Kim Na-young (figure skater)
Kim Na-young | |
Hangul | 김나영 |
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Hanja | 金羅英 |
Revised Romanization | Gim Na-yeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Na-yŏng |
Kim Na-Young | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kim in 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Kim Na-Young | |||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Jeonju | November 18, 1990|||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Incheon | |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Lee Chang Joo | |||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach |
Shin Hye-Sook Cho Sung-Man, Jung Sung-Il, Bang Sang-Ah, Chi Hyun-Jung | |||||||||||||||||||||
Choreographer | Higuchi Yutaka | |||||||||||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Combined total |
158.49 2008 Four Continents | |||||||||||||||||||||
Short program |
53.08 2008 Four Continents | |||||||||||||||||||||
Free skate |
105.41 2008 Four Continents | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kim Na-young (born November 18, 1990) is a South Korean figure skater. She is a two-time South Korean national champion (2007 & 2008). She has won two bronze medals on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.
As of April 2010, she was ranked 48th in the world by the International Skating Union (ISU).[1]
Biography
Kim Na-Young was born in 1990 in Jeonju, South Korea and moved to Incheon when she was 5 years old. She began skating at age five. She landed her first double axel jump at age 10.
Career
She placed 4th on the novice level at her first international competition, the 2002 Golden Bear of Zagreb. She was 12 years old at the time. She had a knee injury at age 13.
Kim was given her first Junior Grand Prix assignments in the 2005-2006 season, when she was 15. She placed 16th in the 2005–2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Croatia and 19th in Estonia. Later that season, she won the silver medal on the junior level at the South Korean Championships.
She was given two Junior Grand Prix assignments again in the 2006–2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix season. She placed 16th at her first event and then won the bronze medal at the event in Taipei. It was her first international medal. She was injured in a car accident in December, 2006. But she competed through injury and became the 2007 South Korean Junior national champion. She was sent to the 2007 Four Continents Championships, her senior international debut, where she placed 13th. At the end of the season, she competed in the Asian Figure Skating Championships and won the silver medal.
Kim began the 2007-2008 season on the Junior Grand Prix. During the 2007–2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix season, she placed 21st at the event in Austria, but won her second Junior Grand Prix bronze medal at the event in Croatia. At the 2007-2008 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, with Kim Yuna not competing, Kim Na-young won the gold medal. She was sent to the 2008 Four Continents Championships, where she placed 4th. Following this, she was sent to the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships and finished 19th.
Kim began the 2008-2009 skating season at the Nebelhorn Trophy. She has been assigned to the 2008 NHK Trophy and will also compete in 2008 Cup of Russia due to the vacancies created by some skaters pulling out of the event.
Programs
Season | Short Program | Free Skating | Exhibition |
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2009-2010 | Don Quixote by Leon Minkus |
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
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2008-2009 | Hwang Jin-i from Hwang Jin-i Soundtrack |
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
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2007-2008 | Romance for violin and orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50 by Ludwig van Beethoven |
Moldova by Camille Saint-Saëns Dark Eyes Gypsy Violin |
Goose's Dream by Insooni Hwang Jin-i from 'Hwang Jin-i' OST |
2006-2007 | Romeo and Juliet | Argentine Tango | |
Competitive highlights
Event | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 | 2008-2009 | 2009-2010 |
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World Championships | 19th | 17th | ||||||
Four Continents Championships | 13th | 4th | 16th | 15th | ||||
South Korean Championships | 2nd J. | 1st J. | 1st | 1st | 5th | |||
NHK Trophy | 9th | |||||||
Cup of Russia | 9th | |||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 7th | |||||||
Triglav Trophy | 2nd | |||||||
Winter Universiade | 7th | |||||||
New Zealand Winter Games | 3rd | |||||||
Asian Trophy | 2nd | 2nd | ||||||
Junior Grand Prix, Austria | 21st | |||||||
Junior Grand Prix, Taipei | 3rd | |||||||
Junior Grand Prix, Norway | 12th | |||||||
Junior Grand Prix, Croatia | 16th | 3rd | ||||||
Junior Grand Prix, Estonia | 19th | |||||||
Golden Bear of Zagreb | 4th N. | |||||||
- N = Novice level; J = Junior level
References
- ↑ "ISU World Standings for Figure Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies". International Skating Union. 6 April 2010. Archived from the original on March 30, 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
External links
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