Kim Na-young (figure skater)

Kim Na-Young
Kim Na-Young in 2008.
Personal information
Full name	Kim Na-Young
Country represented	South Korea
Born	(1990-11-18) November 18, 1990 Jeonju
Home town	Incheon
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Coach	Lee Chang Joo
Former coach	Shin Hye-Sook Cho Sung-Man, Jung Sung-Il, Bang Sang-Ah, Chi Hyun-Jung
Choreographer	Higuchi Yutaka
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	158.49 2008 Four Continents
Short program	53.08 2008 Four Continents
Free skate	105.41 2008 Four Continents
Medal record Competitor for  South Korea Women's Figure skating Asian Figure Skating Trophy 2008 Asian Trophy Hong Kong 2007 Asian Trophy Taipei New Zealand Winter Games 2009 New Zealand Winter Games Dunedin

Kim Na-Young (born November 18, 1990) is a South Korean figure skater. She is a two-time South Korean national champion (2007 & 2008). She has won two bronze medals on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.

As of April 2010, she was ranked 48th in the world by the International Skating Union (ISU).^[1]

Biography

Kim Na-Young was born in 1990 in Jeonju, South Korea and moved to Incheon when she was 5 years old. She began skating at age five. She landed her first double axel jump at age 10.

Career

She placed 4th on the novice level at her first international competition, the 2002 Golden Bear of Zagreb. She was 12 years old at the time. She had a knee injury at age 13.

Kim was given her first Junior Grand Prix assignments in the 2005-2006 season, when she was 15. She placed 16th in the 2005–2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Croatia and 19th in Estonia. Later that season, she won the silver medal on the junior level at the South Korean Championships.

She was given two Junior Grand Prix assignments again in the 2006–2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix season. She placed 16th at her first event and then won the bronze medal at the event in Taipei. It was her first international medal. She was injured in a car accident in December, 2006. But she competed through injury and became the 2007 South Korean Junior national champion. She was sent to the 2007 Four Continents Championships, her senior international debut, where she placed 13th. At the end of the season, she competed in the Asian Figure Skating Championships and won the silver medal.

Kim began the 2007-2008 season on the Junior Grand Prix. During the 2007–2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix season, she placed 21st at the event in Austria, but won her second Junior Grand Prix bronze medal at the event in Croatia. At the 2007-2008 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, with Kim Yuna not competing, Kim Na-young won the gold medal. She was sent to the 2008 Four Continents Championships, where she placed 4th. Following this, she was sent to the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships and finished 19th.

Kim began the 2008-2009 skating season at the Nebelhorn Trophy. She has been assigned to the 2008 NHK Trophy and will also compete in 2008 Cup of Russia due to the vacancies created by some skaters pulling out of the event.

Programs

Competitive highlights

• N = Novice level; J = Junior level

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kim Na-Young.

• Kim Na-Young at the International Skating Union