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Yu-Na Kim (Korean: 김연아, Kim Yeon-Ah, Hanja: 金姸兒; born September 5, 1990 in Gunpo, South Korea), is a South Korean figure skater. She is 2006 Junior World Champion and a four-time South Korean national champion. At the 2006 Junior World Championships she edged out defending champion Mao Asada of Japan. In December 2006, she also won the ISU Grand Prix Final in St. Petersburg, Russia, holding off Mao Asada, Sarah Meier, and Miki Ando.
Her coaches are Bun-sun Park and Brian Orser. During the summer of 2006, in order to prepare for her senior debut season, she went to Canada to work with David Wilson and Brian Orser for choreography and later with Orser for coaching. Her previous choreographers were Tom Dickson and Jeffrey Buttle.
In HomeSense Skate Canada International ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating held from Nov 2 - 5, 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia, she skated to a clean program and finished first after the short program with her personal best 62.68 points. However, she stumbled in the free skate and settled for a bronze medal in overall standing.
Two weeks later, in Trophée Eric Bompard Cachemire ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Paris, France, which took place from Nov 16 - 19, 2006, she again performed an excellent short program and finished with a new personal best 65.22 points, just 0.20 points ahead of Japan's Miki Ando after the short program. In the long program, she stepped out of a triple salchow and fell on her last jump, a double axel, in an otherwise well-skated program. She received a personal best 119.32 for the free skate, and obtained a total of 184.54 to win the gold medal - the first ever by a Korean skater at a senior international competition.
In the 2006-'07 season, she skates to "Tango de Roxane" from Moulin Rouge soundtrack for the short program, and "The Lark Ascending" by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams for the long program. (free skate)
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu-Na_KimHer coaches are Bun-sun Park and Brian Orser. During the summer of 2006, in order to prepare for her senior debut season, she went to Canada to work with David Wilson and Brian Orser for choreography and later with Orser for coaching. Her previous choreographers were Tom Dickson and Jeffrey Buttle.
In HomeSense Skate Canada International ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating held from Nov 2 - 5, 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia, she skated to a clean program and finished first after the short program with her personal best 62.68 points. However, she stumbled in the free skate and settled for a bronze medal in overall standing.
Two weeks later, in Trophée Eric Bompard Cachemire ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Paris, France, which took place from Nov 16 - 19, 2006, she again performed an excellent short program and finished with a new personal best 65.22 points, just 0.20 points ahead of Japan's Miki Ando after the short program. In the long program, she stepped out of a triple salchow and fell on her last jump, a double axel, in an otherwise well-skated program. She received a personal best 119.32 for the free skate, and obtained a total of 184.54 to win the gold medal - the first ever by a Korean skater at a senior international competition.
In the 2006-'07 season, she skates to "Tango de Roxane" from Moulin Rouge soundtrack for the short program, and "The Lark Ascending" by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams for the long program. (free skate)
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Kim is the first skater from Korea to win an ISU Championship (2006 World Junior Championships). She also was
the first Korean to medal at an ISU Championhip (silver at the 2005 World Junior Championships
the first Korean to medal at an ISU Championhip (silver at the 2005 World Junior Championships
Source: http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00007232.htm
She's probably going to become big in the olympics, if he keeps up with what she's doing.
