Nathan Chen

Who is Nathan Chen?

Nathan Chen is a figure skater. Nathan Chen is a two-time World champion and Olympic bronze medalist who is aware that his skating career is finite. Chen began working on his art at a young age, despite what others thought.

He’s also a four-time U.S. national champion who made history as the first skater to compete with five different types of quadruple jumps: toe loop, Salchow, loop, flip, and Lutz.

Childhood and Family

Nathan Chen was born on May 5, 1999, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the United States America to Chinese parents Hetty Wang and Zhidong Chen.

Chen is also the youngest of five siblings, with Alice, Janice, Tony, and Colin being his older brothers and sisters.

Chen’s parents immigrated to the United States in 1998, and his mother, Hetty, works as a medical translator.

Chen’s father, who used to be a medical research scientist and is now the president of MultiTarget Pharmaceuticals LLC in Salt Lake City, was also a medical research scientist.

Mr. Chen has a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Utah.

Following that, he worked at Genta Incorporated and Salus Therapeutics as a senior scientist.

Body Measurements, Age, and Height

Nathan Chen is 22 years old, having been born in the year 1999.

Chen’s birthday is May 5, and he was born under the zodiac sign Taurus.

And, based on what we know about them, they are clever, dependable, industrious, dedicated, and enthusiastic, among other characteristics.

Nathan, who stands at a perfect height of 1.66 m (5 foot 5 12 inch), is also a lovely man with a handsome demeanor.

He also maintains a thin body appropriate for skaters, weighing 60 kg (133 lb).

Chen has a powerful rectangle-shaped face with a fair skin tone as well.

Aside from that, he has stunning black eyes that match his hair color. His big shoulders support his broad face.

 Skating and Education in Childhood

Chen began skating at the age of three when he tried on his sister’s white skating shoes.

It was in 2003 that he competed in his first figure skating competition. He was also a student at a public school at the time.

Chen attended West High School in Salt Lake City and Rim of the World High School in Lake Arrowhead, California, according to reports.

Chen had already resolved to make skating a part of his life when he was in school. As a result, when Chen was in ninth school, he began skating seriously and began taking his studies online.

Chen’s parents were supportive of his sports choice when he first started skating, as his mother recalls his first experience on the ice.

Overall, Nathan received his diploma from California Connections Academy. Aside from figure skating, Chen is also involved in gymnastics and ballet, and has competed in each of these sports.

Chen received his ballet training at Ballet West Academy and is currently enrolled at Yale University until 2022.

Facts of Nathan Chen

Net Worth and Income

Nathan Chen has a luxury net worth at a young age, which boasts $2.5 million. Not to mention, his prize money is also high dollars.

As we talk about his brand endorsements, he has featured Kellogg’s, Bridgestone, United Airlines, Nike, and Coca-Cola.

Additionally, Chen has his own set of skates, which he is seen mostly to use as Jackson Ultima Skates.

Expenses

Having said these, before getting amazed by how he, as a teenager, made such a huge amount, let’s get through his expenses a bit.

When it comes to figuring skating, is one of the most expensive sports out there, and Chen has been doing it since 2002.

All this means he needs 18 years of lessons, training, travel, costumes added with treatments, surgeries, and all.

With this comes the extra expenses in his choreography classes, ballet lessons, skating equipment, and specialized medical costs.

Also, for every competition he wins, Chen has to pay a tax of $37,500, adding an estimated amount of $600 for the medal’s value.

Overall, Chen does have his worth of money and sees it as quite extraordinarily beautiful, a young athlete thriving out himself.

Early Career

Nathan debuted in the United States Junior Nationals in 2007 and 2008, where he finished tenth for two years in a row, followed by an improvised third place in the Junior level.

In addition, he won a silver medal in the same event in 2009, when he competed at the intermediate level.

Chen’s first stepping stone came the following year, when he became the youngest novice champion in US Figure Skating history.

He competed in the same event the following year, the 2011 U.S. Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he retained his title.

Rafael Arutyunyan and Genia Chernyshova, both jump experts, helped him train for the 2012 U.S. Championships on January 24.

International Junior Level

Nathan made his international debut in Linz, Austria, through JGP Austria in September 2012. He began his career with a gold medal in the field, where he scored 222 points.

Unfortunately, due to his leg injury, he was unable to continue; as a result, he was forced to participate the next year.

As a result, he retained his bronze medal at the 2013 U.S. Championships in Omaha, Nebraska, at the junior level.

Chen won gold in the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Mexico, the Junior Grand Prix Final in Japan, and bronze at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Bulgaria.

He also smashed the junior men’s record, which had stood for six years.

National Senior Level

Chen made his senior debut at the Pacific Sectional Championships in late 2014, marking his transition to the senior level of skating.

Chen was only able to participate in the scaled-back versions of his short and long programs in 2015 because to his heel ailment.

Chen went on to win the gold medal in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2016. He also made history by becoming the first American to land two quadruple jumps in the short program and the first to land four quadruple leaps in the long program at the 2016 US Championship.

Chen was unable to compete at the 2016 World Junior Championships owing to surgery on his left hip.

As a result, he needed a month to recover at the US Olympic Training Unit’s rehabilitation center (OTC).

Internation Senior Level

Coaches Marina Zueva and Oleg Epstein guided Chen during his senior years. Chen had an incredible start to his senior international career, winning gold at the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy.

In the same year, he beat Evan Lysacek’s Olympic record of 90.3 with a time of 93.85. Chen also holds the record for being the second-youngest male skater to win a medal at the GPF.

Chen won the 2017 Four Continents overall after winning the short program and finishing second in the 2017 World Team Trophy.

Olympics

Nathan was choreographed by Shae-Lynn Bourne prior to the Olympics season, and under her, he was able to land on five different quads in a competition.

Chen appeared alongside his US Team teammates Jeremy Abbott, Karen Chen, and Mirai Nagasu during his time on the show.

In the free skate at the 2018 Olympics, Chen attempted six quads and landed five cleanly. He was the first man in Olympic history to attempt six quads.

Moreover, Nathan was placed first in the free skate with a score of 215.08, which is the highest in Olympic history, and earned a total score of 297.35 to move up twelve places from the short program to finish in fifth place overall.

As of 2022, Chen attended the World Championships, but the outbroke of the pandemic made it all down the drain.

However, after a bit of stillness, they commenced the Grand Prix series amidst the pandemic.

Thus, Chen attended it and won both the short program and the free skate. All in all, he is now taking a school break to focus on the Olympics; after all, for everyone, the Olympics is the end goal.

Not long ago, in the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships, Nathan bagged the men’s championship.

Well, he entered the event in third place behind Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu however, he surpassed Yuzuru by 29.11 points.

Following it, Chen also set a short program record at the US figure skating championships on 8th January 2022. Back then, he featured superb footwork and spins posting a total of 115.39 points.

Not to mention, this point of 115.39 also beat the national mark of 114.13 he set in 2020.

Training, Coaches, Diet, and Locations

Chen is an important figure in skating, who is world-renowned for his sports and artistic skates.

As we dig into his daily schedule and diet, he is reported to wake up at 7:30 in the morning to attend his 8:40 training.

To date, Chen has worked under the supervision of coaches such as Marina Zoueva, Evgenia Chernyshova, Stephanie Grosscup, Karel Kovar, and Amanda Kovar.

At present, he is coached by Rafael Arutyunyan, Nadia Kanaeva, and Vera Arutyunyan at Irvine, California.

Working for his skates, Chen attends the gym for two hours every day while his training off the ice and on ice lasts for 4-5 hours.

Also, Nathan is a young athlete; hence, he doesn’t have to maintain hardcore nutrition; however, he has two meals, breakfast, and dinner with some side eating.

As to keep his fitness, Chen focuses on the top ten food items: watermelon, spinach, oranges, quinoa, broccoli, eggs, kiwi, tofu, bell peppers, and dark chocolate.

Beyond Figure Skating & Dates

Nathan is a Chinese-American; however, his Chinese is not as good as expected by many.

At first, Chen was interested in ice hockey; however, his mother kept him up for figure skating to make things safe.

Besides skating, Chen has been learning piano since the age of five, and at present, he can also play guitar alongside a little bit of Violin. In the bargain, Chen had also attended gymnastics and ballet lessons.

In the year 2017, Chen was dating fellow figure skater Amber Glenn, a U.S. Junior Ladies National figure skating champion.

The duo was open about their relationship, sharing their love for each other; however, their relationship sadly didn’t last long.

Afterward, in 2017 with things silent about these two, Mai Mihara started appearing in Chen’s feeds.

Mai Mihara is also a figure skater from Japan who is rumored to be Chen’s girlfriend; however, the details are enclosed.

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Social Media Presence

Nathan Chen is quite active on social networking sites.

His Instagram handle has 639k followers and his Twitter handle has 109.3k followers.