Choi Da-bin

Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Competitor for South Korea
South Korean Championships
	2015 Seoul	Ladies' singles
	2016 Seoul	Ladies' singles
	2012 Seoul	Ladies' singles
	2013 Seoul	Ladies' singles

Choi Da-bin
Hangul	최다빈
Revised Romanization	Choe Dabin
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Tabin

This is a Korean name; the family name is Choi.

Choi Da-bin (born January 19, 2000) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2015 South Korean national silver medalist and placed sixth at the 2014 World Junior Championships.

Career

Early years

As a nine-year-old, Choi won the novice silver medal at the 2010 South Korean Championships. Competing on the senior level, she won bronze medals at the 2012 and 2013 Nationals.

2013–14 season

In the 2013–14 season, Choi debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, finishing fourth and fifth at her two events. At the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, she placed ninth in the short program, sixth in the free skate, and sixth overall setting a new personal best score of 162.35 points.

2014–15 season

In the 2014–15 season, Choi was assigned to ISU Junior Grand Prix series, finishing fourth and fifth at JGP events in France and Japan. At the 2015 South Korean Championships, she placed second in both programs to win silver behind Park So-youn. At the 2015 World Junior Championships, she placed ninth in the both programs, and ninth overall, thus securing two spots at the 2016 Junior Worlds.

2015–16 season

In the 2015–16 season, Choi won her first JGP medals by taking bronze at both her JGP events in Riga, Latvia and Linz, Austria.

Making her senior international debut at 2015 Tallinn Trophy, Choi finished 8th.

Choi won the title at 2015 KSU President Cup Ranking Competition with the score 168.31, it is her first winning title at national competition. Choi has given a spot to compete 2016 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships to be held in Taipei, Taiwan.^[1]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2015–2016 ^[2]	Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now (from Hairspray) by Marc Shaiman choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo	Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo
2014–2015 ^[3]	Invierno Porteno by Astor Piazzolla	Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante op. 22 by Frederic Chopin
2013–2014 ^[4]	Kalinka by Ivan Larionov	Coppélia by Léo Delibes	Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (from Moulin Rouge!) performed by Nicole Kidman
2012–2013	Annie by Charles Strouse	Waltz by Johann Strauss II
2011–2012	Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima

Competitive highlights

2011–present

Results^[5]
International
Event	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
Worlds					TBD
Four Continents					TBD
CS Tallinn Trophy					8th
International: Junior, Novice
Junior Worlds			6th	9th
JGP Austria					3rd
JGP Belarus			4th
JGP France				5th
JGP Japan				4th
JGP Latvia					3rd
JGP Mexico			5th
Asian Trophy	1st N.	1st N.	3rd J.	2nd J.
Triglav Trophy				1st J.
National^[5]
South Korean	3rd	3rd	4th	2nd	2nd
TBD = Assigned CS = Challenger Series; JGP = Junior Grand Prix Levels: J. = Junior; N. = Novice

2007–2011: Pre-international debut

Results^[5]
National
Event	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11
South Korean	16th N.	8th N.	2nd N.	12th J.
Levels: J. = Junior; N. = Novice

Detailed results

Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
2015–2016 season
January 8–10, 2016	2016 South Korean Championships	Senior	2 60.32	2 116.97	2 177.29
November 17–22, 2015	2015 Tallinn Trophy	Senior	13 43.74	7 102.18	8 145.92
September 9–13, 2015	2015 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Austria	Junior	4 57.27	3 115.11	3 172.38
August 26–30, 2015	2015 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Latvia	Junior	4 57.21	3 111.08	3 168.29
2014–2015 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
April 15–19, 2015	2015 Triglav Trophy	Junior	1 56.61	1 109.39	1 166.00
March 2–8, 2015	2015 ISU World Junior Championships	Junior	9 54.32	9 102.06	9 156.38
January 5–9, 2015	2015 South Korean Championships	Senior	2 54.04	2 106.76	2 160.80
September 17–21, 2014	2014 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Japan	Junior	7 52.66	3 105.94	4 158.60
August 20–24, 2014	2014 ISU Junior Grand Prix, France	Junior	7 46.04	5 91.47	5 137.51
August 6–10, 2014	2014 Asian Open Trophy	Junior	3 55.55	2 101.40	2 156.95
2013–2014 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 10–16, 2014	2014 ISU World Junior Championships	Junior	9 53.69	6 108.66	6 162.35
January 1–5, 2014	2014 South Korean Championships	Senior	10 50.38	3 108.26	4 158.64
September 25–29, 2013	2013 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Belarus	Junior	11 45.18	2 98.51	4 143.69
September 4–8, 2013	2013 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Mexico	Junior	7 47.48	5 94.75	5 142.23
August 8–11, 2013	2013 Asian Open Trophy	Junior	3 48.68	3 92.40	3 141.08
2012–2013 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 2–6, 2013	2013 South Korean Championships	Senior	2 53.21	3 99.88	3 153.09
August 7–12, 2012	2012 Asian Open Trophy	Novice	2 42.52	1 70.29	1 112.81
2011–2012 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 12–16, 2012	2012 South Korean Championships	Senior	4 44.20	2 97.26	3 141.46
August 22–26, 2011	2011 Asian Open Trophy	Novice	1 39.50	3 48.70	1 88.20

Personal bests highlighted in bold.

References

↑ 주, 미희 (December 6, 2015). "최다빈, 피겨 랭킹대회 첫우승..차준환 男 최고점(종합)" [Choi Da-bin won the KSU President Cup, Cha Jun-hwan recored new record among Korean male skaters] (in Korean). Newsen.
↑ "Da Bin CHOI: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 20, 2015.
↑ "Da Bin CHOI: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 25, 2014.
↑ "Da Bin CHOI: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014.
1 2 3 "Competition Results: Da Bin CHOI". International Skating Union.

2013 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Results
2012 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Results
2011 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Results
"2013 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results and Protocols". Korean Skating Union. (Korean) (English)
"2012 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results and Protocols". Korean Skating Union. (Korean) (English)
"2011 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results and Protocols". Korean Skating Union. (Korean) (English)
"2010 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results and Protocols". Korean Skating Union. (Korean) (English)
"2009 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results and Protocols". Korean Skating Union. (Korean) (English)
"2008 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results and Protocols(2)". Korean Skating Union. (Korean) (English)
"2008 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results and Protocols(1)". Korean Skating Union. (Korean) (English)

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