Yuna Kim

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Yuna Kim (Hangul: 김연아, Hanja: 金姸兒, IPA: [gimjʌna]; born 5 September 1990, KTM) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic champion and 2014 silver medalist in ladies' singles. Kim retired after the 2014 Olympics. Her name is also credited in eastern name order as Kim Yuna or Kim Yeon-ah

Yuna says her name in Korean & English in this video:
https://youtu.be/5TLkceeD_fc

Original Post on December 19, 2009


1. She said to the group of reporters who gathered at today's media conference in Toronto that she will compete at the 2010 Worlds regardless of her result in Vancouver.

2. And following the news from SBS, Yuna' s new exhibition number is "Meditation from Thais".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ-mEipFcm0

3. She will run 300m in Hamilton as a torchbearer at 6:46pm in ET. Live stream available here

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/torch/follow-torch/index.html

November 2015 Update by matmuh​

and here is Yuna's ! i am sure i missed some of the videos but there are too many :hopelessness: if you find any mistakes or add new info feel free to PM

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PROFILES

Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Yuna

Isu Profile : http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007232.htm

Icenetwork : http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/profile/yu-na_kim

Tracings.net : http://tracings.net/kim-yuna.html

Statsonice : https://statsonice.com/skater/Yuna/Kim/

Web Page : http://www.yunakim.com/

Forum : http://yunaforum.com/forum/

ATS Sport : http://www.atsports.co.kr/index/index.html


SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Yuna-Kim-53417067377/

All That Yuna Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/yunakimfan.allthatyuna/?fref=ts

Twitter : https://twitter.com/yunaaaa

Instagram : https://instagram.com/yunakim/

Youtube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/user/yunakim



PROGRAMS

2013–2014 Season
SP : Send in the Clowns (from A Little Night Music) by Stephen Sondheim choreo. by David Wilson
LP : Adiós Nonino by Astor Piazzolla choreo. by David Wilson
EX : Nessun Dorma from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini choreo. by David Wilson
EX : Imagine by John Lennon performed by Avril Lavigne choreo. by David Wilson

2012–2013 Season
SP : The Kiss of the Vampire by James Bernard choreo. by David Wilson
LP : Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg choreo. by David Wilson
EX : El Tango de Roxanne (from Moulin Rouge!) by Sting, Mariano Mores
EX : Someone Like You by Adele choreo. by David Wilson
EX : All of Me by Michael Bublé choreo. by David Wilson

2011–2012 Season
EX : Fever by Beyoncé choreo. by David Wilson

2010–2011 Season
SP : Giselle by Adolphe Adam choreo. by David Wilson
LP : Homage to Korea , Korean folk music including Arirang choreo. by David Wilson
EX : Bulletproof by La Roux choreo. by David Wilson

2009–2010 Season
SP : James Bond Medley by John Barry, David Arnold, Monty Norman; choreo. by David Wilson
LP : Concerto in F by George Gershwin choreo. by David Wilson
EX : Méditation (from Thaïs) by Jules Massenet choreo. by David Wilson
EX : Don't Stop the Music by Rihanna choreo. by Sandra Bezic

2008–2009 Season
SP : Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns choreo. by David Wilson
LP : Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov choreo. by David Wilson
EX : Gold (from Camille Claudel) by Linda Eder choreo. by David Wilson

2007–2008 Season
SP : Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II choreo. by David Wilson
LP : Miss Saigon by Claude-Michel Schönberg choreo. by David Wilson
EX : Only Hope (from A Walk to Remember) by Mandy Moore choreo. by David Wilson
EX : Once Upon a Dream (from Jekyll and Hyde) by Linda Eder choreo. by David Wilson
EX : Just a Girl by No Doubt choreo. by David Wilson

2006–2007 Season
SP : El Tango de Roxanne (from Moulin Rouge!) by Sting, Mariano Mores choreo. by Tom Dickson
LP : The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams choreo. by David Wilson
EX : Reflection (from Mulan) by Christina Aguilera choreo. by Brian Orser

2005–2006 Season
SP : El Tango de Roxanne (from Moulin Rouge!) by Sting, Mariano Mores choreo. by Tom Dickson
LP : Papa, Can You Hear Me? (from Yentl) by Michel Legrand choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle, Jadene Fullen
EX : One Day I'll Fly Away (from Moulin Rouge!) by Nicole Kidman choreo. by Kim Se-yol, Kim Yuna

2004–2005 Season
SP : Snowstorm by Georgy Sviridov choreo. by Catarina Lindgren
LP : Papa, Can You Hear Me? (from Yentl) by Michel Legrand choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle, Jadene Fullen
EX : Ben by Michael Jackson choreo. by Chi Hyun-jung, Kim Yuna

2003–2004 Season
SP : Snowstorm by Georgy Sviridov choreo. by Catarina Lindgren
LP : Carmen by Pablo de Sarasate choreo. by Catarina Lindgren

2002–2003 Season
SP : Can-can by Jacques Offenbach choreo. by Catarina Lindgren
LP : Carmen by Pablo de Sarasate choreo. by Catarina Lindgren

2001–2002 Season
SP : Can-can by Jacques Offenbach choreo. by Catarina Lindgren
LP : The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns choreo. by Garnet



PERSONAL BEST SCORES

Short Program : 78.50 ; 2010 Winter Olympics
Long Program : 150. 06 ; 2010 Winter Olympics
Combined Total : 228.56 ; 2010 Winter Olympics

COMPETITIONS AND VIDEOS​

Competition	SP	FP	Overall	Gala
	Pos	Score	Pos	Score	Pos	Score
2013-2014 Season
2014 Winter Olympics	1	74,90 CBC NBC Mixed	2	144,19 CBC NBC OBS BBC	2	219,11	NC
68th South Korean National Championships	1	80,60	1	147,26	1	227,86
2013 Golden Spin of Zagreb	1	73,37	1	131,12	1	204,49	(x)
2012-2013 Season
2013 ISU World Championships	1	69,97 BESP CBC UN	1	148,34 BESP CBC NBC BBC	1	218,31	BESP CBC
67th South Korean National Championships	1	64,97	1	145,80	1	210,77
2012 NRW Trophy	1	72,27	1	129,34	1	201,61
2010-2011 Season
2011 ISU World Championships	1	65,91 BESP CBC UN	2	128,59 BESP CBC	2	194,50	BESP CBC
2009-2010 Season
2010 ISU World Championships	7	60,30 CBC	1	130,49 CBC NBC?	2	190,79	BESP CBC
2010 Winter Olympics	1	78,50 BESP NBC NBC(nc) BBC	1	150,06 BESP NBC BBC CTV	1	228,56	NBC
2009–2010 ISU Grand Prix Final	2	65,64 CBC US	1	123,22 CBC NBC	1	188,86	CBC
ISU GP Skate America 2009	1	76,28 NBC IN	2	111,70 NBC IN	1	187,98	(x)
ISU GP Trophée Eric Bompard 2009	1	76,08 UN.S	1	133,95 CBC NBC	1	210,03	(x)
2008-2009 Season
2009 ISU World Championships	1	76,12 BESP CBC NBC	1	131,59 BESP CBC NBC BBC	1	207,71	BESP CBC
2009 ISU Four Continents Championships	1	72,24 CBC	3	116,83 CBC	1	189,07	CBC
2008–2009 ISU Grand Prix Final	1	65,94 SBS	2	120,41 BESP CBC	2	186,35	CBC
ISU GP Cup of China 2008	1	63,64 BESP NC	1	128,11 BESP CBC	1	191,75	(x)
ISU GP Skate America 2008	1	69,50 CBC NBC IN	1	123,95 BESP CBC NBC IN	1	193,45	CBC
2007-2008 Season
2008 ISU World Championships	5	59,85 BESP CBC ESPN	1	123,38 BESP CBC ABC	3	183,23	BESP CBC ESPN
2007–2008 ISU Grand Prix Final	1	64,62	2	132,21	1	196,83	(x)
ISU GP Cup of Russia 2007	1	63,50	1	133,70	1	197,20	(x)
ISU GP Cup of China 2007	3	58,32	1	122,36	1	180,68	(x)
2006-2007 Season
2007 ISU World Championships	1	71,95 BESP CBC ESPN	4	114,19 BESP CBC ESPN BBC	3	186,14	BESP CBC ESPN
2006–2007 ISU Grand Prix Final	3	65,06	1	119,14 CBC ESPN	1	184,20	(x)
ISU GP Trophée Eric Bompard 2006	1	65,22	1	119,32 ABC CBC	1	184,54	(x)
ISU GP Skate Canada 2006	1	62,82 TSN ESPN	4	105,80 CTV ESPN	3	168,48	CTV
2005-2006 Season
2006 ISU World Junior Championships	1	60,86	1	116,68	1	177,54	(x)
60th South Korean National Championships (Senior)	1	61,44	1	104,08	1	165,52
2005–2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final	1	57,51	1	116,61	1	174,12
ISU JGP Sofia Cup, Bulgaria 2005	1	53,45	1	99,98	1	153,43
ISU JGP Skate Slovakia, Slovakia 2005	1	58,63	1	110,20	1	168,83
2004-2005 Season
2005 ISU World Junior Championships	6	48,67	2	110,26	2	158,93	(x)
59th South Korean National Championships (Senior)	1		1		1
2004–2005 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final	2	51,27	3	86,48	2	137,75	(x)
ISU JGP China 2004	4	38,87	1	92,35	2	131,22
ISU JGP Hungary 2004	1	47,23	1	101,32	1	148,55
2003-2004 Season
58th South Korean National Championships (Senior)	1	(x)	1	(x)	1
2003 Golden Bear of Zagreb (Novice)	1		1		1
2002-2003 Season
57th South Korean National Championships (Senior)	1		1		1
2001-2002 Season
2002 Triglav Trophy (Novice)	1		1		1
56th South Korean National Championships (Junior)	1		1		1

ICE SHOWS​

ALL THAT SKATE

ATS 2014

Time to Say Goodbye : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-J-_fzmqwU
Nessun Dorma : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS8-ibXtXDM
Send In The Clowns : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX_GyYDsNRE
Let it Go (Opening) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TML9Wn5_CrU
Full Show : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtPT9WZAHTo
​

ATS 2013

Les Miserables : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9_8LTuPrMw
Imagine : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiZkGTZRNpc
Finale : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZYSkbY9H8c
Full Show : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4fUITPPR7Q
​

ATS Summer 2012

Finale- Happy Feet Mix : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TycNgHIu7r0
Opening – Beach Boys Mix : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnac8bdgSG0
El Tango de Roxanne : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utpf-9zBgEg​

ATS Spring 2012

Someone Like You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWZ5bbg7TGQ
All of Me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB7rccqcSzg
​

ATS Summer 2011

Curtain Call : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KywoFrrH5aY
Homage to Korea : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdKrIdh9SKM
Behind the Scenes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eamccuQCvR0
​

ATS Spring 2011

Giselle : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0FEHe3wK88
Fever : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWbwwYQ7lMg​

ATS Summer 2010

Meditation from Thais : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EpqgWjOFR0
Bulletproof : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fJp-A3Zmsw​

ATS LA 2010

Meditation from Thais : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIf_Yq-BIrU
Bulletproof : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXmsy5dX5T4
Hero (with Michelle) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7POGxxrSEA
Get the Party Started : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHRDD5_ejIA
Dream On : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC2v9aWscc8
She’s So Lovely(Group Number): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R77ETykfOQ​

FESTA ON ICE

FOI 2010

James Bond(with Brian) :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SHpQH4A00U
Meditation from Thais : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39ELNHLP2LE
Run Devil Run : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP1xleCCico​

FOI 2009

Gold : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_UPDFVVIAU
Dont Stop the Music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIG8xI_bApM​

FOI 2008

Only Hope : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH5UPTWtt78
Just a Girl : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNmoO1YPw4I​

Artistry on Ice 2012

Someone Like You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B-9VOEsnpQ
All of Me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KELzq-h9cMA​

Ice All Stars 2009

Don't Stop the Music by Rihanna : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59RpdcvGbCI
Moonlight Sonata : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP1cEsnXIUo
Danse Macabre : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Vv7HRkAWk
Opening : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPqZ0vGVF7E
​

Angels On Ice 2008 ; Yuna Kim’s song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yTJjXj9dnU

Dream on ice 2007 ; Just a Girl : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ6upNKu7oc

DOCUMENTARIES​

Yuna Kim, Another Challenge : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO74wiYBfwM

CNN Talk Asia: Yuna Kim

Part 1 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O84eUH_sfcM
Part 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shn5TPVfxlw​

Discovery- Hip Korea - Yuna Kim

Part 1 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXsba0OELSw
Part 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUR-EIYGMqY
Part 3 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02nqwrkc9vA
Part 4 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CWXltl0CsI​

'The Lark Ascending'(Eng Sub) (2007) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZomZTW3pVY

 

[Tinymavy15]

Very interesting. We thought she might change her mind about quitting after Vancouver now that she is healthy and pretty much unbeatable. It does not surprise me so much that she would try for another world title after the olympics, but it remains to be said if she will come back next season. Yu-na had said she would quit after 2010 win or lose, but that was back when she was having a lot of pain from her injuries and was not taking over the world as she is now. Not to mention the pressure she must be getting from the Korean federation to stay. At this point I would not be at all surprised to see her stay on for Sochi, granted that she stays healthy.


Thais Mediation is great music for her, rather strange for an exhibition, but so much better than the mediocre pop songs she usually skates to.

 

[french quarter]

Yu-na had said she would quit after 2010 win or lose, but that was back when she was having a lot of pain from her injuries and was not taking over the world as she is now.

Yu-Na has never said she would quit after the Olympics. That was merely a rumor.

 

[janetfan]

1. She said to the group of reporters who gathered at today's media conference in Toronto that she will compete at the 2010 Worlds regardless of her result in Vancouver.

2. And following the news from SBS, Yu-Na's new exhibition number is "Meditation from Thais".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ-mEipFcm0

3. She will run 300m in Hamilton as a torchbearer at 6:46pm in ET. Live stream available here

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/torch/follow-torch/index.html

Thanks for the updates. I love watching Yuna skate and am very happy she will have a new exhibition piece as "Please Don't Stop The Music" is about the only thing Yuna ever skated to that I really didn't like so much. But it was more about not liking the song. :yes:

 

[mylastduchess]

she might be wanting to go to worlds but if she wins the olympics the interviews, television appearances etc. will probably take over training time that I doubt if she wins she will go to Torino... unless she really decides to quit and wants another world title before doing so.

 

[chuckm]

I think she will go to Worlds if she wins in Vancouver, but I think that will be it for her. There just isn't much reason for her to continue competing.

 

[silverlake22]

I think she will go to Worlds if she wins in Vancouver, but I think that will be it for her. There just isn't much reason for her to continue competing.

So Yuna's running, I bet she's good at that too, I wonder if there's anything that girl is bad at.

And I agree, unless she doesn't win the Olympics I think she will be done after this upcoming worlds. Even if she doesn't win the Olympics (which I don't see happening) she will probably stop.

I have heard from multiple sources that she just wants to be normal and able to have a social life, go shopping with friends, have a boyfriend, go to college. She's 19 now and the best skater out there, if she wins, there's nowhere for her to go but down. She really does not seem to love all the fame and attention.

 

[herro]

I don't know, she seems to be enjoying the fame and attention. If not enjoying, then at least just feeling mutual about it. Being Korean, I watch a lot of Korean TV and she's all over the place. On variety shows and things like that, she has a really personality, laughing a lot and joking around even though she wasn't like that before when she first burst onto the scene.

 

[silverlake22]

I don't know, she seems to be enjoying the fame and attention. If not enjoying, then at least just feeling mutual about it. Being Korean, I watch a lot of Korean TV and she's all over the place. On variety shows and things like that, she has a really personality, laughing a lot and joking around even though she wasn't like that before when she first burst onto the scene.

You are probably right, that she has become more outgoing. She used to seem VERY shy when she first went to work with Orser when she was like, what, 15? Think that's how old she was. Anyways she might have learned how to love the attention because she knows it's not going away any time soon but it must be an awful lot of pressure that has been put on her, i'm amazed by how well she consistently performs

 

[inside edge]

For Yuna's Fans

Kim Yuna Banners (17 photos)

http://www.nbcolympics.com/photos/galleryid=376327.html
:agree:

Massenet - Meditation from Thais, Sarah Chang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObxzdawhM-8

 

[Tinymavy15]

http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=070000&biid=2009122155478

Yu-na stated that "she no longer feels any pressure" to win in Vancover. hmmm

 

[silverlake22]

http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=070000&biid=2009122155478

Yu-na stated that "she no longer feels any pressure" to win in Vancover. hmmm

Good for her. If she can just keep telling herself that she may be able to shake off the nerves.

 

[schiele]

Massenet - Meditation from Thais, Sarah Chang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObxzdawhM-8

I don't want to sound mean cos I absolutely love Yuna and her skating but galas are supposed to be entertaining and fun and not serious in competition sense. I thought she had the right idea with her current exhibition number 'don't stop the music' and it was the best ex I've seen from her (although I totally dislike the song). Now she's going back to nice soft music which she could've easily used for a competitive programme. I wish skaters would appreciate what galas are supposed to be about and maybe watch some Plushy, Candeloro, Slutskaya, Cohen or the likes to see how it should be done.

 

[Phoenix347]

Actually, Meditation from Thais does not have to be serious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da8HEwnKBu8

Not that I expect Yuna to do a Kurt Browning version!

I actually don't like Yuna's "Don't stop the Music" gala too much. Maybe it's just the song. So Meditation from Thais should at least be an improvement. Maybe she wants to do a beautiful exhibition at the Olympics.

 

[schiele]

Maybe she wants to do a beautiful exhibition at the Olympics.

I'm pretty sure that must be the motive for the change. I just don't think being 'swanlike' is a must to show a good gala..
I guess Mao will always be on top when it comes to galas at least.

PS: Sorry for forgetting to mention Kurt in that superb gala performers list. Respect..

 

[janetfan]

Here is Oksana skating to " Meditation" back in '95:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQIJvGpU9z4&feature=related

 

[herro]

Can't wait to see this program. I bet it'll become one of my favorites.

 

[MikiAndoFan#1]

Those banners are so cool!



Can someone tell me how can I do a banner like the one on photo 15? Like what programs should I use, etc. Thanks!

 

[Figure88]

Here is Oksana skating to " Meditation" back in '95:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQIJvGpU9z4&feature=related

Personally, rolling across the ice like that is a little too much IMO. Her jumping looks very awkward and she doesn't really have good technique there. But other than that, she seems very artistic and seems to take the "ballerina" interpretation to ice skating pretty literally.

 

[janetfan]

Personally, rolling across the ice like that is a little too much IMO. Her jumping looks very awkward and she doesn't really have good technique there. But other than that, she seems very artistic and seems to take the "ballerina" interpretation to ice skating pretty literally.

I think Oksana is still the standard for "ballerinas on the ice."

Her carriage and positions are lovely. Not many skaters today can match them.

This clip was from a Pro cheesefest and not like falling at Worlds.

I am sure Yuna will come up with a beautiful program to "Meditation." I think it will be a welcome change after that "PDSTM" program which is cheesy even by cheesefest standards.