Dinh Tran

Dinh Tran (born June 21, 2001) is an American figure skater. He is the 2022 Philadelphia Summer International silver medalist and a two-time U.S. national junior silver medalist (2018, 2019).

Dinh Tran
Born (2001-06-21) June 21, 2001
San Francisco, California
HometownSan Francisco, California
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryUnited States
CoachDee Goldstein, Viacheslav Zagorodniuk
Skating clubSC of San Francisco
Began skating2006

Personal life

Tran was born on June 21, 2001, in San Francisco, California.[1] His mother, Mimi Hoang, is a physical education teacher.[2] The daughter of a Vietnamese mother and American soldier, she was left with her grandmother and grew up in Saigon, working as a housekeeper from the age of 8, before moving to the U.S. at 18.[3]

Tran was raised in Tenderloin, San Francisco with two older brothers, Phong and Hao, and one younger, Trieu.[4] His parents divorced when he was 14 years old.[3] Growing up, he took flute lessons and performed with his school's jazz band.[3] He received a full scholarship to attend Stuart Hall High School,[3] graduating in 2020.[5] He subsequently enrolled at California State University, Long Beach as a computer science major but soon switched to mechanical engineering.[6][7]

Career

Early years

Tran was first introduced to ice skating at a birthday party.[6] He started taking lessons at the Yerba Buena ice rink, which offered free lessons to children from Tenderloin.[3] Later, his family was granted a free membership at the Skating Club of San Francisco and also found a local sponsor.[3]

Early in his career, he was coached by Jeffrey Crandell.[3] Tran sustained a sprained ankle and shin splints in the 2017–18 season.[3] In October 2017, he debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series, placing twelfth in Poland. He won silver in the junior men's event at the 2018 U.S. Championships.[8]

Tran sprained his ankle three more times in the fall of 2018.[9] At the 2019 U.S. Championships, he repeated as junior silver medalist.[10]

Senior career

By the 2019–20 season, Tran was training under Dee Goldstein.[11] He placed ninth at his JGP assignment. He qualified to the senior men's event at the 2020 U.S. Championships, where he finished eighth.[10]

Making his senior international debut, he placed ninth at the 2021 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic in September. In January, he finished eighth at the 2022 U.S. Championships.[10]

In August 2022, Tran won silver at the Philadelphia Summer International. He then appeared at two Challenger competitions, placing thirteenth at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy and seventh at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy.[10] Following Eric Sjoberg's withdrawal, Tran was invited to his first Grand Prix event, the 2022 Skate America, where he finished tenth.[10]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[12][13]
2022–2023
[1][2]
2021–2022
[2]
2020–2021
2019–2020
[11][2]
2018–2019
[14][2]
  • Golden Age
    by Woodkid
  • Volcano
    by Woodkid
  • Run Boy Run by Woodkid
    by Woodkid
    choreo. by Alex Chang
2017–2018
[2]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Senior and junior
International[10]
Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
GP Skate America10th
CS Finlandia13th
CS Lombardia7th
Philadelphia2nd
U.S. Classic9th
Universiade9th
International: Junior[10]
JGP Austria10th
JGP Poland12th9th
National[2]
U.S. Championships2nd J2nd J8th10th8th16th
Pacific Coast3rd J1st J3rd
ISP Points Challenge10th
Championship Series3rd
USCS NevadaWD
USCS Washington4th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
J = Junior level

Lower levels
National[2]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
U.S. Championships4th V6th I2nd I3rd N
Pacific Coast Sectionals3rd V1st I1st I5th N2nd N
Central Pacific Regionals1st V1st I
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice

Detailed results

Senior level
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 23–29, 2023 2023 U.S. Championships 16
60.63		 13
126.55		 16
187.18
January 13–15, 2023 2023 Winter Universiade 17
60.69		 8
137.90		 9
198.59
October 21–23, 2022 2022 Skate America 11
64.99		 10
134.69		 10
199.68
October 4–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 15
62.52		 12
128.82		 13
191.34
September 16–19, 2022 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy 8
60.53		 7
125.61		 7
186.14
August 7, 2022 2022 Philadelphia Summer International 2
71.54		 1
127.11		 2
198.65
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 3–9, 2022 2022 U.S. Championships 9
71.18		 7
144.54		 8
215.72
September 14–17, 2021 2021 U.S. International Classic 8
65.77		 10
110.95		 9
176.72
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 11–21, 2021 2021 U.S. Championships 10
74.03		 11
136.76		 10
210.79
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
Jan. 20–26, 2020 2020 U.S. Championships 11
71.86		 8
149.02		 8
220.88

Junior level
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
September 18–21, 2019 2019 JGP Poland 12
56.88		 9
118.35		 9
175.23
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
Jan 19–27, 2019 2019 U.S. Championships 4
64.84		 2
131.19		 2
196.03
Aug 29 – September 1, 2018 2018 JGP Austria 10
60.07		 10
109.63		 10
169.70
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 29, 2017 – January 8, 2018 2018 U.S. Championships 2
67.28		 2
132.67		 2
199.95
October 4–7, 2017 2017 JGP Poland 10
60.53		 12
112,38		 12
172.91

References
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  2. "Dinh Tran". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on October 17, 2022.
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  4. "Mother Enrolls Four Sons in SMART's Program, Sees Them Graduate". thesmartprogram.org. 2019. Archived from the original on October 17, 2022.
  5. "Alumni Athlete: Dinh Tran '20". Convent & Stuart Hall. April 25, 2022. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022.
  6. Vasquez, Cristian (March 8, 2022). "Engineering on Ice: CSULB engineering student Dinh Tran places 8th at U.S. Figure Skating Championships". daily49er.com. Archived from the original on June 26, 2022.
  7. Carr, Janis (February 21, 2022). "CSULB engineering student lands an 8th-place finish at U.S. Figure Skating Championships". California State University, Long Beach. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022.
  8. Lewis, Michael C. (January 3, 2018). "Dinh Tran, skater from Tenderloin, medals at nationals". East Bay Times. Archived from the original on March 15, 2021.
  9. Pederson, Marissa (January 23, 2019). "Learning from Hardships, Dinh Tran Continues to Build at U.S. Championships". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019.
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  11. "Dinh TRAN: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2020.
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