South Korean figure skater
Kim Na-young
(born November 18, 1990) is a South Korean former competitive
figure skater
. She is a two-time
South Korean national
champion (2007 & 2008), a two-time
Asian Trophy
silver medalist, and a two-time bronze medalist on the
ISU Junior Grand Prix
circuit.
Personal life
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Kim Na-Young was born in 1990 in
Jeonju
, South Korea.
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She moved to
Incheon
when she was five years old.
Career
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Kim began skating at age five. She landed her first double
Axel jump
at age 10. 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.
During the
2006?2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix
season, Kim placed 16th at her first event and then won the bronze medal at the event in Taipei. It was her first international medal. Although injured in a car accident in December 2006, 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.
Kim won the silver medal at the
Asian Figure Skating Championships
.
During the
2007?2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix
series, she placed 21st at the event in Austria, but won her second JGP bronze medal at the event in Croatia. At the 2007?2008
South Korean Figure Skating Championships
, with
Yuna Kim
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 Championships
and finished 19th.
Kim began the following season at the
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy
. She initially received one senior Grand Prix assignment, to the
2008 NHK Trophy
, and was later invited to the
2008 Cup of Russia
due to vacancies created by some skaters withdrawing from the event.
Programs
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Competitive highlights
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GP:
Grand Prix
; JGP:
Junior Grand Prix
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