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Kwak Min-jeong

Kwak Min-jeong
Kwak 2010 Olympics SP.jpg
Kwak during her free program at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Personal information
Full name Kwak Min-jeong
Country represented  South Korea
Born (1994-01-23) January 23, 1994 (age 23)
Seoul, South Korea
Home town Anyang, Gyeonggi
Residence Seoul
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Coach Hea-Sook Shin
Former coach Brian Orser
Kim Se-yol
Lee Kyu-hyun
Chi Hyun-jeong
Choi Hyung-kyung
Choreographer David Wilson
Jeffrey Buttle
Former choreographer Kim Se-yol
Shin Yea-ji
Tuğba Karademir
Henrik Walentin
Skating club Ewha Womans University
Training locations Seoul, Toronto
Began skating 2001
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 155.53
2010 Winter Olympics
Short program 53.68
2010 Four Continents
Free skate 102.37
2010 Winter Olympics
Kwak Min-jeong
Hangul 곽민정
Hanja
Revised Romanization Kwak Min-jeong
McCune–Reischauer Kwak Minjŏng

Kwak Min-jeong (born January 23, 1994) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2011 South Korean bronze medalist, the 2010 South Korean silver medalist and the 2009 Junior national champion. Kwak was also a member of the South Korean Olympic Team at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where she placed 13th in the ladies' event.

Kwak Min-jeong was born on January 23, 1994 in Seoul, South Korea.

Kwak began skating in 2001.

In the 2007–08 season she was age-eligible to compete in Junior competitions, so she competed at the 2007–08 ISU Junior Grand Prix, placing 10th at the event in Tallinn with 98.77 points and 13th at the event in England with 103.89. She then competed at the South Korean Championships at the Junior level, where she came in fifth position.

In the 2008–09 season, she received two assignments to the 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix. She won the bronze medal at the event in Mexico scoring 117.42 points but finished 13th at her competition in England, earning 106.05. She competed at the South Korean Championships again as a Junior, and won the gold medal with 114.89 points, placing first in both the short program and the free skating. She was selected to compete at the 2009 World Junior Championships, and with 103.69 she finished 22nd overall.

In the 2009–10 season, Kwak remained in the ISU Junior Grand Prix and competed in two events. She placed 11th in the first one held in the United States with 106.30 points. She went on to place 11th again with 108.21 at her second event, which took place in Croatia.


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