| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kim Haejin |
| Country represented | South Korea |
| Born | April 23, 1997 |
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
| Coach | Hyesook Shin |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 144.61 2011-12 ISU JGP Romania |
| Short program | 52.26 2011-12 ISU JGP Australia |
| Free skate | 99.83 2011-12 ISU JGP Romania |
Kim Haejin (Hangul:김해진, Hanja:金海珍) (born April 23, 1997) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2010 & 2011 South Korean national Senior champion and the 2010 Triglav Trophy Novice champion.
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In the 2007-2008 season, Kim placed 5th at the South Korean Championships on the novice level. A year later in 2009, she repeated that placement on the junior level.
In the 2009-2010 season, Kim competed in 2010 South Korean Championships on the senior level at age twelve. Placing first in both the short program and the free skate, she won the gold medal with 148.78 points. In April 2010, she won the 2010 Triglav Trophy in the Novice level earning 144.11. Her score was one of the best among the skaters who competed and the best among all the ladies. Had she competed on the senior level, she would have won the competition.
Kim will make her Junior international debut in the 2010-2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix series. She had been assigned to the events in Japan and Germany. But while training, she got injured in her foot by other skater's skate boots.[1] So she withdrew from the event in Japan. At the event in Germany she placed 28th after having trouble with some of her jumping passes in both the short program and the free skate.
Kim competed at the 2011 South Korean Championships. She placed third in the short program scoring 46.82 points, and won the free skate with 98.47 to win her second national title.
She landed five types of triple jumps (every one except the triple axel) in the national competition. She landed Triple Toe loop- Triple toe loop combination in thr national comepetition,and she also landed Triple Flip-Triple Loop combination in ISU Grand Prix.[2]
She joined 2010 Olympic ladies champion and fellow South Korean skater Kim Yu-Na in an ice show, the All That Skate, which was held on July 23–25, 2010 in Goyang, South Korea, alongside other skaters like Michelle Kwan, Sasha Cohen and Stéphane Lambiel.[3]
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–2012 | Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven |
Violin Concerto in E minor by Felix Mendelssohn |
The Show by Lenka |
| 2010–2011 | Chaplin Medley by Charlie Chaplin |
Violin Concerto in E minor by Felix Mendelssohn |
You Raise Me Up by Celtic Women |
| 2009–2010 | Chaplin Medley by Charlie Chaplin |
Piano Concerto No.3 by Sergei Prokofiev |
You Raise Me Up by Celtic Women |
| 2008–2009 | Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky orchestrated by Maurice Ravel |
Piano Concerto No.3 by Sergei Prokofiev |
Ain't That a Kick in the Head by Westlife |
| 2007–2008 | Moongate by Secret Garden |
Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky orchestrated by Maurice Ravel |
| Event | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korean Championships | 5th N. | 5th J. | 1st | 1st | |
| Junior Grand Prix, Romania | 3rd | ||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Australia | 5th | ||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Germany | 28th | ||||
| New Zealand Winter Games | 1st J. | ||||
| Asian Figure Skating Trophy | 1st J. | ||||
| Triglav Trophy | 1st N. | ||||
| N. = Novice level; J. = Junior-level | |||||
| 2011–2012 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 21 – 24, 2011 | 2011 Junior Grand Prix, Romania | Junior | 6 44.78 |
3 99.83 |
3 144.61 |
| September 7 – 11, 2011 | 2011 Junior Grand Prix, Australia | Junior | 1 52.26 |
6 78.76 |
5 131.02 |
| August 23–26, 2011 | 2011 Asian Figure Skating Trophy | Junior | 1 49.53 |
1 90.08 |
1 139.61 |
| August 11–13, 2011 | 2011 New Zealand Winter Games | Junior | 1 49.66 |
1 97.17 |
1 146.83 |
| 2010–2011 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| January 14–16, 2011 | 2011 South Korean Championships | Senior | 3 46.82 |
1 98.47 |
1 145.29 |
| October 6 – 10, 2010 | 2010 Junior Grand Prix, Germany | Junior | 26 28.75 |
27 51.86 |
28 80.61 |
| 2009–2010 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| April 1 – 4, 2010 | 2010 Triglav Trophy | Novice | 1 49.68 |
1 94.43 |
1 144.11 |
| January 9 – 10, 2010 | 2010 South Korean Championships | Senior | 1 54.23 |
1 94.55 |
1 148.78 |
| 2008–2009 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| January 9 – 10, 2009 | 2009 South Korean Championships | Junior | 7 32.65 |
5 62.35 |
5 95.00 |
| 2007-2008 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| January 10 – 11, 2008 | 2008 South Korean Championships | Novice | 6 28.34 |
5 51.60 |
5 79.94 |