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Brea native Caroline Zhang started skating at age 5. "I asked my mother to take me skating at a rink that was across the street from where I was taking ballet lessons. I immediately fell in love with the sport and the next week signed up for skating lessons," she said. Zhang is the 2007 world junior champion, a two-time world junior silver medalist (2008-09) and the 2006 junior Grand Prix final champion. She captured the bronze at the 2009 U.S. Championships and took the silver at the 2007 U.S. Championships as a junior. She has won three medals in the Grand Prix Series: one silver (2007 Cup of China) and two bronzes (2008 Trophee Eric Bompard, 2007 Skate America). Zhang says her biggest life-defining moments were her first ballet recital and skating competition. "I realized that I loved to perform in front of an audience, and I loved a challenge."
