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Denis Ten 
Ten at the 2010 Winter Olympics.Personal information Full name Denis Yurievich Ten Country represented 
KazakhstanBorn June 13, 1993
AlmatyHeight 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Coach Frank Caroll Former coach Elena Buianova
Tatiana TarasovaChoreographer Stéphane Lambiel
Lori NicholFormer choreographer Elena Buianova
Tatiana Tarasova
Irina Tagaeva
Mikhail PochitalinSkating club Kiyal Almaty Current training locations Lake Arrowhead, California Former training locations Moscow, Sochi Began skating 1998 World standing 33 (As of 17 September 2011[update])[1] Season's bests 21 (2010–2011)[2]
26 (2009–2010)[3]
17 (2008–2009)[4]ISU personal best scores Combined total 211.43
2009 WorldsShort program 77.40
2010 WorldsFree skate 142.89
2009 WorldsMedal recordCompetitor for KazakhstanMen's Figure skating Asian Winter Games Gold 2011 Astana-Almaty Singles Denis Yurievich Ten (Russian: Денис Юрьевич Тен, born June 13, 1993) is a Kazakhstani figure skater. He is the 2011 Asian Winter Games champion and 2006 Kazakhstan national champion. At the 2008-2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Belarus, he became the first skater from Kazakhstan to win an International Skating Union competition. He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics after earning 2 spots for Kazakhstan at the 2009 World Championships, the first time Kazakhstan had ever qualified two spots in that event.
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Personal life
Denis Ten was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan and is a member of the Korean minority in Kazakhstan, his great-great-grandfather, Min Keung-ho,[5] was a Korean Independence Fighter general during the time of the Korean Empire when Korea fought for independence from Japan. His grandfather, like other independence fighters, operated from Gando (Manchuria) or Primorsky Krai, as known in Korea at that time.
Ten attended music school for five years and competed as part of a choir.[6] In 2002, his team won the silver medal at the World Choir Games, held in Busan, South Korea.[6] This was Ten's first trip to that country.[5] He also tried taekwando, karate, tennis, swimming and acrobatics.[7]
Career
Ten began skating at an open-air rink in Almaty in winter and later practiced at an indoor rink in a shopping mall.[7][6] In 2003, he traveled to Omsk in southwest Siberia, Russia, for a skating competition which he won.[6] The head judge, Alexander Kogan, invited him to another competition in Odintsovo, Moscow where he met coach Elena Buianova (Vodorezova).[7] Ten began training camps with her at CSKA Moscow and then was invited to join her group full-time.[6] He moved with his mother to Moscow, Russia in 2004 while his father and older brother, Alexei, remained in Kazakhstan.[6][5] Ten already knew Russian as that was his first language.[6] He also trained in Sochi in southern Russia. At the age of 17, he moved again with his mother, this time to California to train with Frank Caroll.[8] He also works with Rafael Arutunian.[9]
2006–2007 season
Ten began competing internationally in the 2006-2007 season at the age of 13, which was the first year he was age-eligible for International Skating Union (ISU) junior-level competition. On October 5, 2006, he debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix at the 2006-2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in The Hague, Netherlands. Ten placed 14th in the short program and 7th in the free skate to place 10th overall.[10] In November of that year, he competed at the Coupe Internationale de la Ville de Nice in Nice, France on the novice level. He won the event by 4.18 ahead of silver medalist Artur Gachinski.[11]
In February 2007, Ten competed at the Dragon Trophy in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He won the junior men's event by 34.36 points over silver medalist Jason Thompson. Later that month, Ten competed at the 2007 World Junior Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany. He placed 26th in the short program and did not make the cut to advance to the free skating portion of the event. He had placed 0.44 points below the final qualifier.[12] Ten finished the season at the Haabersti Cup in Tallinn, Estonia, where he won the junior men's event by 16.34 points ahead of silver medalist Viktor Romanenkov.[13]
2007–2008 season
Ten began the 2007-2008 season on the 2007-2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. In September, 2007, he competed at the ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. He placed 3rd in the short program, 2.42 behind second place finisher Ivan Bariev and 2.22 ahead of fourth place finisher Andrew Lum.[14] In the free skate, Ten placed 6th, and finished the event in 6th place overall, 5.09 points behind bronze medalist Takahito Mura.[15] At Ten's second event two weeks later in Tallinn, he placed 10th in the short program and 10th in the free skate to place 10th overall. He finished the ISU Junior Grand Prix in 31st place to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final.[16]
In November, Ten competed at the NRW Trophy on the junior level. He won both segments of the competition to win the gold medal by 22.59 points over silver medalist Gordei Gorshkov.[17]
In February, 2008, Ten competed at the 2008 World Junior Championships. He placed 8th in the short program, 3.36 points behind third place finisher Brandon Mroz and 9.35 points behind first place finisher Adam Rippon.[18] In the short program, Ten was credited with a triple lutz–triple toe loop combination and received a level 4 on his change foot combination spin.[19] In the free skate, Ten placed 19th after falling twice, once on a triple axel attempt, and the second time on his triple lutz. However, he was credited with rotating the triple axel.[20] He placed 16th overall.[21] Because of his placement at the World Junior Championships, Ten earned Kazakhstan the right to send one men's entry to every Junior Grand Prix event for the following season.[22]
2008–2009 season
Ten at the 2009 Four Continents.
Ten began the 2008-2009 season on the 2008-2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix. At his first event in Courchevel, France, he placed 5th in the short program and in the free skate to place 4th overall, placing 7.82 behind bronze medalist Florent Amodio.[23] In his free skate, Ten landed a clean triple axel.[24] By placing 4th in his first event, Ten entered into contention to potentially qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final.
A month later, Ten competed at his second Junior Grand Prix event, the event in Gomel, Belarus. In the short program, Ten landed four triples, including a triple axel,[25] to win the short program by a 5.19 point margin of victory over second place finisher Stanislav Kovalev.[25] In the free skate, Ten landed six triple jumps to place 2nd in that segment of the competition by 3.88 points behind Yang Chao.[26] Ten won the competition by 4.60 total points ahead of silver medalist Yang.[27] By winning this competition, Ten simultaneously became the first skater from Kazakhstan to medal at an ISU competition and to win an ISU competition. Following the eighth and final Junior Grand Prix event, Ten became the first skater from Kazakhstan to qualify for the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, for which he was the 7th qualifier.
Ten was originally scheduled to make his senior international debut at the 2008 Ondrej Nepela Memorial in late November 2008. However, he officially withdrew following the short program draw and did not compete.
Ten competed at the 2008-2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final in Seoul, South Korea, in December 2008. In the short program, he landed a triple axel, but fell on his combination jump and did not complete the combination[28] to place 7th in that segment of the competition.[29] In the free skating segment, Ten landed a triple axel-double toe loop combination and six other triple jumps[30] to place 3rd in that segment of the competition.[31] He placed 5th overall, 0.31 points behind 4th place finisher Ivan Bariev, and 3.59 points behind bronze medalist Richard Dornbush.[32]
In February 2009, Ten made his senior international debut at the 2009 Four Continents in Vancouver, Canada at the age of 15, the first year for which he was age-eligible for senior ISU championships. He placed 10th in the short program[33] after landing a triple axel and a triple lutz, but missing his triple flip combination.[34] He placed 8th in the free skate[35] after landing six triples, including a triple axel-tripel toe loop combination, but popping a solo triple axel and a triple flip.[36] He placed 9th overall.[37]
Two weeks later, Ten competed at the 2009 Junior Worlds. He placed 5th in the short program[38] after being downgraded on the second jump in his triple-triple combination.[39] In the free skate, Ten was credited with six triple jumps, including two triple axels, and received another downgrade on the second jump of his triple-triple combination.[40] He placed 4th in that segment of the competition, placing 0.32 points behind third place finisher Artem Grigoriev in that segment of the competition.[41] Ten placed 4th overall, ending the competition 0.63 points behind bronze medalist Grigoriev.[42]
Ten finished the season at the 2009 World Championships, where he was the youngest male skater at the competition.[43] He placed 17th in the short program[44] after being credited with four triples, including his triple axel and triple-triple combination.[45] In the free skate, Ten was credited with eight triple jumps,[46] the maximum number of triple jumps allowed, to place 6th in that segment of the competition.[47] He placed 8th overall[48] and qualified two spots for Kazakhstan to the Olympics for the first time in history.
2009–2010 season
Ten won the 2009 Golden Spin of Zagreb and placed fourth overall in the 2009 NRW Trophy. After he made his Senior debut in the 2009–2010 ISU Grand Prix series, where he was assigned to the 2009 Cup of China and the 2009 Skate Canada International. He placed tenth at the 2009 Cup of China with 182.63 points and seventh at the 2009 Skate Canada scoring 193.33 overal.
At the 2010 Four Continents, he earned 70.50 points in the short program, where he placed fourth. He came in fourteenth position in the free skate scoring 102.15 after falling on two of his jumps. He finished tenth with a combined score of 172.65 points.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Ten received a score of 76.24 points in the short program, placing tenth. He was fourteenth in the free skate with 135.01 points to finish eleventh overall with a total score of 211.25.[49]
At the 2010 World Championships, he was in ninth place after the short program and placed fifteenth in the free skate with a score of 125.06 points. He finished thirteenth with 202.46 points overall. Following the World Championship, he announced a coaching change to Frank Caroll and relocated to California.[50]
2010–2011 season
Ten at the 2011 World Championships.During the 2010-2011 Grand Prix season, Ten competed at the 2010 NHK Trophy and the 2010 Skate America. At NHK, he placed 6th in the short program but his long program saw him fall to 11th overall. At Skate America, he also placed sixth in the short program but dropped to 12th overall after the long program.
Ten won the gold medal at the 2011 Asian Winter Games with a first place in the short program and third in the long.
2011–2012 season
Ten is assigned to 2011 Skate America and 2011 Skate Canada International.[50]
Programs
Competitive highlights
Event 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 Winter Olympic Games 11th World Championships 8th 13th 14th Four Continents Championships 9th 10th Asian Winter Games 1st World Junior Championships 26th 16th 4th 9th Kazakh Championships 4th 1st 2nd 1st NHK Trophy 12th Skate America 11th 5th Skate Canada International 7th 5th Cup of China 10th Nebelhorn Trophy 9th Golden Spin of Zagreb 1st NRW Trophy 1st J. 4th Junior Grand Prix Final 5th Junior Grand Prix, Belarus 1st Junior Grand Prix, France 4th Junior Grand Prix, Estonia 10th Junior Grand Prix, Romania 6th Junior Grand Prix, Netherlands 10th Hellmut Seibt Memorial 1st J. Haabersti Cup 1st J. Dragon Trophy 1st J. Coupe Internationale Nice 1st N. - N = Novice level; J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
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