Yun Yea-Ji

Yun Yea-Ji

Yun in 2011
Personal information
Full name Yun Yea-Ji
Country represented  South Korea
Born November 30, 1994 (1994-11-30) (age 17)
Seoul
Home town Anyang City
Residence Gwacheon, Gyeonggi
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Coach Brian Orser
Former coach Jong-Hyun Ryu
Min-Joo Jung
Choreographer David Wilson
Jeffrey Buttle
Shae-Lynn Bourne
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 111.86
2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
Short program 44.09
2009 JGP Turkey
Free skate 72.49
2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
Yun Yea-Ji
Hangul 윤예지
Revised Romanization Yun Ye-ji
McCune–Reischauer Yun Yeji

Yun Yea-Ji (also Yoon Yea-Ji) (born November 30, 1994) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2008 South Korean Junior champion.

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Biography

Yun Yea-Ji was born in Seoul, South Korea.

Early in her career, Yun has performed in shows in South Korea, including Festa On Ice, which was the show headlined by Kim Yu-Na. Kim recommended Yun to her choreographer, David Wilson, and Wilson choreographed Yun's programs for the 2008-2009 season. Yun also went to Toronto, Canada for two months in the summer of 2008 and trained under Brian Orser, Kim's Former coach.

Career

Early career

She won the 2007 South Korean Novice National Championships. She did not compete internationally on the junior level in the 2007-2008 season because she was not yet age-eligible. After her win at the 2008 South Korean Junior Championships, she was sent to the 2008 Triglav Trophy, where she won the event on the novice level.[1]

2008-2009 season

She made her Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2008-2009 Junior Grand Prix event in Courchevel, France, the first event of the series. She placed 16th. Yun competed as a senior for the first time at the 2009 South Korean Championships and finished fourth overall with a score of 119.10. In the spring, she competed in the 2009 Triglav Trophy at the Junior level, and finished 6th.

2009-2010 season

Yun was assigned to two events in the 2009-2010 Junior Grand Prix. At the event in Belarus, she placed 20th and earned personal bests scores in the short program, the free skate and the combined total. Those improved in the second Grand Prix event she competed in, set in Istanbul.

On January 2010, she competed in the 2010 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, where placed 9th overall scoring a total of 91.14 points after having problems with some of her jumps. However, she was selected to compete in the 2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, that were held in March 2010. She withdrew from the event.

2010-2011 season

Yun competed at the 2011 South Korean Figure Skating Championships. Placing sixth in both the short program and the free skate, she placed sixth overall scoring 107.00 points. She was selected to compete at the 2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.

Programs

Season Short Program Long Program Exhibition
2010-2011 Introduction et Rondo capriccioso
by Camille Saint-Saëns
Choreographed by Jeffrey Buttle
Cinderella
by Sergei Prokofiev
choreographed by David Wilson
2009-2010 Caravan
Choreographed by Jeffrey Buttle
O Doux Printemps d'Autre Fois
by Jules Massenet
choreographed by David Wilson
Memory
from Cats
by Andrew Lloyd Webber
choreographed by David Wilson
2008-2009 Cello Concerto
by Antonín Dvorák
choreographed by David Wilson
O Doux Printemps d'Autre Fois
by Jules Massenet
choreographed by David Wilson
One Moment in Time
by Whitney Houston
choreographed by David Wilson

Crazy
by Son Dam Bi
choreographed by David Wilson
2007-2008 Winter
by Bond
choreographed by Chi Hyeon-jung
Otonal
by Raúl di Blasio
choreographed by Chi Hyeon-jung

Competitive highlights

Event 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Four Continents Championships 12th
World Junior Championships WD
South Korean Championships 1st N. 1st J. 4th 9th 6th
Junior Grand Prix, Turkey 11th
Junior Grand Prix, Belarus 12th
Junior Grand Prix, France 16th
Asian Trophy 3rd J.
Triglav Trophy 1st N. 6th J.

Detailed results

2010–2011 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 15 – 20, 2011 2011 ISU Four Continents Championships Senior 12
39.37
12
72.49
12
111.86
January 14–16, 2011 2011 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Senior 6
36.76
6
70.24
6
107.00
2009–2010 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 9–10, 2010 2010 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Senior 9
33.87
8
57.27
9
91.14
October 14–18, 2009 2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Turkey Junior 8
44.09
17
66.27
11
110.36
September 23–27, 2009 2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Belarus Junior 7
42.90
12
60.48
12
103.38
2008–2009 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
April 1–4, 2009 2009 Triglav Trophy Junior 20
33.95
5
66.84
6
100.79
January 9–10, 2009 2009 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Senior 5
39.42
4
79.68
4
119.10
December 21–23, 2008 2008 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Junior 2
43.70
3
71.42
3
115.12
September 24–28, 2008 2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix, France Junior 10
40.36
19
58.54
16
98.90
2007–2008 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
April 2–5, 2008 2008 Triglav Trophy Novice 1
41.17
2
67.31
1
108.48
January 10–11, 2008 2008 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Junior 2
41.85
1
80.05
1
121.90
2006–2007 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 9–10, 2007 2007 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Novice 1
35.64
1
55.90
1
91.54

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