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Kim Na-Young (figure skater)

Kim Na-young
Hangul 김나영
Hanja
Revised Romanization Gim Na-yeong
McCune–Reischauer Kim Na-yŏng
Kim Na-Young
Na-Young KIM KOR NH2008 SP.jpg
Kim in 2008
Personal information
Full name Kim Na-Young
Country represented  South Korea
Born (1990-11-18) November 18, 1990 (age 26)
Jeonju
Home town Incheon
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Coach Lee Chang Joo
Former coach Shin Hye-Sook
Cho Sung-Man,
Jung Sung-Il,
Bang Sang-Ah,
Chi Hyun-Jung
Choreographer Higuchi Yutaka
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 158.49
2008 Four Continents
Short program 53.08
2008 Four Continents
Free skate 105.41
2008 Four Continents

Kim Na-young (born November 18, 1990) is a South Korean figure skater. She is a two-time South Korean national champion (2007 & 2008). She has won two bronze medals on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.

As of April 2010, she was ranked 48th in the world by the International Skating Union (ISU).

Kim Na-Young was born in 1990 in Jeonju, South Korea and moved to Incheon when she was 5 years old. She began skating at age five. She landed her first double axel jump at age 10.

She placed 4th on the novice level at her first international competition, the 2002 Golden Bear of Zagreb. She was 12 years old at the time. She had a knee injury at age 13.

Kim was given her first Junior Grand Prix assignments in the 2005-2006 season, when she was 15. She placed 16th in the 2005–2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Croatia and 19th in Estonia. Later that season, she won the silver medal on the junior level at the South Korean Championships.

She was given two Junior Grand Prix assignments again in the 2006–2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix season. She placed 16th at her first event and then won the bronze medal at the event in Taipei. It was her first international medal. She was injured in a car accident in December, 2006. But she competed through injury and became the 2007 South Korean Junior national champion. She was sent to the 2007 Four Continents Championships, her senior international debut, where she placed 13th. At the end of the season, she competed in the Asian Figure Skating Championships and won the silver medal.


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