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    XXII Olympic Winter Games
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    Yuna KIM

    Korea
    • Gender: Female
    • Nationality: Korea
    • Birthday: 5 September 1990
    • Age: 23
    • Height: 1.65 m (5' 5'')
    • Weight: -
    • Place of Birth: Korea, SEOUL
    • Place of Residence: -
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    Medals

    • Figure Skating
    • Ladies
    • Silver

    Athlete competitions and results

    • 19 February, 19:00 Ladies Short Program
    • Yuna KIM
      Score: 74.92
    • Rank: 1
    • 20 February, 19:00 Ladies Free Skating
    • Yuna KIM
      Score: 219.11
    • Rank: 2

    Additional Information

    Highlights

    RankEventYearLocation
    Olympic Winter Games
    1Ladies2010Vancouver, BC, CAN
    World Championships
    1Ladies2013London, ON, CAN
    1Ladies2009Los Angeles, CA, USA
    2Ladies2011Moscow, RUS
    2Ladies2010Torino, ITA
    3Ladies2008Gothenburg, SWE
    3Ladies2007Tokyo, JPN
    Four Continents Championships
    1Ladies2009Vancouver, BC, CAN
    Grand Prix Final
    1Ladies2009/2010Tokyo, JPN
    1Ladies2007/2008Torino, ITA
    1Ladies2006/2007St. Petersburg, RUS
    2Ladies2008/2009Goyang, KOR
    RankEventYearLocation
    ISU World Standings (as of 03 Feb 2014)
    29Ladies

    Personal Bests
    TypeDateScoreCompetitionEvent
    Total25 Feb 2010228.56Olympic Winter Games 2010Ladies
    Short Program23 Feb 201078.50Olympic Winter Games 2010Ladies
    Short Program Technical23 Feb 201044.70Olympic Winter Games 2010Ladies
    Short Program Component23 Feb 201033.80Olympic Winter Games 2010Ladies
    Free Skating25 Feb 2010150.06Olympic Winter Games 2010Ladies
    Free Skating Technical25 Feb 201078.30Olympic Winter Games 2010Ladies
    Free Skating Component16 Mar 201373.61World Championships 2013Ladies
    • Nickname: Skating Elf, Queen of Figure Skating, Queen Yuna (seoul.co.kr, 26 Mar 2013; nbcsports.com, 19 Feb 2014)
    • Occupation: Student
    • Languages Spoken: English, Korean
    • Debut: 2006 for Korea (yunakim.com, 2010)
    • Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010
    • Hobbies: Browsing the internet, listening to music, shopping. (isufs.org, 08 Nov 2008, yunakim.com 18 Nov 2008)
    • Education: Physical Education - Korea University, Seoul, KOR
    • Coach: Shin Hea-Sook; Ru Jong-Hyun (ISU, 13 Dec 2013)
    • Injuries: She suffered a metatarsal injury to her right foot during training in September 2013. It forced her to miss the grand prix season. She returned to competition at an event in Zagreb, Croatia in December 2013. (nbcsports.com, 26 Sep 2013, 07 Dec 2013; japantimes.co.jp, 05 Oct 2013; reuters.com, 04 Nov 2013)

      In 2008 she missed the Four Continents Championships due to a back and hip injury. (isufs.org 08, Nov 2008)

      In January 2007 she was diagnosed with early-stage disc herniation that caused her constant pain. (ifsmagazine.com, 14 Nov 2008)

      In 2005 she was troubled by several knee injuries. (ifsmagazine.com, 01 Dec 2007)

    Additional Information

    Music
    Music short program/short dance as of season 2013/2014
    Send In The Clowns

    Music free skating/free dance as of season 2013/2014
    Adios Nonino by Astor Piazzolla (ISU, 13 Dec 2013)

    Choreographer
    David Wilson, CAN (ISU, 13 Dec 2013)

    Start of sporting career
    She took up skating in 1996 in Gwacheon, Korea. (Facebook profile, 07 Jan 2011)

    Reason for taking up this sport
    Her mother would take her down to the local ice rink for recreation. She began taking the sport seriously at age seven when a coach approached her mother. "A coach told my mum I had talent and I would make a very good skater." (ifsmagazine.com, 01 Dec 2007)

    Training
    During both the high and low season she trains 24 hours a week in Seoul, Korea. (ISU, 13 Dec 2013)

    Hero
    US figure skater Michelle Kwan. (yunakim.com, 18 Nov 2008)

    Superstitions / Rituals
    She prays prior to entering the rink. (gospelherald.com, 06 Feb 2014)

    Awards
    In 2010 she was given the Sportswoman of the Year Award by the Women's Sports
    Foundation. (yunakim.com, 2010)

    She was named in Time magazine's top 100 most influential people in the world in 2010. (time.com, 2010)

    In 2010 she was listed as one of the top 10 athletes in the world by the Xinhua News Agency. (sportsfeatures.com, 01 May 2010; asianwavemag.com, 28 Dec 2010)

    In 2008 she was given the Best Figure Skater Award by the Korean Skating Union. (yunakim.com, 18 Nov 2008)

    General
    RETIREMENT
    She retired from figure skating after winning a silver medal at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. She had previously announced that she would like to be elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee [IOC]. As a junior, she had stated she would retire if she won a medal at the 2010 Games in Vancouver, but decided to carry on competing. (nbcsports.com, 21 Feb 2014; chosun.com, 05 May 2011; yahoo.com, 02 May 2011)

    CHARITY WORK
    She has worked with the United Nations Children's Fund [UNICEF]. In 2010 she was named as a Goodwill Ambassador for the charity, and in 2013 she donated all of her prize money from the world championships to the organisation. (english.chosun.com, 06 May 2013; yunakim.com, 2010)

    FIRSTS
    Her victory at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver made her the first Korean figure skater to win an Olympic medal. She was also the first Korean figure skater to win an International Skating Union [ISU] event, when she claimed the 2006 junior world title. When she won gold at the 2013 World Championships in London, ON, Canada, she became the first athlete competing for an Asian nation to have won six world championship medals. (ISU, 06 May 2013; SportsDeskOnline, 17 Mar 2013)

    PRODIGY
    She participated in the torch relay for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin despite being too young to compete at the Games. (kbs.co.kr 14 Nov 2008)

    Social Media
    Hear more from the athlete via their website 1, website 2 and Twitter.

    Figure Skating

    Ladies
    • ISU World Standings Points: 1700
    • ISU World Standings Rank: 29
    • Season Best: -
    News: Yuna KIM
    Adelina Sotnikova stuns Kim to win Olympic gold
    20 FebruaryAdelina Sotnikova stuns Kim to win Olympic gold
    Adelina Sotnikova won Russia's first ever women's Olympic figure skating gold on Thursday.
    20 FebruaryYuna Kim Leads After Short Program
    Yuna Kim of South Korea leads after the short program figure skating competition at the Games in Sochi with a score of 74.92 points.
    12 FebruaryOlympic champion Kim Yu-Na is not afraid of a rising Russian star

    South Korea's reigning Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-Na is determined to fight for her title with teenage Russian prodigy Julia Lipnitskaia as she left Seoul for the 2014 Winter Games.

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      21 February
      Sochi 2014 Day 14 - Figure Skating Ladies Free Skating
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      21 February
      Sochi 2014 Day 14 - Figure Skating Ladies Free Skating
    • Adelina Sotnikova stuns Kim to win Olympic gold
      20 February
      Adelina Sotnikova stuns Kim to win Olympic gold
    • Yuna Kim Leads After Short Program
      20 February
      Yuna Kim Leads After Short Program
    • Olympic champion Kim Yu-Na is not afraid of a rising Russian star
      12 February
      Olympic champion Kim Yu-Na is not afraid of a rising Russian star
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