Park So-youn (figure skater)
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Park in 2014
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| Full name | Park So-youn | ||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 South Korea
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October 24, 1997 Naju, Jeollanam-do, South Korea |
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| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Chi Hyun-jung | ||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Cindy Stuart, David Wilson | ||||||||||||
| Training locations | Taeneung | ||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2004 | ||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 185.19 2016 Trophée de France |
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| Short program | 64.89 2016 Trophée de France |
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| Free skate | 120.30 2016 Trophée de France |
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Medal record
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| Hangul | 박소연 |
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| Revised Romanization | Bak So-yeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak So-yŏn |
Park So-youn (Hangul: 박소연; Hanja: , born October 24, 1997) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2015 South Korean National champion, the 2012 Asian Trophy champion, and the 2012 JGP Turkey silver medalist.
Park began skating when she was eight years old, in the first grade of elementary school. In 2009, she became the youngest Korean national team member, aged 13. She began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in autumn 2011.
In the 2012–13 season, Park won gold on the senior level at the Asian Trophy and a silver medal at a JGP event in Turkey. She then won her third national silver medal and was sent to her first World Junior Championships, where she placed 12th. In 2013, Park said her goal was to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
In August, at South Korea Trials for Junior Grand Prix, she placed 1st in the short program and 8th in the free skate, which resulted in 5th place overall. She was not selected to compete at the 2013–14 ISU Junior Grand Prix. She changed her free program for the Korean Nationals. At the 2014 South Korean Championships, she won the silver medal, 49.69 points behind Kim Yuna.
Park made her senior international debut at the 2014 Four Continents Championships. She placed 8th in the short program and 9th in the free skating, finished 9th with the combined total of 162.71. She was selected to represent her country at the 2014 Winter Olympics with her national teammates, Kim Yuna and Kim Hae-jin. She was 23rd after the short program, barely advancing to the free skate. After the free skate, she placed 21st overall. At the 2014 World Championships, she had a clean free program and placed 9th overall. She scored 176.71 points, which was her new personal best.
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