Julian Yee

Julian Yee Zhi Jie (Chinese: 茹自杰; pinyin: Rú Zì Jié, born 26 May 1997) is a Malaysian figure skater.

[3] His mother, Irene Cheow,[4] served as the deputy president of the Ice Skating Association of Malaysia from 2012 to 2014.

[3] Julian Yee began learning to skate at age four at the Sunway Pyramid Ice Rink in Malaysia.

In 2011, he became the youngest skater to win the Junior Men's category, at age 13 years 10 months, thereby breaking the previous record held by his brother, Ryan Yee Zhi Jwen.

[10] One of the youngest skaters at the event, held in Taipei City from 20–25 January 2014, he qualified for the free skate and finished 23rd overall.

In the 2014–15 JGP season, Yee finished sixth in Aichi, Japan, scoring personal bests in the short program, free skate, and combined total.

Yee started the 2015–16 JGP season with a 7th-place result in Riga, Latvia, scoring personal bests in the short, free skate and combined total (176.79).

During the season, he trained in Petaling Jaya and Barrie, Ontario, coached by Michael Hopfes and Doug Leigh.

Yee finished 15th overall at the 2017 Four Continents Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and then went directly to Sapporo, Japan to compete at his first Asian Winter Games; he placed 8th with a new personal best of 222.69 points.