Background
Karen Chen was born in Fremont, California.
Karen Chen was born in Fremont, California.
Early career
The following season, she competed on the junior level at the 2013 United States. Championships, placing fourth. 2013-2014 season: Junior international debut
While practicing a triple Lutz, she sustained a type three tibia fracture in her right ankle. The injury led her to withdraw from the JGP Final.
Chen spent four weeks on crutches and resumed training in mid-December.
She withdrew from the junior event at the 2014 United States. Championships after placing fifth in the short program At the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, she placed sixth in the short program, ninth in the free skate, and ninth overall.
2014-2015 season: First senior national medal
She was awarded the bronze medal in her senior national debut at the 2015 United States Championships, behind Ashley Wagner and Gracie Gold. 2015-2016 season: Senior international debut
In September 2015, Chen finished fourth at the 2015 United States. International Classic, an International Skating Union Challenger Series (CS) event and her first senior international.
Making her Grand Prix debut, she placed fifth at both the 2015 Skate America and 2015 Cup of China.
Senior career
Junior career.
She is the 2013 JGP Slovakia champion and the 2015 United States. national bronze medalist. Chen won gold on the national intermediate level in 2011 and then gold competing as a novice in 2012. She made her international debut at the 2013 Gardena Spring Trophy where she won gold on the novice level In the 2013-2014 season, Chen received her first International Skating Union Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments. She won bronze in Riga, Latvia, followed by gold in Košice, Slovakia, and qualified for the JGP Final. In the 2014-2015 JGP series, Chen won bronze at Czechoslovakian Skate and silver at the Croatia Cup, respectively. She won bronze at her second CS assignment, the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb in December, and finished 8th at the 2016 United States Championships in January.
