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
Tran at the 2022 Finlandia Trophy
Born	(2001-06-21) June 21, 2001 (age 23) San Francisco, California
Hometown	San Francisco, California
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Coach	Dee Goldstein, Viacheslav Zagorodniuk
Skating club	SC of San Francisco
Began skating	2006

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]	L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole choreo. by Misha Ge	Tron: Legacy by Daft Punk choreo. by Misha Ge
2022–2023 [1][2]	Asturias (Leyenda) by Isaac Albéniz performed by Marcin Patrzałek choreo. by Misha Ge	The Matrix choreo. by Misha Ge	Runaway Baby by Bruno Mars
2021–2022 [2]	Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona performed by Paco de Lucía choreo. by Misha Ge	Fly Me to the Moon by Michael Bublé choreo. by Misha Ge
2020–2021 2019–2020 [11][2]	Puss in Boots by Henry Jackman choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo	Sherlock Holmes by Hans Zimmer choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo
2018–2019 [14][2]	Let's Dance (InFiction String Remix) by David Bowie choreo. by Alex Chang	Golden Age by Woodkid Volcano by Woodkid Run Boy Run by Woodkid by Woodkid choreo. by Alex Chang
2017–2018 [2]	Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1 by Muse	Poeta by Vicente Amigo

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 America						10th
CS Finlandia						13th
CS Lombardia						7th
Philadelphia						2nd
U.S. Classic					9th
Universiade						9th
International: Junior[10]
JGP Austria		10th
JGP Poland	12th		9th
National[2]
U.S. Championships	2nd J	2nd J	8th	10th	8th	16th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew J = Junior level

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