Denis Ten

Personal Information

Country Represented

Kazakhstan

Full Name

Denis Yuryevich Ten

Native Name

Денис Юрьевич Тен

Nickname

D10

Born

13 June 1993

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Died

19 July 2018 (aged 25)

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Alma Mater

Kazakh Academy of Sports and Tourism

Club

Kiyal Almaty

Languages

English, Kazakh, Russian

Costume Designers

Tania Bass

Career Info

Former Coaches

Elena Buianova, Frank
Carroll, Nikolai Morozov, Rafael Arutyunyan, Tatiana Tarasova

Former Choreographers

David Wilson, Irina Tagaeva, Lori Nichol, Mikhail
Pochitalin, Nikolai Morozov, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Stéphane Lambiel, Tatiana Tarasova

Former Training Locations

Almaty
El Segundo, CA, USA

Hackensack, NJ, USA

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Moscow, Russia

Novogorsk, Russia

Sochi, Russia

Began Skating

1999

Physical Description

Height

168 cm (5' 6")

Gender

Male

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Ethnicity

Korean

Personal International Bests

Denis Yuryevich Ten (Денис Юрьевич Тен; June 13, 1993 – July 19, 2018) was a Kazakh competitive figure skater. He was the bronze medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, a two-time Worlds medalist (silver in 2013, bronze in 2015), the 2015 Four Continents champion, and an nine-time Kazakh national champion (2006, 2010, 2012-2018).

Programs[]

Season	Short Program	Freeskate
2017-2018	Tu Sei _{by Romano Musumarra & Giorgio Flavio Pintus performed by Vittorio Grigolo choreo. by David Wilson}	SOS d'un terrien en détresse (from Starmania) _{by Michel Berger performed by Dimash Kudaibergen choreo. by David Wilson}
2016-2017	Romeo and Juliet _{by Sergei Prokofiev choreo. by Nikolai Morozov}	Tosca _{by Giacomo Puccini choreo. by Nikolai Morozov}
2015-2016	Misa Tango _{by Luis Bacalov choreo. by Lori Nichol}	Romeo and Juliet _{by Pyotr Tchaikovsky choreo. by Lori Nichol} Misa Tango _{by Luis Bacalov choreo. by Lori Nichol}
2014-2015	Caruso _{by Lucio Dalla covered by Joseph Calleja choreo. by Lori Nichol}	Ambush from Ten Sides _{by traditional performed by Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble} Vocussion _{by Sandeep Das, Joseph Gramley, Dong-Won Kim, Shane Shanahan, & Mark Suter choreo. by Lori Nichol}
2013-2014	Danse Macabre _{by Camille Saint-Saëns choreo. by Lori Nichol}	The Lady and the Hooligan Romance (from The Gadfly) _{by Dmitri Shostakovich choreo. by Lori Nichol}
2012-2013	The Artist _{by Ludovic Bource choreo. by Lori Nichol & Stéphane Lambiel}	The Artist _{by Ludovic Bource choreo. by Lori Nichol & Stéphane Lambiel}
2011-2012	Elegie Op. 3 No. 1 (from Morceaux de Fantaisie) _{by Sergei Rachmaninoff choreo. by Lori Nichol}	Adiós Nonino _{by Ástor Piazzolla choreo. by Lori Nichol}
2010-2011	Primavera Porteño (from Estaciones Porteñas) _{by Ástor Piazzolla choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel}	Totentanz _{by Franz Liszt choreo. by Lori Nichol}
2009-2010	Sing, Sing, Sing _{by Louis Prima choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova}	Pasodoble Concierto de Aranjuez _{by Joaquín Rodrigo choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova}
2008-2009	Malagueña _{performed by Brian Setzer choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova}	Piano Concerto No. 2 _{by Sergei Rachmaninoff choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova}
2007-2008	Malagueña _{performed by Brian Setzer choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova}	Peer Gynt _{by Edvard Grieg choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova}
2006-2007	Faust _{by Charles Gounod choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova & Mikhail Pochitalin}	The Mask _{by Randy Edelman choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova & Mikhail Pochitalin} Moonlight Serenade _{by Glenn Miller choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova & Mikhail Pochitalin}
2006-2007		Chattanooga Choo Choo _{by Harry Warren choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova & Mikhail Pochitalin} Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) _{by George Gershwin choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova & Mikhail Pochitalin}

Exhibitions[]

Season	Exhibition
2017-2018	Lose Yourself (from 8 Mile) (Remix) ^{by Eminem choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne}
2016-2017	Lose Yourself (from 8 Mile) (Remix) _by_Eminem _{choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne}
2015-2016	Made to Love _{by John Legend, Dave Tozer, Kimbra, Nana Kwabena Tuffuour, Justin Baron, Andrew Horowitz, Kanye West, Marcos Palacios, Ernest Clark, Lil' Louis, & Marshall Jefferson performed by John Legend}
2015-2016	Lose Yourself (from 8 Mile) (Remix) _by_Eminem _{choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne}
2014-2015	Mi Mancherai (from Il Postino) _{by Luis Bacalov performed by Josh Groban choreo. by Denis Ten and Stéphane Lambiel}
2014-2015	Money on My Mind _{by Sam Smith & Ben Ash performed by Sam Smith}
2013-2014	Money on My Mind _{by Sam Smith & Ben Ash performed by Sam Smith}
2013-2014	Mi Mancherai (from Il Postino) _{by Luis Bacalov performed by Josh Groban choreo. by Denis Ten & Stéphane Lambiel}
2012-2013	Singin' In the Rain _{by Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel}
2011-2012	Per Te _{by Marco Marinangeli, Walter Afanasieff, & Josh Groban performed by Josh Groban}
2011-2012	Cinema Paradiso _{by Ennio Morricone}
2009-2010	Michael Jackson medley You Are Not Alone _{by R. Kelly} Black or White _{by Michael Jackson & Bill Bottrell}
2008-2009	Michael Jackson medley You Are Not Alone _{by R. Kelly} Black or White _{by Michael Jackson & Bill Bottrell}
2008-2009	Swan Lake (modern arrangement) _{by Pyotr Tchaikovsky}

Competitive Results[]

International
Event	04-05	05-06	06-07	07-08	08-09	09-10	10-11	11-12	12-13	13-14	14-15	15-16	16-17	17-18
Olympics						11th				3rd				27th
Worlds					8th	13th	14th	7th	2nd		3rd	11th	16th	WD
Four Continents					9th	10th		6th	12th	4th	1st			15th
GP Cup of China						10th				4th
GP NHK Trophy							12th
GP Rostelecom Cup									9th					9th
GP Skate America							11th	5th		WD	4th	9th	WD
GP Skate Canada						7th		5th	6th
GP France											3rd	4th	2nd	8th
CS Golden Spin						1st		2nd			1st	1st	WD	4th
Asian Games							1st						10th
Coupe du Printemps												2nd
Cup of Nice														5th
Ice Challenge										1st
Istanbul Cup								1st
Merano Cup										1st
Nebelhorn Trophy								9th	7th
NRW Trophy						4th						2nd
Shanghai Trophy														3rd
Universiade										WD			1st
Volvo Open Cup									1st
International: Junior
Junior Worlds			26th	16th	4th	9th		4th
JGP Final					5th
JGP Belarus					1st
JGP Estonia				10th
JGP France					4th
JGP Netherlands			10th
JGP Romania				6th
Dragon Trophy			1st
Haabersti Cup			1st
Hellmut Seibt				1st
NRW Trophy				1st
Toruń Cup							1st
International: Novice
Cup of Nice			1st
National
Kazakhstani Champ.	4th	1st	2nd			1st		1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Team Events
Team Challenge Cup												3rd T 7th P

ISU Results[]

(Season bests highlighted in bold, current personal bests italicized)

2017-2018 Season
Date	Competition	SP	FS	Total
February 9 - 23	2018 Winter Olympics	27 70.12	FNR	27
January 22 - 28	2018 Four Continents Championships	11 75.30	15 135.52	15 210.82
December 6 - 9	2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb	1 80.50	5 148.31	4 228.81
November 24 - 26	2017 Shanghai Trophy	N/A	3 157.01	3
November 17 - 19	2017 Internationaux de France	7 83.70	10 144.87	8 228.57
October 20 - 22	2017 Rostelecom Cup	10 69.00	8 145.35	9 214.35
October 11 - 15	2017 International Cup of Nice	6 72.48	5 142.03	5 214.51
2016-2017 Season
Date	Competition	SP	FS	Total
March 27 - April 2	2017 World Championships	9 90.18	20 144.13	16 234.31
February 23 - 26	2017 Asian Winter Games	9 72.98	13 125.90	10 198.88
January 31 - February 5	2017 Winter Universiade	1 94.91	1 172.06	1 266.97
December 7 - 10	2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb	7 73.35	WD
November 10 - 13	2016 Trophée de France	3 89.21	3 180.05	2 269.26
2015-2016 Season
Date	Competition	SP	FS	Total
March 28 - April 3	2016 World Championships	12 78.55	12 151.58	11 230.13
March 11 - 13	2016 Coupe du Printemps	1 86.95	2 133.09	2 220.04
December 2 - 5	2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb	1 94.03	1 182.36	1 276.39
November 24 - 29	2015 NRW Trophy	3 82.63	2 159.28	2 241.91
November 13 - 15	2015 Trophée Éric Bompard	4 80.10	Cancelled
October 23 - 25	2015 Skate America	6 79.02	11 122.50	9 201.52
2014-2015 Season
Date	Competition	SP	FS	Total
March 23 - 29	2015 World Championships	3 85.89	1 181.83	3 267.72
February 10 - 15	2015 Four Continents Championships	1 97.61	1 191.85	1 289.46
December 4 - 6	2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb	1 92.50	2 157.43	1 249.94
November 20 - 23	2014 Trophée Éric Bompard	1 91.78	5 144.50	3 236.28
October 24 - 26	2014 Skate America	4 77.18	4 147.56	4 224.74
2013-2014 Season
Date	Competition	SP	FS	Total
February 6 - 22	2014 Winter Olympics	9 84.06	3 171.04	3 255.10
January 20 - 25	2014 Four Continents Championships	5 76.34	4 150.03	4 226.37
November 19 - 24	2013 Ice Challenge	1 88.19	1 173.19	1 261.38
November 15 - 17	2013 Merano Cup	1 82.21	2 148.91	1 231.12
November 1 - 3	2013 Cup of China	4 77.05	3 147.75	4 224.80
2012-2013 Season
Date	Competition	SP	FS	Total
March 11 - 17	2013 World Championships	2 91.56	1 174.92	2 266.48
February 6 - 11	2013 Four Continents Championships	7 78.05	17 119.21	12 197.26
January 10 - 13	20th Volvo Open Cup	1 79.21	2 125.12	1 204.33
November 8 - 11	2012 Rostelecom Cup	9 59.42	9 118.35	9 177.77
October 26 - 28	2012 Skate Canada	4 75.26	8 128.44	6 203.70
September 27 - 29	2012 Nebelhorn Trophy	4 67.88	8 130.51	7 198.39

2011-2012 Season
Date	Competition	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 26 - April 1	2012 World Championships	Senior	8 76.00	6 153.70	7 229.70
February 27 - March 4	2012 World Junior Championships	Junior	3 73.78	4 134.42	4 208.20
February 7 - 12	2012 Four Continents Championships	Senior	5 77.73	7 132.30	6 210.03
December 13 - 18	2011 Istanbul Cup	Senior	1 68.75	1 152.08	1 220.83
December 8 - 12	2011 Golden Spin of Zagreb	Senior	1 76.36	2 144.11	2 220.47
October 27 - 30	2011 Skate Canada	Senior	5 71.40	6 140.99	5 212.39
October 20 - 23	2011 Skate America	Senior	6 67.38	7 130.60	5 197.98
September 22 - 24	2011 Nebelhorn Trophy	Senior	5 68.66	9 118.59	9 187.25
2010-2011 Season
Date	Competition	Level	SP	FS	Total
April 25 - May 1	2011 World Championships	Senior	10 71.00	14 138.99	14 209.99
February 3 - 5	2011 Asian Winter Games	Senior	1 76.22	3 132.67	1 208.89
January 6 - 9	2011 Mentor Toruń Cup	Junior	1 61.54	1 112.84	1 174.38
November 11 - 14	2010 Skate America	Senior	6 64.50	11 111.61	11 176.11
October 21 - 24	2010 NHK Trophy	Senior	6 68.74	12 102.94	12 171.68
2009-2010 Season
Date	Competition	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 22 - 28	2010 World Championships	Senior	9 77.40	15 125.06	13 202.46
March 9 - 13	2010 World Junior Championships	Junior	4 68.40	15 103.46	9 171.86
February 14 - 17	2010 Winter Olympics	Senior	10 76.24	14 135.01	11 211.25
January 27 - 30	2010 Four Continents Championships	Senior	4 70.50	14 102.15	10 172.65
December 3 - 6	2009 NRW Trophy	Senior	2 78.78	8 120.19	4 198.97
November 19 - 22	2009 Skate Canada	Senior	3 75.45	9 117.88	7 193.33
October 29 - November 1	2009 Cup of China	Senior	9 64.05	10 118.58	10 182.63
2008-2009 Season
Date	Competition	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 22 - 29	2009 World Championships	Senior	17 68.54	6 142.89	8 211.43
February 22 - March 1	2009 World Junior Championships	Junior	5 64.80	4 118.97	4 183.77
February 2 - 8	2009 Four Continents Championships	Senior	10 61.32	8 123.50	9 184.82
December 10 - 14	2008-09 JGP Final	Junior	7 60.59	3 119.75	5 180.34
October 1 - 4	2008 JGP Belarus	Junior	1 68.36	2 119.71	1 188.07
August 27 - 30	2008 JGP France	Junior	5 54.81	5 109.06	4 163.87
2007-2008 Season
Date	Competition	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 25 - March 2	2008 World Junior Championships	Junior	8 60.00	19 95.70	16 155.70
November 30 - December 2	2007 NRW Trophy	Junior	1 56.23	1 106.41	1 162.64
September 20 - 22	2007 JGP Estonia	Junior	10 43.60	10 85.57	10 129.17
September 6 - 9	2007 JGP Romania	Junior	3 53.88	6 90.45	6 144.33
2006-2007 Season
Date	Competition	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 26 - March 4	2007 World Junior Championships	Junior	26 45.69	FNR	26
February 1 - 4	2007 Dragon Trophy	Junior	1 48.23	1 100.56	1 148.79
November 9 - 11	2006 International Cup of Nice	Novice	2 40.65	1 82.77	1 123.42
October 5 - 7	2006 JGP Netherlands	Junior	14 41.52	7 96.28	10 137.80

Medal Record[]

(In chronological order)

Type	Competition	Season	Level
Gold	2018 Kazakhstani Championships	2017-18	Senior
Gold	2017 Winter Universiade	2016-17	Senior
Gold	2017 Kazakhstani Championships	2016-17	Senior
Silver	2016 Trophée de France	2016-17	Senior
Bronze	2016 Team Challenge Cup	2015-16	Senior
Silver	2016 Coupe du Printemps	2015-16	Senior
Gold	2016 Kazakhstani Championships	2015-16	Senior
Gold	2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb	2015-16	Senior
Silver	2015 NRW Trophy	2015-16	Senior
Bronze	2015 World Championships	2014-15	Senior
Gold	2015 Four Continents Championships	2014-15	Senior
Gold	2015 Kazakhstani Championships	2014-15	Senior
Gold	2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb	2014-15	Senior
Bronze	2014 Trophée Éric Bompard	2014-15	Senior
Bronze	2014 Winter Olympics	2013-14	Senior
Gold	2014 Kazakhstani Championships	2013-14	Senior
Gold	2013 Ice Challenge	2013-14	Senior
Gold	2013 Merano Cup	2013-14	Senior
Silver	2013 World Championships	2012-13	Senior
Gold	20th Volvo Open Cup	2012-13	Senior
Gold	2013 Kazakhstani Championships	2012-13	Senior
Gold	2012 Kazakhstani Championships	2011-12	Senior
Gold	2011 Istanbul Cup	2011-12	Senior
Silver	2011 Golden Spin of Zagreb	2011-12	Senior
Gold	2011 Asian Winter Games	2010-11	Senior
Gold	2011 Mentor Nestlé Nesquik Toruń Cup	2010-11	Junior
Gold	2010 Kazakhstani Championships	2009-10	Senior
Gold	2009 Golden Spin of Zagreb	2009-10	Senior
Gold	2008 JGP Belarus	2008-09	Junior
Gold	2008 Hellmut Seibt Memorial	2007-08	Junior
Gold	2007 NRW Trophy	2007-08	Junior
Gold	2007 Haabersti Cup	2006-07	Junior
Gold	2007 Dragon Trophy	2006-07	Junior
Silver	2007 Kazakhstani Championships	2006-07	Senior
Gold	2006 International Cup of Nice	2006-07	Novice
Gold	2006 Kazakhstani Championships	2005-06	Senior

Small Medal Record[]

(Only awarded at ISU Championships)

Type	Competition	Season	Program	Level
Gold	2015 World Championships	2014-15	Freeskate	Senior
Bronze	2015 World Championships	2014-15	Short	Senior
Gold	2015 Four Continents Championships	2014-15	Freeskate	Senior
Gold	2015 Four Continents Championships	2014-15	Short	Senior
Gold	2013 World Championships	2012-13	Freeskate	Senior
Silver	2013 World Championships	2012-13	Short	Senior
Bronze	2012 World Junior Championships	2011-12	Short	Junior

Sources[]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Ten

http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008858.htm

https://www.taniabass.com