Park So-youn (figure skater)

This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.
Park So-youn

Park in 2014
Personal information
Native name 박소연
朴小宴
Full name Park So-youn
Country represented South Korea South Korea
Born (1997-10-24) October 24, 1997
Naju, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Coach Chi Hyun-jung
Choreographer Cindy Stuart
Former choreographer David Wilson
Training locations Taeneung
Began skating 2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 178.92
2016 Four Continents
Short program 62.49
2016 Four Continents
Free skate 119.39
2014 Worlds
Medal record
Ladies' Figure skating
Representing Mixed-NOCs

Winter Youth Olympics
2012 Innsbruck Team
Park So-youn
Hangul 박소연
Hanja 朴小宴
Revised Romanization Bak So-yeon
McCune–Reischauer Pak So-yŏn

Park So-youn (Hangul: 박소연; hanja: 朴小宴, 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.

Career

Early years and junior career

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[1] 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.[2]

2013–14 season: Senior international debut

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.

2014–15 season: First national title

Park made her Grand Prix debut at the 2014 Skate America. She placed 5th in both programs and 5th overall. At the 2014 Rostelecom Cup, she placed 7th in the short program, 4th in the free skate and 5th overall.[3]

At the 2015 South Korean Championships, Park won both the short program and free skate, and won her first national title. At the 2015 Four Continents she placed 10th in the short program, 9th in the free skate, and 9th overall.

At the 2015 World Championships, Park placed 15th in the short program, 9th in the free skate, and 12th overall. Her placement helped earn two spots for South Korea in the ladies event for the 2016 World Championships.

2015–16 season

Park received two 2015–16 Grand Prix assignments.[4] She began her season by finishing 4th at 2015 Finlandia Trophy. Turning to the Grand Prix series, she placed 9th at 2015 Skate America and 8th at 2015 Cup of China.

Park then went on to finish 5th at the 2016 South Korean Championships, but was still named for the 2016 Four Continents and World teams since three of the four skaters that finished ahead of her were ineligible for the senior level. At Four Continents, she skated a personal best short program with a score of 62.49 points, placing in the top five in the short program and beating her season's best by 8.71 points. She went on to score 116.43 points in the free skate and a total score of 178.92 points placing fourth overall. Her total score was a personal best and beat her season's best by 14.64 points.

Skating technique

Further information: Figure skating jumps

Park can land 3S-3T and 2A-3T combinations.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–16
[5][6]
2014–15
[7]
2013–14
[8]
  • I Dreamed a Dream
    by Idina Menzel
    (from Glee)
    choreo. by Cindy Stuart
2012–13
[9]
2011–12
[10]
2010–11
2009–10
2008–09
2007–08

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[11]
Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16
Olympics 21st
Worlds 9th 12th 18th
Four Continents 9th 9th 4th
GP Cup of China 8th
GP Rostelecom Cup 5th
GP Skate America 5th 9th
CS Finlandia Trophy 4th
Asian Trophy 1st 3rd
International: Junior or novice[11]
Youth Olympics 4th
Junior Worlds 12th
JGP Austria 6th
JGP Italy 4th
JGP Turkey 2nd
JGP U.S. 6th
Asian Trophy 2nd J.
Int. Children's Games 2nd N.
New Zealand Games 1st N.
National[11]
South Korean 2nd J. 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 5th
Team events
Youth Olympics 3rd T
(1st P)
TBD: Assigned, WD: Withdrew
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior
T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

(At team events, medals awarded for team results only.)

2015–16 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 28– April, 2016 2016 ISU World Championships 22
52.27		 18
101.97		 18
154.24
February 16–21, 2016 2016 ISU Four Continents Championships 5
62.49		 7
116.43		 4
178.92
January 8–10, 2016 2016 South Korean Championships 6
55.34		 6
105.73		 5
161.07
November 6–8, 2015 2015 ISU Cup of China 10
52.47		 6
111.81		 8
164.28
October 23–25, 2015 2015 ISU Skate America 10
53.78		 9
105.88		 9
159.66
October 9–11, 2015 2015 CS Finlandia Trophy 6
51.51		 3
108.42		 4
159.93
2014–15 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 23–29, 2015 2015 ISU World Championships 15
53.95		 9
106.80		 12
160.75
February 9–15, 2015 2015 ISU Four Continents Championships 10
53.47		 9
110.28		 9
163.75
January 5–9, 2015 2015 South Korean Championships 1
60.40		 1
113.99		 1
174.39
November 14–16, 2014 2014 ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup 7
53.71		 4
109.53		 5
163.24
October 24–26, 2014 2014 ISU Grand Prix Skate America 5
55.74		 5
114.69		 5
170.43
August 6–10, 2014 2014 Asian Figure Skating Trophy 5
49.20		 1
111.29		 3
160.49
2013–14 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 24–30, 2014 2014 ISU World Championships 13
57.22		 9
119.39		 9
176.61
February 6–22, 2014 2014 Winter Olympics 23
49.14		 19
93.83		 21
142.97
January 20–26, 2014 2014 ISU Four Continents Championships 8
55.91		 9
106.80		 9
162.71
January 1–5, 2014 2014 South Korean Championships 5
52.31		 2
125.86		 2
178.17
2012–13 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 25 – March 3, 2013 2013 ISU World Junior Championships Junior 14
47.24		 12
88.18		 12
135.42
January 2–6, 2013 2013 South Korean Championships Senior 3
53.20		 2
108.68		 2
161.88
September 19–22, 2012 2012 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Turkey Junior 1
51.45		 3
93.32		 2
144.77
August 29 – September 1, 2012 2012 ISU Junior Grand Prix, USA Junior 2
52.33		 7
85.04		 6
137.37
August 8–12, 2012 2012 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Senior 1
49.67		 1
86.46		 1
136.13
2011–12 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 14–22, 2012 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games - Team Junior – 1
96.84		 3
January 14–22, 2012 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games Junior 5
48.37		 4
88.23		 4
136.60
January 4–8, 2012 2012 South Korean Championships Senior 2
51.43		 3
93.16		 2
144.59
October 5–8, 2011 2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Italy Junior 4
49.06		 4
95.65		 4
144.71
September 28 – October 1, 2011 2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Austria Junior 8
46.27		 6
84.92		 6
131.19
August 23–26, 2011 2011 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Junior 3
43.40		 2
82.30		 2
125.70
2010–11 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 27–30, 2011 2011 International Children's Winter Games Novice 1
39.33		 5
49.09		 2
88.42
January 12–16, 2011 2011 South Korean Championships Senior 2
48.82		 2
93.47		 2
142.29
2009–10 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 7–10, 2010 2010 South Korean Championships Senior 4
42.78		 3
84.99		 3
127.77
August 28–30, 2009 2009 New Zealand Winter Games Novice 1
44.50		 1
62.93		 1
107.43
2008–09 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 7–10, 2009 2009 South Korean Championships Junior 2
37.18		 2
65.85		 2
103.03

References

  1. ↑ "Mission Accomplished". The Korea Herald. January 6, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Korea Prepares Figure Skating Hopefuls For Pyeongchang Olympics". Arirang. January 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ Flade, Tatjana (December 2, 2014). "So Youn Park skates into the spotlight". Golden Skate.
  4. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16- Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  5. ↑ "So Youn PARK: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ 김, 지헌 (October 5, 2015). "[피겨] 박소연·이준형·김진서, 올 시즌 첫 국제대회 출격" [[Figure Skating] Park So Youn·Lee June Hyoung·Kim Jin Seo, First international competition of the season]. Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). Yonhap.
  7. ↑ "So Youn PARK: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015.
  8. ↑ "So Youn PARK: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 11, 2014.
  9. ↑ "So Youn PARK: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 4, 2013.
  10. ↑ "So Youn PARK: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012.
  11. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: So Youn PARK". International Skating Union.

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