Denis Ten

Denis Yuryevich Ten (Денис Юрьевич Тен; 13 June 1993 – 19 July 2018) was a Kazakh figure skater.[1]

Denis Ten
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Personal information
Full nameDenis Yuryevich Ten
Born(1993-06-13)13 June 1993
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Died19 July 2018(2018-07-19) (aged 25)
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
CountryKazakhstan
CoachFrank Carroll, Nikolai Morozov
Skating clubKiyal Almaty
Began skating1998

Ten was the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time World medalist (silver in 2013, bronze in 2015), the 2015 Four Continents champion, the 2017 Winter Universiade champion, and a five-time national champion of Kazakhstan.

On 19 July 2018, Ten was stabbed in the thigh by two men who were trying to steal his car mirrors.[1] Ten suffered blood loss and died in the Central Clinical Hospital in Almaty, aged 25.[2]

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