Zhang Jiaxuan

Zhang Jiaxuan (Chinese: 张嘉轩; pinyin: Zhāng Jiāxuǎn; born August 17, 2007) is a Chinese pair skater. With skating partner, Huang Yihang, she is the 2024 Chinese national champion, the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix gold medalist.^[1]

Zhang was born on August 17, 2007 in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China.^[2]

She looks up to Olympic champion pair team, Sui/Han.^[3]

Zhang began figure skating in 2014. Originally a singles skater, she would debut as a pair skater in 2019 after teaming up with Wang Zhiyu. The pair were coached by Luan Bo and placed fifth at the 2020 Chinese Junior Championships. Zhang/Wang parted ways after the 2019–20 figure skating season finished.

For the 2022–23 figure skating season, Zhang teamed up with Huang Yihang.^[4] Upon getting together, the pair began training in Beijing with Ding Yang as their coach.^[2]

In their first appearance together at the Chinese Championships, Huang/Zhang won the bronze medal. The following year, they won the silver medal at the 2023 Chinese Championships.^[4]

On the 2024–25 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, Zhang/Huang made their international debut. The pair won gold both their assigned events, 2024 JGP Latvia and 2024 JGP Poland. With these results, the pair qualified for the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final in Grenoble, France as the highest ranking junior pair team.^[1][5]

In late November, Zhang/Huang won gold at the 2024 Chinese Championships. The following week, they would win the Junior Grand Prix Final by over twenty points.^[4][6] Regarding this win, Zhang said, "It is a great honour for us to be here at the Junior Grand Prix Final. We hope to improve to be able to do even better in the future. Our goal is not only to improve on our technical but also on our artistry."^[3]

They concluded the season with a fifth-place finish at the 2025 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.^[4][7] “We will be skating in seniors,” said Zhang regarding next season. “We think we have to make our technical elements stronger and more difficult so that we can compete with the seniors.”^[7]

Making their senior international debut as a pair, Zhang/Huang opened the season by winning the gold medal at the 2025 Asian Open Trophy. They were subsequently selected to compete at the ISU Skate to Milano, the final qualifying event for the 2026 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal and thus secured an Olympic berth for Chinese pair skating.^[4][8]

In late October, Zhang/Huang made their senior Grand Prix debut at the 2025 Cup of China, where they finished in fourth place.^[4] "I feel still feel a bit nervous because it is my first senior Grand Prix event," Zhang confessed after the free skate. "We've made a few mistakes, like small mistakes in the program. This is okay, but it's not our best level, and we want to keep working on the program to do better next time."^[9] A couple weeks later, they finished sixth at the 2025 Finlandia Trophy.^[4]

In December, Zhang/Huang won the bronze medal at the 2026 Chinese Championships behind Sui/Han and Guo/Zhang.^[10] The following month, Zhang and Huang placed fourth at the 2026 Four Continents Championships in their debut at this event. "Coming from the provincial championships, I feel that our speed might be much worse than of other senior athletes," said Huang after the free skate. "We gradually improved our speed and the quality of the program, including some content, elements and performance aspects."^[11]

• Zhang Jiaxuan & Huang Yihang at the International Skating Union
• Zhang Jiaxuan & Huang Yihang at Skating Scores