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).

Personal life Tran was born on June 21, 2001, in San Francisco, California. His mother, Mimi Hoang, is a physical education teacher. 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.

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

Career

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

Early in his career, he was coached by Jeffrey Crandell. Tran sustained a sprained ankle and shin splints in the 2017–18 season. 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.

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

Senior career By the 2019–20 season, Tran was training under Dee Goldstein. 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.

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.

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. Following Eric Sjoberg's withdrawal, Tran was invited to his first Grand Prix event, the 2022 Skate America, where he finished tenth.

Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2023–2024 L-O-V-E Tron: Legacy 2022–2023 Asturias (Leyenda) The Matrix Runaway Baby 2021–2022 Malagueña Fly Me to the Moon 2020–2021 2019–2020 Puss in Boots Sherlock Holmes 2018–2019 Let's Dance (InFiction String Remix) Golden Age Volcano Run Boy Run 2017–2018 Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1 Poeta

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

Senior and junior International Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 Skate America 10th Finlandia 13th Lombardia 7th Philadelphia 2nd U.S. Classic 9th Universiade 9th International: Junior Austria 10th Poland 12th 9th National U.S. Championships 2nd J 2nd J 8th 10th 8th 16th

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 7 186.14August 7, 20222022 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 10 210.792019–20 seasonDateEventSPFSTotal 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 9 175.232018–19 seasonDateEventSPFSTotalJan 19–27, 20192019 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 10 169.702017–18 seasonDateEventSPFSTotalDecember 29, 2017 – January 8, 20182018 U.S. Championships2 67.282 132.672 199.95 October 4–7, 2017 2017 JGP Poland 10 60.53 12 112,38 12 172.91

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