Julian Yee Zhi Jie (, born 26 May 1997) is a Malaysian figure skater. He is also the first Olympian Malaysian figure skater. He is the 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist, 2015 CS Denkova-Staviski Cup silver medalist, 2016 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy and 2013 Skate Down Under bronze medalist, as well as five-time Malaysian senior national champion (2013–2017). He has competed in the final segment at ten ISU Championships, including four World Championships. He represented Malaysia at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Personal life Julian Yee Zhi Jie was born on 26 May 1997 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His mother, Irene Cheow, served as the deputy president of the Ice Skating Association of Malaysia from 2012 to 2014. He has two brothers, Ian and Ryan Yee Zhi Jwen. Ryan had also competed internationally in figure skating.

Career Early life Julian Yee began learning to skate at age four at the Sunway Pyramid Ice Rink in Malaysia. He and his brothers were introduced to skating by their mother, Irene. Harry Janto Leo became his coach in 2004.

During his early years, Yee competed only in ISI-sanctioned competitions, which were regarded as recreational skating. He won the elementary category at the inaugural Malaysian National Championships and defended his title the following year. He learned all his double jumps by the age of twelve. He was selected by Ice Skating Association of Malaysia to participate in the 2009 Korean Dream Program in PyeongChang.

In 2010, Yee received additional coaching from Chen Lu and Denis Petrov. In 2011, he became the youngest skater to win the Junior Men's category, at age 13 years 10 months, thereby breaking the previous record held by his brother, Ryan Yee Zhi Jwen.

2011–12 to 2012–13 In the 2011–12 season, Yee was selected to represent Malaysia in the ISU Junior Grand Prix. He competed at events in Milan, Italy and Tallinn, Estonia, but failed to reach the free skate.

In 2013, Yee became first Malaysian to obtain the qualifying scores for the World Junior Championships. He finished 34th in the short program and did not qualify for the free skate. He learned most of the triple jumps by sixteen.

2013–14 to 2014–15 In 2014, Yee became the first Malaysian to reach the free skate at a Four Continents Championships. One of the youngest skaters at the event, held in Taipei City from 20–25 January 2014, he qualified for the free skate and finished 23rd overall. At the 2014 Malaysian Open National Championship, Yee held the lead after the short program and defended his title to become only the second Malaysian skater to win the Senior Men's title in consecutive years.

In the 2014–15 JGP season, Yee finished sixth in Aichi, Japan, scoring personal bests in the short program, free skate, and combined total. In March 2015, competing at his fourth World Junior Championships, he qualified for the free skate and finished 19th overall. He also managed to qualify for Malaysia their first ever Youth Winter Olympics spot but he was not able to compete in it as he was over-aged.

2015–16 season Yee started the 2015–16 JGP season with a 7th-place result in Riga, Latvia, scoring personal bests in the short, free skate and combined total (176.79). After placing first in the junior category at the 2015 Skate Canada Summer Skate in Thornhill, he competed at the JGP in Logroño, Spain and finished 4th – the highest result by a Malaysian in the Junior Grand Prix. He won his first ISU Challenger Series medal, silver, at the Denkova-Staviski Cup.

Yee finished 15th at the 2016 Four Continents Championships in Taipei after placing 15th in the short and 14th in the free. In March, he qualified for the free skate at the 2016 World Championships in Boston; he ranked 22nd in the short, 19th in the free, and 21st overall. During the season, he trained in Petaling Jaya and Barrie, Ontario, coached by Michael Hopfes and Doug Leigh.

Yee has also trained in the Elvis Stojko Arena (Toronto, Canada), the Chinese National Arena (Harbin, China), and the Beijing Capital Gymnasium (Beijing, China).

2016–17 season Yee won bronze at the Asian Open Trophy, held in Manila in August 2016. He then relocated to Barrie, Ontario to train full-time, taking a gap year off his university studies. He competed at two ISU Challenger Series events, placing 4th at the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy in September and 5th at the 2016 CS Warsaw Cup in October.

Yee finished 15th overall at the 2017 Four Continents Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and then went directly to Sapporo, Japan to compete at his first Asian Winter Games; he placed 8th with a new personal best of 222.69 points.

In March, he reached the final segment and finished 22nd overall at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

2017–18 season In August 2017, Yee won gold at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.

Yee represented Malaysia in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, together with Jeffrey Webb. He got a personal best score of 73.58 in the short program, and barely missed qualifying for the free skate. Yee is the first ever Malaysian figure skater to qualify for this event.

Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition2019–2020 Everglow Seven Nation Army Highway to Hell Kings & Queens2018–2019 To Build a Home The Janitor

Can't Take My Eyes Off You Fireball ft. John Ryan 2017–2018 It's a Man's World Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine I Feel Good 2016–2017 I Put a Spell on You 2015–2016 Peter Gunn Fever Oye Negra 2014–2015 Chambermaid Swing Capone 2013–2014 Sons of Odin Unstoppable Theme from Mission: Impossible 2012–2013 The Jet Song 2011–2012 Fever Feeling Good

Sing, Sing, Sing The Cotton Club

Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; CS: ISU Challenger Series; JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix

International Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 Olympics 25th Worlds 21st 22nd 21st 23rd C Four Continents 23rd 22nd 15th 15th 16th 20th Rostelecom 12th Skate America 7th Skate Canada 9th Autumn Classic 7th Denkova-Staviski 2nd Nebelhorn 9th 4th 6th 6th Tallinn Trophy 5th Warsaw Cup 5th Asian Games 8th Asian Open 3rd SEA Games 1st 1st Skate Down Under 3rd International: Junior Junior Worlds 36th 34th 35th 19th Croatia 14th Czech Republic 17th Estonia 14th Italy 22nd Japan 6th Latvia 7th Poland 26th Slovenia 21st Spain 4th Asian Open 8th 6th 4th 2nd New Year's Cup 6th Skate Helena 1st Taipei Open 3rd National Malaysian Champ. 1st J 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled; J = Junior level; P = Preliminary round

Detailed results

Further to the introduction of the +5 / -5 GOE for the season 2018/19, all statistics will restart from zero. All previous statistics are now considered historical.

Senior level

2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total29 November - 1 December 20192019 Southeast Asian Games 1 63.35 1 139.27 1 202.62 25–27 October 2019 2019 Skate Canada International 7 75.64 10 135.99 9 211.63 25–28 September 2019 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 4 68.87 8 124.68 6 193.55 2018–19 season Date Event SP FS Total 18–24 March 2019 2019 World Championships 24 73.63 23 132.34 23 205.97 7–10 February 2019 2019 Four Continents Championships 18 61.23 17 112.87 20 174.10 16–18 November 2018 2018 Rostelecom Cup 12 60.37 12 118.34 12 178.71 19–21 October 2018 2018 Skate America 3 81.52 9 125.99 7 207.51 20–22 September 2018 2018 CS Autumn Classic International 5 74.86 8 126.43 7 201.29 2017–18 season Date Event SP FS Total 19–25 March 2018 2018 World Championships 21 72.43 20 136.60 21 209.03 14–23 February 2018 2018 Winter Olympics 25 73.58 DNQ 25 22–27 January 2018 2018 Four Continents Championships 17 68.45 16 129.23 16 197.68 20–26 November 2017 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy 9 63.70 4 138.92 5 202.62 27–30 September 2017 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6 71.93 3 148.74 6 220.6726–27 August 20172017 Southeast Asian Games 1 73.03 1 132.40 1 205.43 2016–17 season Date Event SP FS Total 27 March – 2 April 2017 2017 World Championships 23 69.74 19 144.25 22 213.99 23–26 February 2017 2017 Asian Winter Games 10 72.75 8 149.94 8 222.69 15–19 February 2017 2017 Four Continents Championships 15 72.21 16 130.46 15 202.67 17–20 November 2016 2016 CS Warsaw Cup 2 71.27 7 126.48 5 197.75 22–24 September 2016 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 4 72.59 5 139.68 4 212.27 4–7 August 2016 2016 Asian Open Trophy 3 63.41 3 125.60 3 189.01 2015–16 season Date Event SP FS Total 26 March – 3 April 2016 2016 World Championships 22 67.60 19 135.34 21 202.94 16–21 February 2016 2016 Four Continents Championships 15 59.70 14 130.62 15 190.32 20–25 October 2015 2015 CS Denkova-Staviski Cup 1 67.24 3 130.18 2 197.42 24–26 September 2015 2015 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9 65.89 7 125.38 9 191.27

Junior level

2015–16 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 30 September – 3 October 2015 2015 JGP Spain Junior 5 59.34 4 120.51 4 179.85 26–29 August 2015 2015 JGP Latvia Junior 7 59.10 6 117.69 7 176.79 2014–15 season Date Event Level SP FS Total March 2015 World Junior Championships Junior 19 9–15 February 2015 2015 Four Continents Championships Senior 22 2014 JGP Croatia Junior 14 2014 JGP Japan Junior 6 August 2014 Asian Open Trophy Junior 2 2013–14 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 2012–13 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 2011–12 season Date Event Level SP FS Total March 2012 2012 Malaysian Championships Senior 2 12–15 October 2011 2011 JGP Estonia Junior 13 36.58 13 76.32 14 112.90 5–8 October 2011 2011 JGP Italy Junior 23 30.91 22 62.04 22 92.95 22–26 August 2011 2011 Asian Open Trophy Junior 9 33.73 8 71.42 8 105.15 2010–11 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 25 March – 2011 2011 Malaysian Junior Championships Junior 1 36.89 1 71.96 1 108.85

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