An Xiangyi

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In this Chinese name, the family name is An.
An Xiangyi
File:Xiangyi An 2025 Worlds Short Program 11.jpg
An at the 2025 World Championships
Personal information
Native name
安香怡 (Chinese)
Other namesNini
Born (2006-12-24) 24 December 2006 (age 19)
Beijing, China
Home townBeijing, China
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryChina China
DisciplineWomen's singles
CoachAn Longhe
Skating clubBeijing New Century Star
Began skating2009
Chinese Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Changchun Singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Chengde Singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Harbin Singles
An Xiangyi
Simplified Chinese安香怡
Traditional Chinese安香怡
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinAn Xiāngyí

An Xiangyi (Chinese: 安香怡; pinyin: An Xiāngyí; born 24 December 2006) is a Chinese figure skater. She is a two-time Asian trophy champion (2023 and 2024) and a two-time (2020 and 2022) national champion.[1]

Personal life

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An was born on 24 December 2006, in Beijing, China to parents, Zhang Aijun and An Longhe.[2] She was originally supposed to be named An Yibing, but Zhang changed her name to be similar to that of champion skaters such as Yuka Sato and Shizuka Arakawa.[3] An is often nicknamed "Nini" by friends and skating fans.[2]

In addition to figure skating, An also practices various forms of dance as well as rhythmic gymnastics, the latter which she says helps with her figure skating by increasing her flexibility.[4][5] Due to time spent alternating between practicing and resting, An was homeschooled.[3][6] An eventually became a student at Beijing 101 Middle School.[7] As hobbies, she enjoys cooking and painting, and is her own nutritionist. She also has three pet cats.[2]

As An's mother is buddhist and taught her buddhist concepts, An likens her continued personal development to sadhana.[8]

An has named American women's singles skater, Amber Glenn, as an inspiration to her due to Glenn remaining competitive with the top skaters in the world while in her mid- to late- twenties.[9]

Career

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Early years

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File:Mao Asada, An Xiangyi and Javier Fernández at the 2015 Cup of China.jpg
An with Mao Asada and Javier Fernández at the 2015 Cup of China

An began figure skating in 2009 at the age of three. Since starting, she has been coached by her father, An Longhe, a former competitive figure skater.[10][2]

An was the 2019 Asian Open advanced novice champion.[11] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all Chinese national competitions were canceled during the 2020–21 season, thus An could not partake in major competitions.[12] During the 2021–22 season, several coronavirus outbreaks and COVID-19 protocols in China caused the 2021 National Figure Skating Grand Prix and China Figure Skating Club League Finals to be held virtually. An would go on to win the gold medal at the event.[13]

2022–2023 season: Junior international debut

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An made her Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Solidarity Cup, after scoring first in national qualification events.[14][15] She finished fifth at the event.[10]

After contracting COVID-19 and having had a recurrence of injuries, An withdrew from the 2022 Chinese Figure Skating Junior Championships and the 2022 Chinese Figure Skating Club League Finals.[citation needed] However, she later competed in the 2022 Chinese Figure Skating Championships, ranking first in the short program by a small 1.73 mark lead after falling on her triple toe-triple toe combination, and winning the free skate by 15.83 marks, ahead of Li Ruotang.[10]

In March, An was assigned to the 2023 World Junior Figure Championships in Calgary, where she ranked fifth in the short program.[16] In the free skate, she stepped out of one jump and had quarter underrotation calls on three others, ranking eighth in that segment but finishing sixth overall. She became the first Chinese woman to place in the top ten since Li Zijun in 2012.[17]

2023–2024 season: Senior international debut

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An began the season by winning gold at the 2023 Asian Open Trophy and went on to finish fifth at the 2023 Shanghai Trophy.[18][10]

Prior to debuting on the 2023–24 Grand Prix series, An had longtime choreographer, Benoît Richaud, create a new free program, different from the one that she had initially intended to skate to. Competing at 2023 Skate America, An finished ninth. At the 2023 Cup of China, An debuted a new short program, finishing sixth in that segment of the competition, but dropping to eleventh overall after placing eleventh in the free skate segment.[18][10][19][20][21]

An opted to sit out of the 2023 Chinese Championships.[22] She did, however, compete at the 2024 National Winter Games, where she won gold in the team event and silver in the individual event.[23][24]

2024–2025 season

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File:Xiangyi An 2025 Worlds Short Program 08.jpg
An performing her short program at the 2025 World Championships

An began her international season by winning gold at the 2024 Asian Open Trophy.[10] She then went on to finish fifth at the 2024 Shanghai Trophy and tenth at the 2024 Cup of China. One week following the latter event, An would finish fifth at the 2024 Chinese Championships.[18]

In February, An competed at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, where she finished in sixth place. One week following that event, she placed thirteenth at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea.[18]

Selected to compete at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, An placed twenty-seventh in the short program and did not advance to the free skate segment.[18]

2025–2026 season

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Although assigned to compete at the 2025 Cup of China, An withdrew from the event due to a lower back injury.[25]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2025–2026
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2024–2025
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  • Lara
    (from Lara)
    by Arash Safaian & Alice Sara Ott
  • Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena:
    Mea tormenta properate
    by Johann Adolph Hasse
    choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2023–2024
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  • Femme Fatale
    by Compilation - Studio Unisons
    choreo. Benoît Richaud
  • Lara
    (from Lara)
    by Arash Safaian & Alice Sara Ott
  • Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena:
    Mea tormenta properate
    by Johann Adolph Hasse
    choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2022–2023
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2019–2020
  • I'm In Here
    by Sia
    choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2018–2019
  • Tango D'Amor
    by Tango Jointz
  • La Bohemia
    by Jimena Fama
    choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2017–2018

Competitive highlights

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  • GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
  • JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
  • TBD – Assigned
  • WD – Withdrew from competition
  • Medals at team events are awarded for the team results only. Individual placements at team events are listed in parentheses.
Competition placements at senior level [18]
Season 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
World Championships 27th
Four Continents Championships 13th
Chinese Championships 4th 2nd 1st 1st WD 5th
GP Cup of China 11th 10th WD
GP Skate America 9th
Asian Open Trophy 1st 1st
Asian Winter Games 6th
National Winter Games 2nd
National Winter Games (Team event) 1st
(1st)
Shanghai Trophy 5th 5th
Competition placements at junior level [18]
Season 2022–23
World Junior Championships 6th
JGP Poland I 5th

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [18]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 183.94 2023 Junior Worlds
Short program TSS 65.40 2022 JGP Poland I
TES 37.09 2022 JGP Poland I
PCS 28.31 2022 JGP Poland I
Free skating TSS 120.03 2023 Junior Worlds
TES 60.03 2023 Junior Worlds
PCS 60.00 2023 Junior Worlds

Personal best highlighted in bold.

Senior level

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2024–25 season
Date Event SP FS Total
25–30 March 2025 2025 World Championships 27
47.52 		– 27
47.52
19–23 February 2025 2025 Four Continents Championships 12
57.63 		13
106.29 		13
163.92
11–13 February 2025 2025 Asian Winter Games 5
62.96 		8
98.75 		6
161.71
28 November – 1 December 2024 2024 Chinese Championships 4
61.35 		6
115.04 		5
176.39
22–24 November 2024 2024 Cup of China 9
60.10 		10
103.64 		10
163.74
3–5 October 2024 2024 Shanghai Trophy 5
56.25 		5
101.81 		5
158.06
5–6 September 2024 2024 Asian Open Trophy 1
64.61 		2
122.84 		1
187.45
2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
24–27 February 2024 14th Chinese Winter Games 1
65.52 		3
116.25 		2
181.77
21–22 February 2024 14th Chinese Winter Games - team event 1
64.52 		- 1T
10–12 November 2023 2023 Cup of China 6
61.86 		11
90.50 		11
152.36
20–22 October 2023 2023 Skate America 8
59.74 		9
105.66 		9
165.40
3–5 October 2023 2023 Shanghai Trophy 5
50.99 		5
105.71 		5
156.70
16–19 August 2023 2023 Asian Open Trophy 1
58.70 		1
102.28 		1
160.98

Junior level

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2022–23 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
27 Feb. – 5 Mar. 2023 2023 World Junior Championships Junior 5
63.91 		8
120.03 		6
183.94
11–13 January 2023 2022 Chinese Championships Senior 1
61.32 		1
128.49 		1
189.81
28 Sept. – 1 Oct. 2022 2022 JGP Poland I Junior 4
65.40 		8
113.91 		5
179.31
2019–20 season
30 Oct. – 3 Nov. 2019 2019 Asian Open Trophy Adv. novice 1
45.62 		1
93.01 		1
138.63
14–16 September 2019 2020 Chinese Championships Senior 1
66.50 		1
131.43 		1
197.93
2018–19 season
29–30 December 2018 2019 Chinese Championships Senior 1
66.92 		2
113.69 		2
180.61
2017–18 season
23–24 December 2017 2018 Chinese Championships Senior 4
52.40 		6
86.76 		4
139.16

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