Kevin Shum
| Kevin Shum | |
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | United States |
| Born | July 3, 1997 Walnut Creek, California, U.S |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
| Coach | Justin Dillon, Peter Johansson, Mark Mitchell |
| Former coach | Rafael Arutyunyan, Lynn Smith, Karen Kwan Oppegard |
| Choreographer | Justin Dillon, Karen Kwan Oppegard |
| Skating club | Skating Club of Boston |
| Training locations | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Began skating | 2003 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 178.92 2016 JGP Czech Republic |
| Short program | 61.79 2014 JGP Japan |
| Free skate | 119.43 2016 JGP Czech Republic |
Kevin Shum (born July 3, 1997) is an American figure skater. He competed at the 2015 World Junior Championships and qualified for the free skate.
Personal life[edit]
Shum was born on July 3, 1997, in Walnut Creek, California.[1] He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2019 with a degree in computer science and engineering,[2] where he also worked as an admissions blogger.[3] He researched at the MIT Media Lab, taught STEM in Germany with the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives Global Teaching Labs, and studied on exchange at ETH Zurich in Switzerland.[4] He has also worked as a software engineer at Microsoft on the Azure cloud computing platform.[5]
Career[edit]
Shum began learning to skate in 2003.[1] His international debut came in March 2014 at the International Challenge Cup in The Hague, Netherlands. In September of the same year, he made his first Junior Grand Prix (JGP) appearance, placing 7th in Aichi, Japan.
After winning the junior silver medal at the 2015 U.S. Championships, Shum was assigned to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. He qualified for the free skate after placing 16th in the short program and went on to finish 20th overall.
While a full-time student at MIT, he won the 2017 and 2018 U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships.
Shum is coached by Peter Johansson and Mark Mitchell at the Skating Club of Boston.[1]
Programs[edit]
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2016–2017 [1] |
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| 2015–2016 [6] |
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| 2014–2015 [7] |
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| 2013–2014 [8] |
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Competitive highlights[edit]
2013–present[edit]
| International[9] | ||||||
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| Event | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 |
| World Junior Champ. | 20th | |||||
| JGP Czech Republic | 7th | |||||
| JGP Japan | 7th | |||||
| JGP Slovakia | 9th | |||||
| Challenge Cup | 5th J | |||||
| National[8] | ||||||
| U.S. Collegiate Championships | 1st | |||||
| U.S. Championships | 6th J | 2nd J | 2nd J | 12th | 21st | 14th |
| J = Junior level | ||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Kevin SHUM: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Brannen, Sarah S. (March 3, 2017). "The Inside Edge: Skaters balance training, studies". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Blogs: Kevin S. '19". MIT Admissions. Archived from the original on August 31, 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Tse-Harlow, Kailey. "Champion figure skater thrives at MIT". MIT. Archived from the original on February 21, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Arnold, Sarah. "Do, Shum post victories, earn scholarships at 2018 U.S. Collegiate Championships". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. |url-status= live
- ↑ "Kevin SHUM: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Kevin SHUM: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Kevin Shum". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Competition Results: Kevin SHUM". International Skating Union.
External links[edit]
- Kevin Shum at the International Skating UnionLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Official website
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