{{short description|Canadian figure skater}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Charlene Wong |image= |caption= |fullname= |altname= |country= Canada |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1966|3|4|mf=yes}} |birth_place= Montreal, Quebec, Canada |height= {{height|m=1.65}} |skating club= |beganskating= |retired= 1990 }}
'''Charlene Wong''' (born March 4, 1966) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 1981 NHK Trophy bronze medalist and competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics. She currently works as a figure skating coach.
==Personal life== Charlene Wong was born on March 4, 1966, in Montreal.<ref name=COC-CW/> She has two older siblings, a brother and sister.<ref name=IN080131/>
==Career== Wong was coached from her early years by Helen Ann Shields and also received lessons from Tommy Litz, Barbara Roles, Kathy Casey, and Osborne Colson.<ref name=IN080131/> In 1986, she joined Peter Dunfield and Sonya Dunfield who would coach her until 1990.<ref name=IN080131/>
Wong won five medals at the Canadian Championships — four silver and one bronze. She was selected to compete at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and finished 13th.<ref name=SR/> She retired from competition in 1990.
Wong became a coach in the United States. She has coached the following skaters: * Victoria Muniz<ref>{{isu name | id=00008894 | name=Victoria Muniz}}</ref> * Amber Corwin * Mirai Nagasu<ref name="Nagasu"/> * Caroline Zhang<ref name="Zhang"/>
==Results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | International |- ! Event ! {{tooltip|80–81|1980–81}} ! 81–82 ! 82–83 ! 83–84 ! 84–85 ! 85–86 ! 86–87 ! 87–88 ! 88–89 ! 89–90 |- | align=left | Olympics || || || || || || || || 13th || || |- | align=left | Worlds || || || 12th || || || || || 17th || 16th || |- | align=left | Nations Cup || || || || || || || || || || 6th |- | align=left | NHK Trophy || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || 7th || || || || |- | align=left | Skate America || || || 5th || || || || || || || |- | align=left | Skate Canada || || || || || 10th || 4th || || || 4th || |- | align=left | Skate Electric || || || || || || || || || bgcolor=gold| 1st || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | International: Junior |- | align=left | Junior Worlds || 10th || || || || || || || || || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | National |- | align=left | Canadian Champ. || || 5th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd |}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=COC-CW>{{cite web |url= http://olympic.ca/team-canada/charlene-wong/ |title= Charlene Wong |publisher= Canadian Olympic Committee }}</ref> <ref name=SR>{{cite web |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/charlene-wong-1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102438/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/charlene-wong-1.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2020-04-18 |title= Charlene Wong |publisher= Sports Reference }}</ref> <ref name="Nagasu">{{cite news |title=2008 champ Nagasu to train with Carroll |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/figureskating/news/story?id=4188251 |access-date=21 October 2022 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN |date=May 20, 2009}}</ref> <ref name=IN080131>{{cite news |url= http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080131&content_id=43284&vkey=ice_news |title= Behind the scenes of figure skating - Jan. 31 |first= Lois |last= Elfman |work= IceNetwork |date= January 31, 2008 |access-date= July 5, 2008 |archive-date= June 22, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080622074134/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080131&content_id=43284&vkey=ice_news |url-status= dead }}</ref> <ref name="Zhang">{{cite news |title=Zhang latest figure skater to switch coaches |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=figureskating&id=4261278 |access-date=21 October 2022 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN |date=June 15, 2009}}</ref> }}
==External links== {{Wikiquote}}
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