Kim Yuna biography
Kim Yuna, (born September 5, 1990, Puch’ŏn [Bucheon], South Korea), South Korean determine skater who received a gold medal on the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Kim started skating at age six and gained her first worldwide expertise in 2002, when she competed in and received the Triglav Trophy competitors on the novice degree in Jesenice, Slovenia. In 2003 she captured her first South Korean nationwide title. The following yr Kim entered the Junior Grand Prix circuit and received gold on the Junior Grand Prix in Hungary. In 2005 she positioned first in Junior Grand Prix competitions in Bulgaria and Slovenia, in addition to within the Junior Grand Prix Final within the Czech Republic. She took the gold medal on the 2006 world junior championships in her final season competing on the junior degree.
Kim moved as much as the senior degree in 2006–07, taking the general title on the Grand Prix Finals in 2006 and 2007. At the 2007 world championships she positioned third. Soon thereafter she started coaching in Canada underneath two-time Olympic silver medalist Brian Orser. The following season Kim captured each the Cup of China and the Cup of Russia earlier than securing one other bronze medal on the 2008 world championships.
At the 2009 world championships, Kim made historical past as she took residence South Korea’s first senior-level world determine skating title. In addition, she completed with a file 207.71 factors, beating the earlier mark of 199.52 set in 2006 by her longtime rival Asada Mao of Japan. Kim adopted that efficiency with wins at two Grand Prix competitions in 2009 in addition to that season’s Grand Prix closing, making her a favorite going into the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Her practically flawless efficiency in Vancouver received her a gold medal—South Korea’s first Winter Games medal in a sport apart from pace skating. Kim skated a posh, technically tough, but elegant routine that featured seven triple jumps, and he or she acquired a file 228.56 factors, greater than 23 factors forward of her nearest competitor. Kim positioned second in each the 2010 and 2011 world championships earlier than asserting that she would take a hiatus from aggressive skating, sitting out the 2011–12 season. She returned in 2012 with a first-place efficiency within the NRW Trophy competitors in Dortmund, Germany.
In 2013 Kim captured her second world championship in dominant style, besting the second-place finisher by greater than 20 factors. She was the sturdy favorite to repeat as Olympic gold medalist heading into the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, however she was upset by Russia’s Adelina Sotnikova and completed with the silver medal. After receiving her medal, Kim introduced her retirement from competitors.