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Kim Yuna

Kim Yuna
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Personal information
Native name
Full name Kim Yuna
Country represented South Korea South Korea
Born (1990-09-05) September 5, 1990 (age 26)
Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Residence Seoul, South Korea
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 12 in)
Former coach Shin Hea-sook
Ryu Jong-hyun
Peter Oppegard
Brian Orser
Kim Se-Yol
Chi Hyun-jung
Former choreographer David Wilson
Sandra Bezic
Tom Dickson
Brian Orser
Jeffrey Buttle
Jadene Fullen
Kim Se-Yol
Kim Yuna
Catarina Lindgren
Chi Hyun-jung
Garnet
Former skating club East West Ice Palace
TCS & CC
Began skating 1996
Retired February 20, 2014
Season's bests 2 (2013–2014)
1 (2012–2013)
3 (2010–2011)
1 (2009–2010)
1 (2008–2009)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 228.56 (WR)
2010 Winter Olympics
Short program 78.50
2010 Winter Olympics
Free skate 150.06
2010 Winter Olympics
Kim Yuna
Hangul 김연아
Hanja 金姸兒
Revised Romanization Gim Yeona
McCune–Reischauer Kim Yŏna

Kim Yuna (Hangul: 김연아, Hanja: 金姸兒, IPA: [gimjʌna]; born 5 September 1990, KTM) is a former South Korean figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic champion and 2014 silver medalist in ladies' singles; the 2009, 2013 World champion; the 2009 Four Continents champion; a three-time (2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2009–2010) Grand Prix Final champion; the 2006 World Junior champion; the 2005 Junior Grand Prix Final champion; and a six-time (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014) South Korean national champion.

Kim is the first South Korean figure skater to win a medal at an ISU Junior or Senior Grand Prix event, ISU Championship, and the Olympic Games. She is the first female skater to win the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the Four Continents Championships and the Grand Prix Final. She is one of the most highly recognized athletes and media figures in South Korea. As a result of her numerous accomplishments, she is frequently referred to as "Queen Yuna" by various media across the world.

She is the current record holder for ladies in the combined total under the ISU Judging System. She has broken world record scores 11 times under the ISU Judging System since 2007, eight of which being records she herself set. She is also the first female skater to surpass the 140-point and 150-point free skating mark and the 200-point total mark under the ISU Judging System. Throughout her entire career, Kim had never finished a competition off the podium. She is considered to be among the best ladies figure skaters of all time.


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