Peng Cheng

Peng Cheng and Jin Yang at the2016–17 Grand Prix Final
Personal information
Born	(1997-04-23)April 23, 1997 (age 28) Harbin, China
Home town	Beijing, China
Height	1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country	China
Discipline	Pair skating
Partner	Wang Lei (since 2023) Jin Yang (2016–23) Zhang Hao (2012–16)
Coach	Ding Yang
Began skating	2004
HighestWS	1st (2020–21)
Event Four Continents Championships 0 2 1 Grand Prix Final 0 2 0 Chinese Championships 5 1 0 Medal list Four Continents Championships 2015 Seoul Pairs 2020 Seoul Pairs 2019 Anaheim Pairs Grand Prix Final 2018–19 Vancouver Pairs 2019–20 Turin Pairs Chinese Championships 2014 Changchun Pairs 2017 Jilin City Pairs 2019 Harbin Pairs 2020 Changchun Pairs 2023 Chengde Pairs 2018 Changchun Pairs

Peng Cheng (Chinese:彭程;pinyin:Péng Chéng;Mandarin pronunciation:[pʰə̌ŋ ʈʂʰə̌ŋ]; April 23, 1997) is a Chinesepair skater. With her current partnerWang Lei, she is the2023 Cup of China bronze medalist and2023 Chinese national champion.

With former partnerJin Yang, she is a two-timeFour Continents medalist (silver in2020, bronze in2019), two-timeGrand Prix Final silver medalist (2018–19,2019–20), and the2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist. Peng/Jin represented China at the2018 Winter Olympics and the2022 Winter Olympics.

With former partnerZhang Hao, she is the2015 Four Continents silver medalist and competed at the2014 Winter Olympics.

Early in her career, Peng competed with Zhang Tianci.

Her partnership withZhang Hao was announced in May 2012.^[1][2] The pair made their international debut at the2012 Cup of China. They placed eleventh at their firstWorld Championships.

In the 2013–14 season, Peng/Zhang won their first Grand Prix medals, bronze at the2013 Cup of China and silver at the2013 NHK Trophy, and qualified for the Grand Prix Final, where they came in fourth. They were selected for the2014 Winter Olympics andfinished eighth inSochi. Ending their season, they placed fifth at the2014 World Championships inSaitama.

For the2014–15 Grand Prix season, Peng/Zhang were assigned toSkate America andCup of China,^[3] where they placed third and first, respectively, qualifying for the2015 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 the2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. At the2015 World Figure Skating Championships, they earned personal best scores in the free skate and combined total to finish in fourth place overall.

Peng/Zhang's final season together began at the2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, where they placed fourth in the short program, before the remainder of the event was cancelled as a result of theterrorist attacks in Paris.^[4] They won the bronze medal at the2015 Rostelecom Cup, qualifying for theGrand Prix Final, which had been expanded as a result of the Paris incident. They finished sixth there.

In their final event together, the2016 World Championships, they performed poorly, placing twelfth in the short program and ninth in the free skate, for twelfth place overall.

On April 14, 2016,International Figure Skating magazine broke the news of Peng's new partnership withJin Yang. TheChinese Skating Association decided to switch partners between the two pairs of Peng/Zhang andYu/Jin.^[5][6]

Peng/Jin debuted on theGrand Prix with two silver medals at the2016 Cup of China and the2016 NHK Trophy, earning a place in theGrand Prix Final, where they finished sixth. They won their first national title at the2017 Chinese Championships.

Competing at the2017 Four Continents Championships, their first ISU Championship event, they placed fifth. At the2017 Asian Winter Games, Peng/Jin won the silver medal behind Yu/Zhang. This concluded their season.

The two won the2017 CS Finlandia Trophy, their first international gold medal together. TheGrand Prix was a disappointment, with Peng/Jin finishing fifth at both the2017 Skate America and2017 Internationaux de France. At the2018 Chinese Championships, they finished second behind Yu/Zhang and were named toChina's team for the2018 Winter Olympics.

Peng/Jin competed in thepairs event inPyeongchang, finishing seventeenth in the short program and thus missing the free skate by a single ordinal. Their season concluded at the2018 World Championships, where they finished ninth.

With bothSui 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.^[7] They began with a gold medal at the2018 CS Asian Open.

On theGrand Prix, Peng/Jin began at the2018 Skate Canada International, where they won the silver medal, finishing ahead of bronze medalistsKirsten 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.^[8] At the2018 NHK Trophy, they won a second silver medal by a far more decisive margin. They qualified to theGrand 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."^[7] 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.^[9]

They won their second national title at the2019 Chinese Championships. At the2019 Four Continents Championships inAnaheim, 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.^[10] 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."^[11]

Concluding the season at the2019 World Championships, Peng/Jin placed third in the short program, earning a small bronze medal.^[12] 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."^[13]

Peng/Jin debuted at the2019 CS U.S. Classic, taking the bronze medal. They then won the 2019Shanghai Trophy.

On theGrand Prix series, Peng/Jin first competed at2019 Skate America, placing first in the short program despite Peng stepping out on and underrotating her side-by-side jump.^[14] 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.^[15] At their second event, the2019 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.^[16] They rose to second place and the silver medal in the free skate.^[17]

Qualifying to theGrand 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.^[18] 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.^[19] 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.^[18]

Peng/Jin skated cleanly to place second in the short program at the2020 Four Continents Championships inSeoul. 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.^[20] 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.^[21] They were assigned to compete at theWorld Championships inMontreal, but these were cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.^[22]

With the pandemic continuing to affect international travel, the ISU assigned theGrand Prix based largely on geography, with Peng/Jin being assigned to the2020 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.^[23]

In March at the2021 World Championships inStockholm, 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.^[24] Peng also made errors on both jumps in the free skate, and they placed sixth in that segment but remained in fifth place overall.^[25]

Peng/Jin's firstGrand Prix assignment was initially the2021 Cup of China, but following its cancellation, they were reassigned to the2021 Gran Premio d'Italia.^[26] Making their season debut, they placed second in both segments to take the silver medal behind Sui/Han.^[27] The Chinese federation opted to withdraw them from their second event, the2021 Internationaux de France, as a result of which they could not qualify for theGrand Prix Final.^[28]

Assigned to theChinese Olympic team, Peng/Jin began the 2022 Winter Olympics as their country's entry in the pairs free skate segment of theOlympic 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.^[29] In thepairs event, Peng/Jin were fifth in the short program.^[30] 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.^[31]

Peng and Jin were slated to compete at the2022 Grand Prix of Espoo and2022 Grand Prix de France, but withdrew from both events.

In June, it was announced that Peng and Jin had split.^[32]

Simultaneous with the announcement of the end of her prior partnership, Peng's new partnership withWang Lei was announced.^[32] 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."^[33]

Peng/Wang made their competitive debut with a gold medal win at theShanghai Trophy.^[34] They were assigned to make theirGrand Prix at the2023 Cup of China, held this time inChongqing. They finished third in both segments, winning the bronze medal.^[33][35][36] The following week they competed at the2023 Grand Prix of Espoo, where they won the short program but dropped to fourth place after the free skate.^[37]

The team made theirFour Continents Championships debut at the2024 edition inShanghai, coming sixth.^[38] Peng/Wang were sixteenth in theirWorld Championship debut as a team.^[34]Christopher Tin, the composer of their short program music, would later praise the team for their interpretation to his music.^[39]

Results in the2023–24 season ^[54]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 3–5, 2023	2023 Shanghai Trophy	3	62.33	1	118.34	1	180.67
Nov 10–12, 2023	2023 Cup of China	3	62.91	3	115.15	3	178.06
Nov 17–19, 2023	2023 Grand Prix of Espoo	1	65.25	4	120.91	4	186.16
Dec 24–26, 2023	2023 Chinese Championships	1	66.66	1	118.64	1	185.30
Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024	2024 Four Continents Championships	5	60.18	6	120.04	6	180.22
Mar 18–24, 2024	2024 World Championships	15	59.50	16	106.17	16	165.67

Results in the2017–18 season ^[55]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 18–20, 2016	2016 Cup of China	3	69.93	2	128.03	2	197.96
Nov 25–27, 2016	2016 NHK Trophy	1	73.33	2	123.54	2	196.87
Dec 8–11, 2016	2016–17 Grand Prix Final	4	70.84	6	112.35	6	183.19
Dec 24–25, 2016	2017 Chinese Championships	1	74.78	1	136.69	1	211.47
Feb 16–19, 2017	2017 Four Continents Championships	7	66.44	3	136.48	5	202.92
Feb 23–26, 2017	2017 Asian Winter Games	2	67.24	2	129.82	2	197.06
Apr 20–23, 2017	2017 World Team Trophy	2	71.36	3	133.13	5 (3)	–

Results in the2017–18 season ^[55]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 6–8, 2017	2017 CS Finlandia Trophy	1	70.93	2	127.10	1	198.03
Oct 27–29, 2017	2017 Skate Canada International	7	61.55	5	120.92	5	182.50
Nov 17–19, 2017	2017 Internationaux de France	5	62.40	5	125.74	5	188.14
Nov 24–26, 2017	2017 Shanghai Trophy	–	–	2	129.40	2	129.40
Dec 23–24, 2017	2018 Chinese Championships	2	76.62	2	146.68	2	223.30
Feb 14–15, 2018	2018 Winter Olympics	17	62.61	–	–	17	62.61
Mar 19–25, 2018	2018 World Championships	6	71.98	10	130.09	9	202.07

Results in the2018–19 season ^[55]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 1–5, 2018	2018 CS Asian open Trophy	1	71.54	1	134.88	1	206.42
Oct 26–28, 2018	2018 Skate Canada International	2	72.00	4	129.08	2	201.08
Nov 9–11, 2018	2018 NHK Trophy	2	70.66	2	136.58	2	207.24
Dec 7–9, 2018	2018–19 Grand Prix Final	1	75.18	2	141.21	2	216.90
Dec 27–30, 2018	2019 Chinese Championships	2	75.07	1	136.44	1	211.51
Feb 7–10, 2019	2019 Four Continents Championships	3	69.48	3	135.94	3	205.42
Mar 18–24, 2019	2019 World Championships	3	75.51	5	140.33	4	215.84

Results in the2019–20 season ^[55]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 14–16, 2019	2020 Chinese Championships	1	76.85	1	125.81	1	202.66
Sep 17–22, 2019	2019 CS U.S. International Classic	3	67.90	3	116.14	3	184.04
Oct 3–5, 2019	2019 Shanghai Trophy	1	77.12	1	132.73	1	209.85
Oct 18–21, 2019	2019 Skate America	1	72.73	1	128.16	1	200.89
Nov 8–10, 2019	2019 Cup of China	3	68.50	2	131.47	2	199.97
Dec 5–8, 2019	2019–20 Grand Prix Final	5	69.67	1	134.60	2	204.27
Feb 4–9, 2019	2020 Four Continents Championships	2	75.96	2	137.33	2	213.29

Results in the2021–22 season ^[55]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 6–8, 2020	2020 Cup of China	1	75.62	1	148.28	1	223.90
Mar 22–28, 2021	2021 World Championships	5	71.32	6	129.86	5	201.18

Results in the2021–22 season ^[55]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 13–17, 2021	2021 Asian Open Trophy	2	66.41	2	130.27	2	196.68
Nov 5–7, 2021	2021 Gran Premio d'Italia	2	76.71	2	135.15	2	211.86
Feb 4–7, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics (Team event)	–	–	3	131.75	5	–
Feb 18–19, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics	5	76.10	6	138.74	5	214.84

Results in the2012–13 season ^[56]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 2–4, 2012	2012 Cup of China	4	57.89	5	105.98	5	163.87
Nov 16–18, 2012	2012 Trophée Éric Bompard	3	59.92	6	107.84	4	167.76
Feb 6–11, 2013	2013 Four Continents Championships	5	52.46	6	112.36	5	164.82
Mar 10–17, 2013	2013 World Championships	10	58.52	11	108.66	11	167.18
Apr 11–14, 2013	2013 World Team Trophy	4	58.62	3	115.78	5 (3)	–

Results in the2014–15 season ^[56]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 1–2, 2013	2013 Cup of China	3	64.24	3	122.95	3	187.19
Nov 8–10, 2013	2013 NHK Trophy	3	65.09	2	117.09	2	182.18
Dec 5–8, 2013	2013–14 Grand Prix Final	5	68.87	4	128.50	4	197.37
Dec 28–29, 2013	2014 Chinese Championships	1	72.28	1	123.27	1	195.55
Feb 6–9, 2013	2014 Winter Olympics (Team event)	3	71.01	–	–	7	–
Feb 11–12, 2014	2014 Winter Olympics	7	70.59	8	125.13	8	195.72
Mar 26–27, 2014	2014 World Championships	5	71.68	5	123.15	5	194.83

Results in the2014–15 season ^[56]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 24–26, 2014	2014 Skate America	2	62.38	3	120.05	3	182.43
Nov 7–9, 2014	2014 Cup of China	1	69.11	1	124.94	1	194.05
Dec 11–14, 2014	2014–15 Grand Prix Final	5	62.46	3	129.33	4	191.79
Feb 10–15, 2015	2015 Four Continents Championships	2	69.81	3	131.64	2	201.45
Mar 23–29, 2015	2015 World Championships	5	69.67	4	136.96	4	206.63

Results in the2015–16 season ^[56]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 13, 2015	2015 Trophée Éric Bompard	4	64.10	–	–	4	–
Nov 20–22, 2015	2015 Rostelecom Cup	3	68.10	3	124.94	3	193.04
Dec 10–13, 2015	2015–16 Grand Prix Final	7	65.60	6	117.44	6	183.04
Mar 28 – Apr 3, 2016	2016 World Championships	12	60.01	9	122.45	12	182.46

Note: The2015 Trophée Éric Bompard was cancelled after theNovember 2015 Paris attacks. The short programs had been completed on November 13, but the free skating was to be held the next day.^[60] On November 23, theInternational Skating Union announced that the short program results would be considered as the final results for the competition.^[61]

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