Vincent Zhou’s Profile
General
Name: Vincent Zhou
Date of Birth: October 25, 2000
Height: 4’11”
Hometown: Palo Alto, California
Training Town: Riverside, California
Skating Club: All Year Figure Skating Club
Coach: Tammy Gambill
Choreographer: Justin Dillon
School: Connections Academy
Competition Highlights
2013 U.S. National Junior Men Champion
2013 Pacific Coast Sectional Junior Men 1st Place
2013 Southwest Pacific Regional Junior Men 1st Place
2012 U.S. National Novice Men Champion
2012 Pacific Coast Sectional Novice Men 1st Place
2012 Central Pacific Regional Novice Men 1st Place
2011 U.S. Junior National Intermediate Men Champion
2011 Central Pacific Regional Intermediate Men 1st Place
2010 U.S. Junior National Juvenile Boys 5th Place
2010 Central Pacific Regional Juvenile Boys 1st Place
Personal Best: 205.26 (Junior Men)
Skating Achievements
- 3 national titles for 3 different levels in 3 consecutive years
- Youngest Junior Men national champion with the second highest IJS score: 205.26
- Novice Men national champion with the highest IJS score: 164.96
- Youngest Intermediate Men national champion with the second highest IJS score: 104.12
- Major skating awards
- 2013 USFS Memorial Fund CSAP Award
- 2012 USFS Cecilia Colledge Memorial Fund Award
- 2012 USFS Alumni Athlete Ambassador Award overall winner
- 2012 – 2013 Team USA grant
- 2012 LA Open The John Van Valkenburg Most Outstanding Performance Award
- 2012 SCICA Invitational Series Final Most Outstanding Performance Kennard Taylor Award
- Youngest member in 2012-2013 Team USA
- Youngest competitor and youngest champion at 2012 Nationals
- Landed Double Axel, Triple Salchow and Triple Toe Loop clean in competitions at the age of 9. Landed all non-Axel triple jumps clean in competitions at age 10.
- Learned Double Axel and all non-Axel triple jumps within 1 ½ years despite many competitions and 3 months off the ice due to an injury.
- Over 800 miles weekly commute between hometown and training town
Coach and Support Team
Tammy Gambill (Main Coach)
Jon Nichols (Footwork and Stroking)
Diane Kovacic (Off-Ice Conditioning)
Galina Barinova (Ballet)
Peter Kongkasem (Ice Dance)
Tyrone Bennett (Strength Training)
Justin Dillon (Choreography)
Cindy Stuart (Choreography)
Costumes designed by Shelley Dornbush
Skates provided by Riedell, Paramount, and Ultimate Skate & Hockey
Injury care & prevention provided by Dr. David Evans
Academic Achievements
- Skipped grades. Math Algebra II honors class and all other subjects 8th grade GATE program for 2012-2013 school year.
- High Honor Roll Student
- Winner of the Presidential Award for Educational Excellence
Media Coverage
Icenetwork, Golden Skate, USFSA Skating Magazine, ISU Skating Magazine, Palo Alto Daily News, San Jose Mercury News, The Press-Enterprise, The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah Daily Herald, Omaha World Herald, ABC, NBC, Singtao USA (Chinese), World Journal (Chinese), KTSF(Chinese), etc.
Websites
Vincent Zhou’s Official Website
Vincent Zhou’s USFS Skaters’ Profile
Vincent Zhou’s profile on the Connections Academy website
hey vincent, ur RLY good at skating!!! wowzers!!!! when i looked at icenetwork and saw ur gold medal performance at nationals……omg i was like….WOW OMG!!!!! im a competitive skater too and i cud do clean 3 salchow and double axel… i started competitive skating late…when i was 10….. im 12 now…but i think its not too late to be good like you! ur my role model! ur like totally awesome…ur smart and ur good in skating!!!! wow….impressive….im in 7th grade too and i take 3 grades above math too….i take Geomtery 1 right now…but i bet ur smarter than me and u have the perfect package to the olympics some day!!!! keep up the great-mazing work vincent!!!! ILY!!!! GO VINCENT!!!
Thanks so much! Yes, I’m also taking Geometry (Honors) this year. Thank you for your encouragement. You’re doing great as well. Keep up YOUR great work!!!
~Vincent
You should also add Daily Post, because it is a Palo Alto newspaper that also covers your stories.(padailypost.com)
Hi Fern, thanks for your suggestion! Is the PA Daily Post the same as Palo Alto Daily News? If so, the Palo Alto Daily News is already mentioned in my profile under Media Coverage. If not, I will add it.
Hi! I used to skate at Vallco in Cupertino, and I remember you there. I have a mutual friend and learned days ago of your success in figure skating. I watched a video on Youtube and WOW! your amazing. And you’re taking Geometry? Wow! unbelievable. see you at the olympics once you are age-eligible.
Hi Jasmine! Thank you so much for your nice and encouraging words! Are you the Jasmine who skated at Belmont every Saturday? Good luck to you for whatever you pursue!
Hi Vincent! I can’t believe how good you are when you were 8. I skate at San Jose Shark’s Ice and Nazareth Ice Oasis. I saw you skate on Thanksgiving. You are so good. I wish I was as good as you. I’m sort of in a good math class. I’m near your age, my birthday’s on June 12, 2001. Anyway, I’m doing 8th grade math too. I am also in the honor roll. I still don’t see how you can do all that stuff at a very young age. I’ve been skating for almost 3 years and I’m working on my axel and on my pre-juvenile moves. Hope you do good in your next competition.
Thank you so much! Keep up your hard work, and you can be great!