Park So-youn (figure skater)

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Park So-youn
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Park in 2015 Worlds
Personal information
Native name
Full name Park So-youn
Country represented South Korea South Korea
Born (1997-10-24) October 24, 1997 (age 26)
Naju, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
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Coach Chi Hyun-jung
Choreographer Cindy Stuart
Former choreographer David Wilson
Training locations Taeneung
Began skating 2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 176.61
2014 Worlds
Short program 57.22
2014 Worlds
Free skate 119.39
2014 Worlds
Park So-youn
Hangul 박소연
Hanja
Revised Romanization Bak So-yeon
McCune–Reischauer Pak So-yŏn

Park So-youn (Hangul박소연; hanja, born October 24, 1997) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2015 South Korean national champion, the 2012 Asian Trophy champion, 2012 JGP Turkey silver medalist, and the 2014 Asian Trophy bronze medalist.

Career

Early years and junior career

Park began skating when she was eight years old, in the first grade of elementary school. In 2009, she became the youngest Korean national team member, aged 13. She began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in autumn 2011.

In the 2012–13 season, Park won gold on the senior level at the Asian Trophy and a silver medal at a JGP event in Turkey. She then won her third national silver medal[1] and was sent to her first World Junior Championships, where she placed 12th. In 2013, Park said her goal was to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.[2]

Senior career

2013-2014 season

In August, at South Korea Trials for Junior Grand Prix, she placed 1st in the short program and 8th in the free skate, which resulted in 5th place overall. She was not selected to compete at the 2013-2014 ISU Junior Grand Prix. She changed her Free Program for the Korean Nationals. At the 2014 South Korean Championships, She won the silver medal with 178.17 points, 49.69 points behind Kim Yuna.

Park made her senior international debut at the 2014 Four Continents Championships. She placed 8th in the short program and 9th in the free skating, finished 9th with the combined total of 162.71. She was selected to represent her country at the 2014 Winter Olympics with her national teammates, Kim Yuna and Kim Hae-jin. She was 23rd after the short program, barely advancing to the free skate. After the free skate, she placed 21st overall with a total of 142.97 points. At the 2014 World Championships, she had a clean free program and placed 9th overall. She scored 176.71 points, which was her new personal best.

2014-2015 season

Park was assigned to the 2014 Skate America and the 2014 Rostelecom Cup ISU Grand Prix events. Park made her Grand Prix debut at the 2014 Skate America. She placed 5th in both programs and finished 5th overall with a total of 170.43 points. At the 2014 Rostelecom Cup, Park placed 7th in the short program, 4th in the free skate and 5th overall, scoring a combined 163.24 points.[3]

At the 2015 South Korean Championships, Park won both the short program and free skate, and won her first national title.

Park then went on to compete at 2015 Four Continents where she placed 10th in the short program with a score of 53.47 and 9th in the freeskate with a score of 110.28, placing 9th overall with an earned total score of 163.75.

At the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships, Park placed 15th in the short program with a score of 53.95 and 9th in the freeskate with a score of 106.80, and finished 12th overall with a total score of 160.75. Her placement helped earn two spots for South Korea in the ladies event for the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships.

2015-2016 Season

For the 2015-16 Grand Prix series, Park was assigned to compete at 2015 Skate America and 2015 Cup of China.[4]:{{{3}}}

She began her season by finishing 4th at 2015 Finlandia Trophy.

On the ISU Grand Prix series, Park placed 9th at Skate America. Two weeks later, Park placed 8th at Cup of China.

Technique

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Park can land 3S-3T and 2A-3T combinations.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–2016
[5][6]

2014–2015
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2013–2014
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2012–2013
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2011–2012
[10]
2010–2011
2009–2010
2008–2009
2007–2008

Competitive highlights

Results[11]
International
Event 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Olympics 21st
Worlds 9th 12th TBD
Four Continents 9th 9th TBD
GP Cup of China 8th
GP Rostelecom Cup 5th
GP Skate America 5th 9th
CS Finlandia Trophy 4th
Asian Trophy 2nd J. 1st 3rd
International: Junior or novice
Junior Worlds 12th
Youth Olympics 4th
JGP Austria 6th
JGP Italy 4th
JGP Turkey 2nd
JGP U.S. 6th
Int. Children's Games 2nd N.
New Zealand Games 1st N.
National
South Korean 2nd J. 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 5th
Team events
Youth Olympics 3rd T
(1st P)
TBD = Assigned
GP = Grand Prix; CS = Challenger Series; JGP = Junior Grand Prix
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior
T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

(At team events, medals awarded for team results only.)

2015–2016 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 8–10, 2016 2016 South Korean Championships 6
55.34
6
105.73
5
161.07
November 6–8, 2015 2015 ISU Cup of China 10
52.47
6
111.81
8
164.28
October 23–25, 2015 2015 ISU Skate America 10
53.78
9
105.88
9
159.66
October 9–11, 2015 2015 CS Finlandia Trophy 6
51.51
3
108.42
4
159.93
2014–2015 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 23–29, 2015 2015 ISU World Championships 15
53.95
9
106.80
12
160.75
February 9–15, 2015 2015 ISU Four Continents Championships 10
53.47
9
110.28
9
163.75
January 5–9, 2015 2015 South Korean Championships 1
60.40
1
113.99
1
174.39
November 14–16, 2014 2014 ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup 7
53.71
4
109.53
5
163.24
October 24–26, 2014 2014 ISU Grand Prix Skate America 5
55.74
5
114.69
5
170.43
August 6–10, 2014 2014 Asian Figure Skating Trophy 5
49.20
1
111.29
3
160.49
2013–2014 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 24–30, 2014 2014 ISU World Championships 13
57.22
9
119.39
9
176.61
February 6–22, 2014 2014 Winter Olympics 23
49.14
19
93.83
21
142.97
January 20–26, 2014 2014 ISU Four Continents Championships 8
55.91
9
106.80
9
162.71
January 1–5, 2014 2014 South Korean Championships 5
52.31
2
125.86
2
178.17
2012–2013 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 25 – March 3, 2013 2013 ISU World Junior Championships Junior 14
47.24
12
88.18
12
135.42
January 2–6, 2013 2013 South Korean Championships Senior 3
53.20
2
108.68
2
161.88
September 19–22, 2012 2012 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Turkey Junior 1
51.45
3
93.32
2
144.77
August 29 – September 1, 2012 2012 ISU Junior Grand Prix, USA Junior 2
52.33
7
85.04
6
137.37
August 8–12, 2012 2012 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Senior 1
49.67
1
86.46
1
136.13
2011–2012 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 14–22, 2012 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games - Team Junior 1
96.84
3
January 14–22, 2012 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games Junior 5
48.37
4
88.23
4
136.60
January 4–8, 2012 2012 South Korean Championships Senior 2
51.43
3
93.16
2
144.59
October 5–8, 2011 2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Italy Junior 4
49.06
4
95.65
4
144.71
September 28 – October 1, 2011 2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Austria Junior 8
46.27
6
84.92
6
131.19
August 23–26, 2011 2011 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Junior 3
43.40
2
82.30
2
125.70
2010–2011 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 27–30, 2011 2011 International Children's Winter Games Novice 1
39.33
5
49.09
2
88.42
January 12–16, 2011 2011 South Korean Championships Senior 2
48.82
2
93.47
2
142.29
2009–2010 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 7–10, 2010 2010 South Korean Championships Senior 4
42.78
3
84.99
3
127.77
August 28–30, 2009 2009 New Zealand Winter Games Novice 1
44.50
1
62.93
1
107.43
2008–2009 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 7–10, 2009 2009 South Korean Championships Junior 2
37.18
2
65.85
2
103.03
  • ISU personal bests highlighted in bold.

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External links

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