Denis Ten
Kazakhstani figure skater
Denis Yuryevich Ten (Денис Юрьевич Тен; 13 June 1993 – 19 July 2018) was a Kazakh figure skater.[1]
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![]() Ten at the 2018 Winter Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Denis Yuryevich Ten | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 13 June 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 July 2018 Almaty, Kazakhstan | (aged 25)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Frank Carroll, Nikolai Morozov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach | Rafael Arutyunyan, Elena Buianova, Tatiana Tarasova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Choreographer | David Wilson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former choreographer | Nikolai Morozov. Stéphane Lambiel, Lori Nichol, Elena Buianova, Tatiana Tarasova, Irina Tagaeva, Mikhail Pochitalin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Kiyal Almaty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Training locations | El Segundo, California, Almaty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former training locations | Hackensack, New Jersey, Novogorsk Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World standing | 31 (2017–18) 12 (2016–17) 3 (2015–16) 3 (2014–15) 5 (2013–14) 6 (2012–13) 16 (2011–12) 25 (2010–11) 18 (2009–10) 28 (2008–09) 81 (2007–08) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Combined total | 289.46 2015 Four Continents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short program | 97.61 2015 Four Continents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free skate | 191.85 2015 Four Continents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ten was the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time World medalist (silver in 2013, bronze in 2015), the 2015 Four Continents champion, the 2017 Winter Universiade champion, and a five-time national champion of Kazakhstan.
On 19 July 2018, Ten was stabbed in the thigh by two men who were trying to steal his car mirrors.[1] Ten suffered blood loss and died in the Central Clinical Hospital in Almaty, aged 25.[2]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kazakh skater ten dies in knife attack". 19 July 2018.
- ↑ Mather, Victor (19 July 2018). "Denis Ten, 25, Olympic Skating Medalist, Dies After Stabbing". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2018.