Antony Cheng

Antony Cheng
Personal information
Country represented  Canada
Born (1997-12-29) December 29, 1997
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Residence Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Coach Joanne McLeod, Neil Wilson
Former coach Katarina Papafotiou, Ken Rose
Choreographer Myke Gilman, Joanne McLeod
Skating club Champs International Skating Center of BC
Began skating 2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 144.89
2016 Coupe Du Printemps
Short program 48.36
2016 Coupe Du Printemps
Free skate 102.50
2015 JGP Colorado Springs
Medal record
Figure skating: Jr. Men's Singles
Representing  Canada
ISU Official Competitions
2016 Coupe du Printemps Jr. Men's Singles
Canadian Championships
2015 Kingston Jr. Men's Singles

Antony Cheng (born December 29, 1997) is a Canadian International figure skater.[1]

He is the 2015 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Junior men Canadian National Silver Medalist and Coupe du Printemps Luxembourg 2016, Junior men champion.[1]

Antony Cheng performs in 2016

About Antony

Antony performs "Middle Age Symphony", 2016
Antony, "Chambermaid Swing", 2015

Antony Cheng was born on December 29, 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia and grew up in Toronto, Ontario.[1]

Figure Skater

Antony has been skating for 12 years and represents Canada internationally. He is a 3 Time Canadian National Championship medalist and the 2016 ISU Coupe du Printemps Junior men Champion. He is best known for his performance, choreography, musicality and engaging step sequences.[1][2][3]

Antony, 2015
Antony, 2016 Senior

Personal best scores:

Short - 66.68

(Technical 34.11 / Program Components 32.57) (BC Summerskate 2015, Junior)

Long - 117.32

(Technical 56.44 / Program Components 60.88) (Canadian Championships 2015, Junior)

(Program Components best: 63.40, BC/YK Sectionals 2016, Senior)

Combined Total - 178.64 (BC Summerskate 2015, Junior)[1][3][4]

Antony, 2016 "Final Fantasy Soundtrack"
Antony in 2016
Antony performs in a gala, 2016

Dancer

Antony has formal training in dance throughout his years as a competitive figure skater. His wide-ranging experience includes ballet, hip hop, contemporary, jazz as well as extensive strength and conditioning for more than 6 years.

Antony has a YouTube dance channel (with 20,000 total views currently) where he performs his dance routines.[5]

Antony performs one of his dances

Visual Artist

Antony is an amateur visual artist.

He is an official member of Iglobalphotographers since 2015 where he has opportunities to collaborate with artists from around the world and feature rising talent.[6][7][8]

Antony's style of photography is simple, timeless, creative, and offers a different perspective for viewers of just the day to day surroundings in both urban and nature. Here are some of his works.

"Keep moving forward"
"Milky Way"
"Silent Hill"
"Vantage point"
"Stealth"
"After life"
"Glimpse"
"What goes around comes around"
"Fantasy"

All of past and current artworks can be viewed on his Instagram and have been featured many times by pages such as Nikon Canada, Streetview, Create and Capture Digital Dream Festival and more.[7][8] To view his YouTube channel, Instagram and iglobalphotographer website, follow the links.

Work / Education

Antony is Skate Canada NCCP Canskate coach certified, with first aid/CPR certification and has been coaching in Canada since 2016.

Cheng graduated from Bayview Secondary School in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Antony, "Sing Sing Sing" 2016
Antony, 2014

Skating career

Antony, "Tango Amore" 2015
Antony cheng 2016

Antony Cheng began skating by playing hockey at the age seven (2005) and later switched to figure skating when he was eight in Toronto, Ontario. He has trained at the Richmond Training Center with former coach Ken Rose, then at the York Region skating academy and the Thornhill figure skating club with coach Katerina Papafotiou representing Central Ontario where he won almost all of the provincial sectional titles from Pre-juvenile to senior, 2 Ontario Winter Games titles and had the opportunity to compete at the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax.[9][10] Antony also trained at Champs International skating club of BC with coaches Joanne McLeod and Neil Wilson in Vancouver, British Columbia during the summers, since 2010.

Antony, "Blues for Klook" 2013
Antony Cheng, 2016

In 2012, Antony claimed the Pre-Novice Canadian Championship title, the following year he won the bronze medal at the Novice Canadian Championships, and in 2015, was the Junior men Canadian National Silver medalist.[1][2][3]

Antony, "Pirates of the Caribbean" 2013
Antony Cheng, 2014
Antony, 2013

Antony made his international debut representing Canada in 2015 where he finished 13th at the Junior Grand Prix in USA and won his first international ISU gold medal at the Coupe Du Printemps, Luxembourg 2016 in Junior.[2][11]

In 2015, Antony also made his senior debut in Canada.[3]

In the summer of 2016, Antony moved to Champs International and switched to skate out of BC/YK and finished 3rd at the BC/YK Sectional Championships.[4]

Antony, 2016

Aside from competitions, Antony has had opportunities to perform as a guest skater in many ice shows for different skating clubs, sections and competition gala events throughout all of his competitive seasons.[5]

Antony performs in different ice shows
Antony performs in ice shows, 2013
Antony performs in ice shows, 2015

Cheng has also missed a couple international assignments in 2013 (Mladost Trophy, Croatia) and 2015 (Skate Canada Autumn Classic) due to ankle injuries and stress fractures.[12]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2016- 2017
[1][13]
  • Themes from the Final Fantasy Soundtrack
    by Nobuo Uematsu
    choreo. by Myke Gilman
2015–2016
[1][13]
2014–2015
[13][14][15]
2013–2014
[13][15][16]
2012–2013
[16][17]

Competitive Highlights

International[1][2][10][11][18]
Event 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Coupe du Printemps 1st J.
JGP Colorado Springs 13th
Skate Canada Autumn Classic J. WD
Mladost Trophy N. WD
Skate Detroit USA 3rd J. 2nd J. 6th. J
National[1][4][9][10][12][19][20][21]
Canadian Championships 5th P. 1st P. 3rd N. 15th J. 2nd J.
Skate Canada Challenge 13th N. 7th J. 3rd J. 15th 8th
Canada Winter Games 4th P.
Ontario Winter Games 1st Jv. 1st P.
BC/YK Sectionals 3rd
Central Ontario Sectionals 1st Jv.1st P.3rd N.2nd J.1st J. 3rd
Levels: Jv. = Juvenile P. = Pre Novice, N. = Novice, J. = Junior; WD: Withdrew
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Antony Cheng in 2016

Full Competitive History of Accomplishments:[1][3][4][9][18]

Accolades & Awards: 2015: Recipient of Skate Canada Johnny Esaw International Competition Grant 2015: Recipient of Skate Canada Bryan and Baldwin International Junior Competition Grant 2015: Quest for Gold, Ontario Athlete Assistance Program – Recipient of Ontario Card 2015: Skate Canada National Development Team Member 2015: Ontario High Performance Sport Initiative Supported Athlete 2015: Skate Canada – Central Ontario Section (COS) International Assignment Bursary Award 2015: Junior Men National Silver Medalist - Skate Canada High Performance Grant 2015: Recipient of COS Development Grant 2015: Junior Men National Silver Medalist - COS Podium Placement Award 2015: Gold Medal Performance at COS Team Elite – Podium Placement Bursary Award 2015: Junior Men Skate Canada Challenge Bronze Medalist – COS Podium Placement Award 2014: Bronze Medal Performance at COS Team Elite – Podium Placement Bursary Award 2013: Quest for Gold, Ontario Athlete Assistance Program – Recipient of Ontario Card 2013: Ontario High Performance Sport Initiative Supported Athlete 2013: Skate Canada National Development Team Member 2013: Novice Men National Bronze Medalist – Skate Canada High Performance Grant 2013: Novice Men National Bronze Medalist – COS Podium Placement Award 2012: Richmond Hill Sports Champion Award 2012: Pre-Novice Men National Champion – COS Podium Placement Award 2012: Pre-Novice Men COS Sectional Champion – Skate Canada Barbara Graham Fund Award 2012: Pre-Novice Men COS Sectional Champion – COS Ruth Phillips Award 2012: Ontario Winter Games Pre-Novice Men Champion – COS Gold Medal Performance Bursary Award 2011: Pre-Novice Men COS Sectional Champion – Skate Canada Barbara Graham Fund Award 2011: Gold Medal Performance at COS Team Elite – Podium Placement Bursary Award 2011: Pre-Novice Men COS Sectional Champion – COS Ruth Phillips Award 2010: Gold Medal Performance at COS Future Stars – Podium Placement Bursary Award 2010: Ontario Winter Games Juvenile Men Champion – COS Gold Medal Performance Bursary Award 2010: Juvenile Men COS Sectional Champion – Elvis Stojko Award 2009: COS STARSkate Championships Junior Bronze Men Champion – COS Georgina Skating Club Award 

Invited Ice Shows:

May 9, 2015: COS Margaret Garrison Memorial Ice Show and Awards Ceremony March 29, 2015: Bewdley Skating Club, Annual Skating Carnival March 28, 2015: Bolton Skating Club, Annual Skating Carnival May 4, 2013: COS Margaret Garrison Memorial Ice Show and Awards Ceremony

Coupe Du Printemps Junior Champion 2016
Antony in 2016, Junior

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Competition Results: Antony Cheng". International Skating Union Official web site.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Canadian skaters continue on ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit in Colorado Springs, USA". Skate Canada. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Stats on ice: Antony Cheng". Stats on ice Official Page.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Skate Canada BC".
  5. 1 2 "antony cheng - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  6. ↑ "Antony Cheng Photography | Antony Cheng". Antony Cheng Photography | Antony Cheng. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  7. 1 2 "iglobalphotographers". iglobalphotographers. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  8. 1 2 "Antony Cheng （＾∇＾） (@antonychengpix) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  9. 1 2 3 "Skate Ontario". www.skateontario.org. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  10. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Antony Cheng". Thornhill Figure Skating Club Official web site.
  11. 1 2 "Coupe Du Printemps 2016". skating.lu. 13 March 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Skate Canada | Patinage Canada". Skate Canada. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Antony Cheng". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  14. ↑ "Antony Cheng@Youtube". Antony Cheng 2015 Canadian Junior Men Silver Medalist - Short.
  15. 1 2 "Antony Cheng@Youtube". Antony Cheng 2015 Canadian Junior Men Silver Medalist - Free.
  16. 1 2 "Antony Cheng@Youtube". Antony Cheng 2013 Novice Men National Bronze Medalist Free Program.
  17. ↑ "Antony Cheng@Youtube". Antony Cheng 2013 Novice Men National Bronze Medalist Short Program.
  18. 1 2 "UNSEEN SKATERS ONLINE". UNSEEN SKATERS ONLINE. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  19. ↑ "Antony Cheng". Antony Cheng. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  20. ↑ "index.htm". www.skatecanada-centralontario.com. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  21. ↑ "Halifax 2011 Canada Games - Registration, Scheduling & Results". cg2011.gems.pro. Retrieved 2016-06-01.

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