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Kwak during her free program at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Full name | Kwak Min-jeong | |||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Seoul, South Korea |
January 23, 1994 |||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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Choreographer |
David Wilson Jeffrey Buttle |
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Former choreographer |
Kim Se-yol Shin Yea-ji Tuğba Karademir Henrik Walentin |
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Skating club | Ewha Womans University | |||||||||||||||||||||
Training locations | Seoul, Toronto | |||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Combined total | 155.53 2010 Winter Olympics |
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Short program | 53.68 2010 Four Continents |
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Free skate | 102.37 2010 Winter Olympics |
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Medal record
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Hangul | 곽민정 |
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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.