Kim Su-yeon (; born April 24, 2001) is a South Korean pair skater. With her brother, Kim Hyung-tae, she is the 2017 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy champion, the 2017 Toruń Cup silver medalist and the 2017 South Korean national silver medalist. They competed at the 2017 Four Continents Championships.
Career Kim Su-yeon began learning to skate in 2010. She and her brother, Kim Hyung-tae, 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.
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 Toruń 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.
Programs (with Kim Hyung-tae)
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2017–2018 Queen medley Another One Bites the Dust We Will Rock YouThe Beatles medley Girl Hey Jude Faded
Game of Thrones 2016–2017 Game of Thrones Tree of Life Kung Fu Fighting
Game of Thrones 2015–2016 The Artist Ouverture
Competitive highlights CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Kim Hyung-tae International Event 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 Four Continents Champ. 12th Nebelhorn Trophy 15th Nepela Memorial 7th Asian Winter Games 4th Asian Open 1st Toruń Cup 2nd International: Junior World Junior Champ. 8th Youth Olympics 8th Czech Republic 13th Russia 8th National South Korean Champ. 1st J 2nd TBD = Assigned J = Junior level
Detailed results
2017–18 season Date Event Level SP FS Total September 27–30, 2017 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy Senior 16 40.75 15 88.25 15 129.00 August 2–5, 2017 2017 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Senior 1 46.30 3 87.51 1 133.81 2016–17 season Date Event Level SP FS Total March 15–19, 2017 2017 World Junior Championships Junior 9 49.20 7 86.09 8 135.29 February 23–26, 2017 2017 Asian Winter Games Senior 4 49.28 4 100.12 4 149.40 February 15–19, 2017 2017 ISU Four Continents Championships Senior 13 49.88 12 90.80 12 140.68 January 10–15, 2017 2017 Toruń Cup Senior 3 49.78 2 96.48 2 146.26 January 6–8, 2017 2017 South Korean Championships Senior 3 44.24 1 93.38 2 137.62 September 30–October 2, 2016 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial Senior 7 39.70 7 78.30 7 118.00 September 14–17, 2016 2016 JGP Russia Junior 7 42.61 10 67.34 8 109.95 August 31–September 3, 2016 2016 JGP Czech Republic Junior 13 40.20 13 66.96 13 107.16 2015–16 season Date Event Level SP FS Total February 12–21, 2016 2016 Youth Olympics Junior 8 35.86 8 72.67 8 108.53 January 8–10, 2016 2016 South Korean Championships Junior 1 35.35 1 63.28 1 98.63
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