Cha Jun-hwan

Cha Jun-hwan
Personal information
Native name
차준환
Born (2001-10-21) October 21, 2001
Seoul, South Korea
Alma materKorea University
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country South Korea
DisciplineMen's singles
CoachChi Hyun-jung
Began skating2009
Highest WS3rd (2022–23)
Medal record
Event
World Championships 0 1 0
Four Continents Championships 1 2 1
Grand Prix Final 0 0 1
South Korean Championships 10 0 2
World Team Trophy 0 1 0
Junior Grand Prix Final 0 0 1
Medal list
World Championships
2023 Saitama Singles
Four Continents Championships
2022 Tallinn Singles
2025 Seoul Singles
2026 Beijing Singles
2024 Shanghai Singles
Grand Prix Final
2018–19 Vancouver Singles
South Korean Championships
2017 Gangneung Singles
2018 Seoul Singles
2019 Seoul Singles
2020 Uijeongbu Singles
2021 Uijeongbu Singles
2022 Uijeongbu Singles
2023 Uijeongbu Singles
2024 Uijeongbu Singles
2025 Uijeongbu Singles
2026 Seoul Singles
2015 Seoul Singles
2016 Seoul Singles
World Team Trophy
2023 Tokyo Team
Junior Grand Prix Final
2016–17 Marseille Singles
Korean name
Hangul
차준환
Hanja
車俊煥
RRCha Junhwan
MRCh'a Chunhwan

Cha Jun-hwan (Korean차준환; born October 21, 2001) is a South Korean figure skater. He is the 2023 World silver medalist, a four-time the Four Continents medalist (gold in 2022, silver in 2025 and 2026, and bronze in 2024), the 2018–2019 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, a six-time Grand Prix medalist (6 bronze), a five-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (2 gold and 3 silver), the 2025 Asian Winter Games champion, the 2025 World University Games bronze medalist, as well as a ten-time consecutive South Korean national champion (2017–2026). He represented South Korea at the 2018, 2022, and 2026 Winter Olympics. At the junior level, Cha is the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and a two-time Junior Grand Prix gold medalist.

Cha is the first South Korean man to win and to medal at the Four Continents Championships and the Asian Winter Games, as well as the first to medal at the World Championships, Grand Prix Final, Junior Grand Prix Final, and any senior Grand Prix event.