KIM YU-NA

'Most Recent Results:'
''Event''	''Points''	''Finish''	''Year''
World Championships	186.14	3rd	2007
Grand Prix Final	184.20	1st	2006
Trophée Eric Bompard	184.54	1st	2006
Skate Canada	168.48	3rd	2006

'Kim Yu-Na' (born September 5, 1990 in Gunpo, South Korea), is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2007 World bronze medalist, 2006 World Junior Champion, 2006 Grand Prix Final Champion and a four-time South Korean national champion.

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Career

Programs

Competitive highlights

References

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Career

Kim Yu-Na came to prominence in the 2004-2005 season, when she placed second at the Junior Grand Prix Final and again at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, earning Korea's first medal at an ISU Championship. She won everything on the Junior level the following season.
In order to prepare for her senior debut in the 2006-2007 season, Kim moved to Canada during the summer of 2006. There, she worked with David Wilson and Tom Dickson, and later switched coaches from Kim Se-Yol to Brian Orser.
At the 2006 Trophée Eric Bompard, Kim won the gold medal. It was the first for a Korean skater at a senior international competition. Kim went on to win the 2006 Grand Prix Final.
In January 2007, Kim was diagnosed with early-stage disc herniation^[1] and did not compete at the South Korean Championships. Despite not competing at Nationals, she was selected to represent Korea at the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships.
Kim finished her season by winning the bronze medal at the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships, where she placed first in the short program with a world record score of 71.95, and fourth in the free skate.

Programs

Season	''Short Program''	''Long Program''	''Exhibition''
2007-2008	"Die Fledermaus" - Johann Strauss I	"Miss Saigon" from Miss Saigon	"Just A Girl" - No Doubt
2006-2007	"El Tango de Roxane" from Moulin Rouge	"The Lark Ascending" - Ralph Vaughan Williams	"Reflection" from Mulan - Christina Aguilera
2005-2006	"El Tango de Roxane" from Moulin Rouge	"Papa, Can You Hear Me" from Yentl	"One Day I'll Fly Away" from Moulin Rouge - Nicole Kidman
2004-2005	"Snowstorm" - Georgi Sviridov	"Papa, Can You Hear Me" from Yentl	"Ben"
2003-2004	"Snowstorm" - Georgi Sviridov	"Carmen" - Georges Bizet

Competitive highlights

Event/Season	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007
World Championships					3rd
World Junior Championships			2nd	1st
South Korean Championships	1st	3rd	1st	1st	WD
Grand Prix Final					1st
Skate Canada'					3rd
Trophée Eric Bompard					1st
Junior Grand Prix Final			2nd	1st
Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria				1st
Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia				1st
Junior Grand Prix, Hungary			1st
Junior Grand Prix, China			2nd
Golden Bear, Zagreb		1st N.

★ N = Novice level

References

1. Skate Phenom Diagnosed With Hernia

External links

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★ Official website of Kim Yu-Na

★ Personal Blog of Kim Yu-Na

★ Kim Yu-Na Forum

★ KBS Global - KBS article on Kim Yu-Na

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