Yun Yea-ji

Yun Yea-ji

Yun in 2011
Personal information
Country represented South Korea
Born November 30, 1994
Seoul, South Korea
Home town Anyang, Gyeonggi
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Coach Choi In-hwa
Former coach Brian Orser
Ryu Jong-hyun
Jung Min-joo
Choreographer David Wilson
Jeffrey Buttle
Shae-Lynn Bourne
Began skating 2002
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 Yeji
McCune–Reischauer Yun Yeji
This is a Korean name; the family name is Yun.

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 and competed at two Four Continents Championships. Her best result was 12th at the 2011 Four Continents.

Personal life

Yun Yea-ji was born on November 30, 1994 in Seoul, South Korea.

Career

Early career

Early in her career, Yun performed in shows in South Korea, including Festa On Ice, a show headlined by Kim Yuna. Kim recommended Yun to her choreographer, David Wilson, and Wilson choreographed Yun's programs for the 2008–09 season. Yun also went to Toronto, Canada for two months in the summer of 2008 and trained under Brian Orser, Kim's former coach.

She won the 2007 South Korean Novice National Championships. She did not compete internationally on the junior level in the 2007–08 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]

2008–09 season

She made her Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2008–09 ISU 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.

2009–10 season

Yun was assigned to two events in the 2009–10 ISU 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.

2010–11 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 Free skating Exhibition
2010–12
[2][3]
2009–10
[4]
  • Caravan
    choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
  • O Doux Printemps d'Autre Fois
    by Jules Massenet
    choreo. by David Wilson
2008–09
  • O Doux Printemps d'Autre Fois
    by Jules Massenet
    choreo. by David Wilson
  • Crazy
    by Son Dam Bi
    choreo. by David Wilson
2007–08
  • Winter
    by Bond
    choreo. by Chi Hyeon-jung

Competitive highlights

International[5]
Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
Four Continents Champ. 12th 19th
World Junior Champ. WD
JGP Belarus 12th
JGP France 16th
JGP Turkey 11th
Asian Trophy 3rd J.
Triglav Trophy 1st N. 6th J.
National[5]
South Korean Champ. 1st N. 1st J. 4th 9th 6th 10th
Levels: N. = Novice, J. = Junior; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

2010–11 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 15–20, 2011 2011 Four Continents Championships Senior 12
39.37 		12
72.49		 12
111.86
January 14–16, 2011 2011 South Korean Championships Senior 6
36.76		 6
70.24		 6
107.00
2009–10 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 9–10, 2010 2010 South Korean Championships Senior 9
33.87		 8
57.27		 9
91.14
October 14–18, 2009 2009 Junior Grand Prix, Turkey Junior 8
44.09		 17
66.27		 11
110.36
September 23–27, 2009 2009 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 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 Junior Grand Prix, France Junior 10
40.36		 19
58.54		 16
98.90
2007–08 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 Championships Junior 2
41.85		 1
80.05		 1
121.90
2006–07 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 9–10, 2007 2007 South Korean Championships Novice 1
35.64		 1
55.90		 1
91.54

References

  1. ↑ TRIGLAV TROPHY 2008 - Novice Girls
  2. ↑ "Yea-Ji YUN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Yea-Ji YUN: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Yea-Ji YUN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2009.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Competition Results: Yea-Ji YUN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014.

External links

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