Kim Na-young (figure skater)

Kim Na-Young
Hangul	김나영
Hanja	金羅英
Revised Romanization	Gim Na-yeoung
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Na-yŏng

Kim Na-Young
Kim in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Kim Na-Young
Country represented	South Korea
Born	November 18, 1990 Jeonju
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 Competitor for  South Korea Women's Figure skating Asian Figure Skating Trophy 2008 Asian Trophy Hong Kong 2007 Asian Trophy Taipei New Zealand Winter Games 2009 New Zealand Winter Games Dunedin

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
2009-2010	Don Quixote by Leon Minkus	Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2008-2009	Hwang Jin-i from Hwang Jin-i Soundtrack	Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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 Two Guitars by Sergei Trofanov	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
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

1. "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

• Kim Na-Young at the International Skating Union