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|---|---|
| Full name | Rebeka Kim |
| Country represented | South Korea |
| Born | January 27, 1998 Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Home town | Vilnius |
| Residence | Vilnius |
| Height | 1.43 m (4 ft 8 in) |
| Coach | Dmitri Kozlov |
Rebeka Kim (born January 23, 1998) is a South Korean and Lithuanian[1] figure skater. She is the Nestle Nesquic Cup 2009 novice champion.[2]
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Kim was born in Lithuania, to middle-class Korean parents who had come to Lithuania in 1997. She grew up living on Vilnius, where she began figure skate at 7. Kim speaks Russian language, Korean language, English language and Lithuanian language at native speaker level. Her name may be represented in Hangul using the 레베카 김.
In Korea, she known as the "another Kim Yu-Na".[3][4] In February 2009, the KBS Gloval network Korean ran a documentary on Rebeka Kim.[5]
She participated at the 2009 Lithuanian Figure Skating Championships, where she won the novice level.