Ting was born on February 21, 2006, in Taipei, Taiwan. Her parents fund all of her career expenses with the help of donations from friends and local sponsorships.[1] Ting attends a local school and had the fourth-best grades in her class in 2019.[2] She enjoys DIY crafts, cooking, and baking.[3] Ting admires Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu as her future goal and especially likes his "Hope and Legacy" free skating program.[4]
In fall 2024, she moved to Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, where she began attending university.[5]
Career
Early career
Ting initially started out learning inline skating before a coach believed that she had potential and encouraged her to try figure skating.[4] She began skating at age 6.5 years after she did not fall like other beginners during her first lessons.[4] Ting won the 2016 Taiwanese Championships in the intermediate division, the 2017 and 2018 Taiwanese Championships in the advanced novice division, and the 2019 Taiwanese Championships in the junior division.[6]
On the international level, Ting is the 2016 Asian Open Trophy basic novice A bronze medalist, the 2017–18 Southeast Asian Figure Skating Open Challenge advanced novice champion, the 2018 Rooster Cup advanced novice champion, and the 2019 Oceania International Novice champion.[6][7][2] At the 2017 edition of the Asian Open Trophy, she was the youngest competitor in the advanced novice division, at only 11 years old.[8]
2019–2020 season
Ting began working in Canada at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club with Joey Russell, in addition to training with her current coach Chen Kuo-Wen in Taipei.[2] She won the 2020 Taiwanese junior title in early August by nearly 40 points over Mandy Chiang and Marissa Yi-Shan Wu.[9] Ting then won the 2019 Tokyo Summer Figure Skating Competition.[10]
Ting made her junior international debut on the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix, originally being assigned to 2019 JGP Poland and 2019 JGP Italy.[11] She placed 11th in Poland and later withdrew from Italy. In February, Ting placed fifth in Junior Ladies I at the 2020 Bavarian Open. She qualified to the free skating segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, ultimately finishing 17th overall.[12]
Ting was assigned to compete at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to attempt to qualify a berth for Taiwan at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She placed tenth at the event with new personal bests in both the free skate and total score, resulting in Taiwan being the third reserve for the Olympics. She finished the fall season with a fourth place at the 2021 Asian Open and gold at the Taiwanese championships. Assigned to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, she finished fifteenth. Ting concluded the season by making her World Championship debut, coming in twenty-sixth position.[14]
On October 23, 2024, Ting would take to her Instagram, announcing that she would be taking an indefinite break from figure skating after suffering from numerous illnesses and immunity issues during the summer off-season. She also stated that she wanted to take this time to focus on her university education.[5]
^Chen, Sisy (April 21, 2018). "她的中文名字叫丁子涵，滑冰成績已經是11-13歳級的世界紀錄。" [Her Chinese name is Ting Tzu-Han, and her skating performance is already world-level for an 11-13 year-old.] (Facebook) (in Chinese). Sisy's World News.
^ abcJin, Maoxun (May 20, 2019). "丁子涵大洋洲花滑國際賽奪金 目標瞄準2022冬季奧運-風傳媒" [Ting Tzu-Han won the gold medal in the Oceania International Skating International Competition, aiming at the 2022 Winter Olympics] (in Chinese). Storm Media Group.
^Cai, Yiting (April 22, 2018). "台灣新星揚威 丁子涵法國國際花式滑冰賽摘后冠" [Taiwan's rising star Ting Tzu-Han won the championship at a French international figure skating competition] (in Chinese). Business Today Taiwan.
^"2019年ISU花式滑冰青年大獎賽(JGP)-國手及參賽站別選派名單" [2019 ISU Figure Skating Junior Grand Prix (JGP) – List of national athletes and participating events] (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Skating Union. August 27, 2019.
^"2020年世界青年花式滑冰錦標賽女子個人組第十七名-丁子涵選手" [17th place in the Ladies' Category of the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships – Ting Tzu-Han] (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Skating Union. March 9, 2020.
