandia 1st
CS U.S. Classic 3rd
Asian Games 2nd
Shanghai Trophy 2nd 1st
National
Chinese Champ. 1st 2nd 1st 1st
Team events
Olympics 5th T
3rd P
World Team Trophy 5th T
3rd P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

With Zhang

International
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16
Olympics 8th
Worlds 11th 5th 4th 12th
Four Continents 5th 2nd
GP Final 4th 4th 6th
GP Bompard 4th 4th
GP Cup of China 5th 3rd 1st
GP NHK Trophy 2nd
GP Rostelecom Cup 3rd
GP Skate America 3rd
National
Chinese Champ. 1st
Team events
Olympics 7th T
3rd P
World Team Trophy 5th T
3rd P
T = Team result; P = Personal result;
Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

Peng and Zhang at the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final

With Wang

2023–2024 season
Date Event SP FS Total
Jan. 30 – Feb. 4, 2024 2024 Four Continents Championships 5
60.18
6
120.04
6
180.22
December 24–26, 2023 2023 Chinese Championships 1
66.66
1
118.64
1
185.30
November 17–19, 2023 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo 1
65.25
4
120.91
4
186.16
November 10–12, 2023 2023 Cup of China 3
62.91
3
115.15
3
178.06
October 3–5, 2023 2023 Shanghai Trophy 3
62.33
1
118.34
1
180.67

With Jin

2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 18–19, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics 5
76.10
6
138.74
5
214.84
February 4–7, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics — Team event 3
131.75
5T
November 5–7, 2021 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia 2
76.71
2
135.15
2
211.86
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 22–28, 2021 2021 World Championships 5
71.32
6
129.86
5
201.18
November 6–8, 2020 2020 Cup of China 1
75.62
1
148.28
1
223.90
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 4–9, 2019 2020 Four Continents Championships 2
75.96
2
137.33
2
213.29
December 5–8, 2019 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 5
69.67
1
134.60
2
204.27
November 8–10, 2019 2019 Cup of China 3
68.50
2
131.47
2
199.97
October 18–21, 2019 2019 Skate America 1
72.73
1
128.16
1
200.89
October 3–5, 2019 2019 Shanghai Trophy 1
77.12
1
132.73
1
209.85
September 17–22, 2019 2019 U.S. Classic 3
67.90
3
116.14
3
184.04
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 18–24, 2019 2019 World Championships 3
75.51
5
140.33
4
215.84
February 7–10, 2019 2019 Four Continents Championships 3
69.48
3
135.94
3
205.42
December 27–30, 2018 2019 Chinese Championships 2
75.07
1
136.44
1
211.51
December 7–9, 2018 2018–19 Grand Prix Final 1
75.18
2
141.21
2
216.90
November 9–11, 2018 2018 NHK Trophy 2
70.66
2
136.58
2
207.24
October 26–28, 2018 2018 Skate Canada International 2
72.00
4
129.08
2
201.08
August 1–5, 2018 2018 Asian Open Trophy 1
71.54
1
134.88
1
206.42
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 19–25, 2018 2018 World Championships 6
71.98
10
130.09
9
202.07
February 9–25, 2018 2018 Winter Olympics 17
62.61
17
November 17–19, 2017 2017 Internationaux de France 5
62.40
5
125.74
5
188.14
October 27–29, 2017 2017 Skate Canada International 7
61.55
5
120.92
5
182.50
October 6–8, 2017 2017 Finlandia Trophy 1
70.93
2
127.10
1
198.03
2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 20–23, 2017 2017 World Team Trophy 2
71.36
3
133.13
3
204.49
February 23–26, 2017 2017 Asian Winter Games 2
67.24
2
129.82
2
197.06
February 16–19, 2017 2017 Four Continents Championships 7
66.44
3
136.48
5
202.92
December 8–11, 2016 2016–17 Grand Prix Final 4
70.84
6
112.35
6
183.19
November 25–27, 2016 2016 NHK Trophy 1
73.33
2
123.54
2
196.87
November 18–20, 2016 2016 Cup of China 3
69.93
2
128.03
2
197.96
Peng and Zhang at the 2014-15 Grand Prix Final

With Zhang

2015–16 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 28 – April 3, 2016 2016 World Championships 12
60.01
9
122.45
12
182.46
December 10–13, 2015 2015–16 Grand Prix Final 7
65.60
6
117.44
6
183.04
November 20–22, 2015 2015 Rostelecom Cup 3
68.10
3
124.94
3
193.04
November 13–15, 2015 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard 4
64.10
cancelled
2014–15 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 23–29, 2015 2015 World Championships 5
69.67
4
136.96
4
206.63
February 10–15, 2015 2015 Four Continents Championships 2
69.81
3
131.64
2
201.45
December 11–14, 2014 2014–15 Grand Prix Final 5
62.46
3
129.33
4
191.79
November 7–9, 2014 2014 Cup of China 1
69.11
1
124.94
1
194.05
October 24–26, 2014 2014 Skate America 2
62.38
3
120.05
3
182.43
2013–14 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 26–27, 2014 2014 World Championships 5
71.68
5
123.15
5
194.83
February 11–12, 2014 2014 Winter Olympics 7
70.59
8
125.13
8
195.72
December 5–8, 2013 2013–14 Grand Prix Final 5
68.87
4
128.50
4
197.37
November 8–10, 2013 2013 NHK Trophy 3
65.09
2
117.09
2
182.18
November 1–2, 2013 2013 Cup of China 3
64.24
3
122.95
3
187.19
2012–13 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 11–14, 2013 2013 World Team Trophy 4
58.62
3
115.78
3
174.40
March 10–17, 2013 2013 World Championships 10
58.52
11
108.66
11
167.18
February 6–11, 2013 2013 Four Continents Championships 5
52.46
6
112.36
5
164.82
November 16–18, 2012 2012 Trophée Eric Bompard 3
59.92
6
107.84
4
167.76
November 2–4, 2012 2012 ISU Grand Prix Cup of China 4
57.89
5
105.98
5
163.87

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