Kim Hyung-tae (figure skater)
| Kim Hyung-tae | |
|---|---|
 The Kim siblings at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | South Korea |
| Born |
September 1, 1997 Gwacheon, South Korea |
| Home town | Incheon, South Korea |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
| Partner | Kim Su-yeon |
| Coach | Chung Bo-kyung, Mariusz Siudek |
| Former coach | Devin W. Matthews |
| Choreographer | Philipp Mills |
| Skating club | Incheon |
| Began skating | 2010 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total |
140.68 2017 Four Continents |
| Short program |
49.88 2017 Four Continents |
| Free skate |
90.80 2017 Four Continents |
Kim Hyung-tae (born September 1, 1997) is a South Korean pair skater. With his sister and skating partner, Kim Su-yeon, he won silver medals at the 2017 MNNT Cup and 2017 South Korean Championships and competed at the 2017 Four Continents Championships.
Career
Kim Hyung-tae began learning to skate in 2010.[1] He and his sister, Kim Su-yeon, started competing as a pair in the 2015–2016 season. Their international debut came in February 2016 at the Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway. The pair finished 8th at the event.[2]
The Kim siblings debuted on the Junior Grand Prix series in September 2016, placing 13th in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and 8th in Saransk, Russia. Making their senior debut, they finished 7th at the 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial a couple of weeks later. In early January 2017, the pair obtained the silver medal at the South Korean Championships, having placed third in the short program and first in the free skate. Later in the same month, they received their first senior international medal, winning silver at the Mentor Torun Cup in Toruń, Poland. In February, the siblings competed at their first ISU Championship — the 2017 Four Continents Championships in Gangneung, South Korea. They finished 12th at the event.[3]
Programs
(with Kim Su-yeon)
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2016–2017 [1] |
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| 2015–2016 [4] |
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Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Kim Su-yeon
| International[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
| Four Continents Champ. | 12th | ||
| CS Nepela Memorial | 7th | ||
| Asian Winter Games | 4th | ||
| Asian Open | 1st | ||
| MNNT Cup | 2nd | ||
| International: Junior[5] | |||
| World Junior Champ. | 8th | ||
| Youth Olympics | 8th | ||
| JGP Czech Republic | 13th | ||
| JGP Russia | 8th | ||
| National[5] | |||
| South Korean Champ. | 1st J | 2nd | |
| TBD = Assigned J = Junior level | |||
References
- 1 2 "Su Yeon KIM / Hyungtae KIM: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 9, 2017.
- ↑ "Info System: Athletes / KIM Hyungtae". sportresult.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2017.
- ↑ Joo, Kyung-don (February 18, 2017). "S. Korea's pairs skating teams say Four Continents big learning experience". Yonhap. Archived from the original on March 9, 2017.
- ↑ "Su Yeon KIM / Hyungtae KIM: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Su Yeon KIM / Hyungtae KIM". International Skating Union.