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{{MedalSport | Ladies' [[figure skating]]}}
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'''Kim Yu-Na''' (born [[September 5]], [[1990]]) is a [[South Korea]]n [[Figure skating|figure skater]]. She is the 2007 & 2008 [[World Figure Skating Championships|World bronze medalist]], the [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|2006 World Junior Champion]], and two-time [[Grand Prix Final|Grand Prix Final Champion]]. Following the [[2007 Cup of Russia]], Kim holds the highest scores for both short<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web | title = South Korean Turns in Record Short Program
'''Kim Yu-Na''' (born [[September 5]], [[1990]]) is a [[South Korea]]n [[Figure skating|figure skater]]. She is the 2007 & 2008 [[World Figure Skating Championships|World bronze medalist]], the 2006 & 2007 [[Grand Prix Final|Grand Prix Final Champion]] and the [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|2006 World Junior
Champion]]. Following the [[2007 Cup of Russia]], Kim holds the highest scores for both short<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web | title = South Korean Turns in Record Short Program
| publisher = The New York Times | date = [[2007-03-24]] | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/24/sports/othersports/24skate.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/F/Figure%20Skating
| publisher = The New York Times | date = [[2007-03-24]] | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/24/sports/othersports/24skate.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/F/Figure%20Skating
| accessdate = 2007-03-24 }}</ref> and free skating<ref>{{cite web
| accessdate = 2007-03-24 }}</ref> and free skating<ref>{{cite web
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| url = http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2007010487838
| accessdate = 2007-01-04 }}</ref>. Kim was selected to compete at the [[2007 World Figure Skating Championships]] based on her performance from the season so far. Because of the placement of [[Choi Ji Eun]] the year before, South Korea had only one spot to the World Championships.
| accessdate = 2007-01-04 }}</ref>. Kim was selected to compete at the [[2007 World Figure Skating Championships]] based on her performance from the season so far. Because of the placement of [[Choi Ji Eun]] the year before, South Korea had only one spot to the World Championships.
[[Image:Yu-Na Camel Spin.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Kim performs the '''Yu-na camel spin''' (also known as '''Bent-leg layover spin''') in [[2008 World Figure Skating Championships|2008 Worlds]].]]
[[Image:Yu-Na Camel Spin.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Kim performs the '''Yu-na [[camel spin]]''' (also known as '''Bent-leg layover spin''') in [[2008 World Figure Skating Championships|2008 Worlds]].]]
In March 2007, at the 2007 World Championships in [[Tokyo]], Kim won the short program, setting the short program world record for the highest score under the [[ISU Judging System]].<ref name=autogenerated1 /> She placed fourth in the long program and placed third overall. She was 8.31 points behind silver medalist Mao Asada and 5.91 points ahead of fourth place finisher [[Kimmie Meissner]]. Kim's performance qualified South Korea two ladies entries for 2008.
In March 2007, at the 2007 World Championships in [[Tokyo]], Kim won the short program, setting the short program world record for the highest score under the [[ISU Judging System]].<ref name=autogenerated1 /> She placed fourth in the long program and placed third overall. She was 8.31 points behind silver medalist Mao Asada and 5.91 points ahead of fourth place finisher [[Kimmie Meissner]]. Kim's performance qualified South Korea two ladies entries for 2008.


Revision as of 05:43, 16 October 2008

Yuna Kim
Kim at the 2007 Cup of Russia
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
Country South Korea
CoachBrian Orser
Most Recent Results:
Event Finish Point SP FS Year
World Championships Bronze 183.23 5 (59.85) 1 (123.38) 2008
Grand Prix Final Gold 196.83 1 (64.62) 2 (132.21) 2007
Kim Yu-Na
Korean name
Hangul김연아
Hanja金姸兒
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationGim Yeon-a
McCune–ReischauerKim Yŏn-a


Kim Yu-Na (born September 5, 1990) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2007 & 2008 World bronze medalist, the 2006 & 2007 Grand Prix Final Champion and the 2006 World Junior Champion. Following the 2007 Cup of Russia, Kim holds the highest scores for both short[1] and free skating[2] programs under the ISU Judging System.

Kim is the first South Korean figure skater to do any of the following: medal at a Junior Grand Prix event, win a Junior Grand Prix event, medal at a Grand Prix event, win a Grand Prix event, win the Grand Prix Final, medal at an ISU Championships, win an ISU Championships, or medal at the World Championships. She is one of the most highly recognized athletes and media figures in South Korea.[3]

Personal life

Kim Yu-Na was born in 1990 in Bucheon, South Korea and moved to Gunpo when she was 6 years old. In 2006, she moved to Toronto, Canada for training. Kim, currently a senior in high school, announced in July 2008 that she will apply for Korea University. Official admission is expected in December.

Career

Novice

Kim Yu-Na began skating at the age of 6 at her mother's encouragement. In 2002, she competed internationally for the first time at the Triglav Trophy where she won the novice competition. In 2003, at age 12, she became the youngest lady to win the senior title at the South Korean Figure Skating Championships. She won her second international competition, the novice competition at the Golden Bear of Zagreb in 2003.

Junior Season 2004-2005 (age 14)

In the 2004-2005 season, Kim was internationally Junior age eligible. She competed on the ISU Junior Grand Prix, the Junior complement to the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. She won the silver medal in China and the gold medal in Hungary. She won the silver medal at the Junior Grand Prix Final with an overal score 35.08 points behind the gold medalist, future rival Mao Asada. Kim won the senior national title on her way to the 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. At that competition, Kim won the silver medal, again behind Asada.

Junior Season 2005-2006 (age 15)

For the 2005-2006 season, the choice was made for Kim Yu-Na to remain on the Junior Grand Prix. She was not old enough to compete at the 2006 Olympics even if South Korea qualified for a spot at the final qualifying competition, the 2005 Karl Schäfer Memorial, and so Kim remained on the Junior Grand Prix. Kim won both her Junior Grand Prix events to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final. She won the Junior Grand Prix Final with a score that was 28.34 points ahead of silver medalist Aki Sawada. Kim won her fourth senior national title. At the 2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, she competed against the defending champion Mao Asada. Kim won the gold medal with a 24.19 margin of victory.

Season 2006-2007 (age 16)

Kim made her senior international debut at 2006 Skate Canada where she won a bronze medal after winning the short program and placing fourth in the free skate. She won the 2006 Trophée Eric Bompard with a score 10.1 points above silver medalist Miki Ando. Her win and bronze medal qualified Kim for the first time for the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. At the 2006 Grand Prix Final, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, Kim placed third in the short program and won the long program, to win the title overall, with a margin of victory of 11.68 ahead of silver medalist Mao Asada.

Kim originally intended to defend her title at the 2006-2007 South Korean Championships, but was forced to withdraw with injury before the event. In January 2007, Kim was diagnosed with early-stage lumbar disc herniation (L4~L5)[4]. Kim was selected to compete at the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships based on her performance from the season so far. Because of the placement of Choi Ji Eun the year before, South Korea had only one spot to the World Championships.

File:Yu-Na Camel Spin.jpg
Kim performs the Yu-na camel spin (also known as Bent-leg layover spin) in 2008 Worlds.

In March 2007, at the 2007 World Championships in Tokyo, Kim won the short program, setting the short program world record for the highest score under the ISU Judging System.[1] She placed fourth in the long program and placed third overall. She was 8.31 points behind silver medalist Mao Asada and 5.91 points ahead of fourth place finisher Kimmie Meissner. Kim's performance qualified South Korea two ladies entries for 2008.

Season 2007-2008 (age 17)

Kim started off the 2007-2008 season winning the 2007 Cup of China with a score that was 24.34 points ahead of silver medalist Caroline Zhang. At the 2007 Cup of Russia, Kim won both the short program and the long program to finish 24.43 points ahead of silver medalist Yukari Nakano. At that competition, Kim set a world record for long program under the ISU Judging System[5].

Kim's two wins qualified her for the 2007-2008 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Turin, Italy, where she went in as the reigning and defending champion. She won the short program and placed second in the long program to win her second Grand Prix Final competition by 5.24 points ahead of Asada. Kim chose not to compete at the 2007-2008 South Korean nationals and withdrew from the 2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships a week before the event due to a hip injury.

Kim recovered in time to compete at the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships. She was fifth in the short program after she fell on triple lutz jump. She won the long program and placed third overall, winning her second consecutive bronze medal at the World Championships.

Kim has been assigned to compete at the 2008 Skate America and the 2008 Cup of China for the 2008-2009 Grand Prix Season.

Coaching changes

In order to prepare for her senior debut in the 2006-2007 season, Kim moved her training venue to the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club of Toronto, Canada during the summer of 2006.[6] There, she worked with David Wilson and Tom Dickson. Later, Brian Orser became her new full-time coach. Satisfied with the training environment in Toronto, Kim made Toronto her permanent training ground.

Skating technique

Kim landed her first triple jump at the age of 10, and just two years later she landed all triple jumps.[7]

When Kim was 14 years old, she landed her first triple-triple combination in competition at the 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championship. Kim has performed three different triple-triple combinations in competition ; the triple lutz-triple toe loop[8], the triple flip-triple toe loop, and the triple toe loop-triple toe loop.

Kim's signature move is a layback ina bauer that led directly into the double axel jump or the double axel-triple toe loop combination jump. Another signature move is the difficult camel spin she uses with a variety of different positions.

Programs

Kim performs an Ina Bauer during her "Reflection" exhibition at the 2006 Skate Canada.
Season Short Program Long Program Exhibition
2008-09 Danse Macabre
by Saint-Saens 		Scheherazade
by Rimsky-Korsakov 		Gold
by Linda Eder
Only Hope
A Walk To Remember soundtrack
by Mandy Moore
2007-08 Die Fledermaus
by Johann Strauss II 		Miss Saigon
from Miss Saigon
by Claude-Michel Schönberg 		Just a Girl
by No Doubt
Once Upon A Dream
Jekyll & Hyde soundtrack
by Linda Eder
Only Hope
A Walk To Remember soundtrack
by Mandy Moore
2006-07 El Tango de Roxane
from Moulin Rouge 		The Lark Ascending
by Ralph Vaughan Williams 		Reflection
from Mulan
by Christina Aguilera
2005-06 El Tango de Roxane
from Moulin Rouge 		Papa, Can You Hear Me?
from Yentl 		One Day I'll Fly Away
from Moulin Rouge
by Nicole Kidman
2004-05 Snowstorm
by Georgi Sviridov 		Papa, Can You Hear Me?
from Yentl 		Ben
by Michael Jackson
2003-04 Snowstorm
by Georgi Sviridov 		Carmen
by Georges Bizet

Competitive highlights

Senior

Event 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
World Championships 3rd 3rd
Grand Prix Final 1st 1st
Cup of China 1st
Skate America
Cup of Russia 1st
Trophée Eric Bompard 1st
Skate Canada 3rd


Novice & Junior

Event 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006
World Junior Championships 2nd 1st
South Korean Championships 1st 1st 1st[9] 1st 1st
Junior Grand Prix Final 2nd 1st
Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria 1st
Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia 1st
Junior Grand Prix, Hungary 1st
Junior Grand Prix, China 2nd
Triglav Trophy 1st N.
Golden Bear, Zagreb 1st N.
  • N = Novice level

References

  1. ^ a b "South Korean Turns in Record Short Program". The New York Times. 2007-03-24. Retrieved 2007-03-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Cup of Russia, Day 2 report". International Skating Union. 2007-11-24. Retrieved 2007-11-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Yu Na Kim: The Best is Yet to Come". International Figure Skating. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  4. ^ "Skate Phenom Diagnosed With Hernia". donga.com. 2007-01-04. Retrieved 2007-01-04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Cup of Russia, Day 2 report". ISU. 2007-11-24. Retrieved 2007-11-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ ▒ NO1.뉴미디어'마이데일리 ▒
  7. ^ Mittan, Barry (2008-08-11). "First Keep Coming for Yu-Na Kim". GoldenSkate. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  8. ^ http://www.isufs.org/results/jgpbul2005/jgpbul05_Ladies_FS_scores.pdf
  9. ^ "The Nymph of Figure Skating Waits for August". The Dong-A Ilbo. 2004-02-10. Retrieved 2004-02-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) There was miscommunication between ISU and Korean Federation.
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