Trivia (16) First Korean figure skater to medal at the junior & senior worlds. For other people known as 'Euna', see Euna. 2002 South Korean junior national figure skating champ. Looks like we don't have trademarks information. She then appeared with the two members of the unified Korean women's hockey team, who had carried the torch up a pretty demanding flight of stairs. Four years later in Sochi, controversy arose over Kim's silver medal, which many people thought should have been gold. Sorry! First Korean figure skater to medal at the junior & senior worlds. Sorry! Tags 1990 5 Bucheon Figure Skater Kim Yuna September September 5 South Korea Virgo, Center back who also played internationally for Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro, also taking part …, http://www.facebook.com/Yuna-Kim-53417067377. While that is an honor in and of itself, her position as the one to actually light the cauldron makes it clear how important she is in the collective mind of her homeland. Ever since then, she trained very hard. Herself - Figure Skater: South Korea (2010). 2003-2006 South Korean national figure skating champion. admin 2009 Four Continents figure skating champion. She became the initial feminine skater to earn the Grand Prix Last, the Four Continents Championships, the Globe Championships, as well as the Olympic Video games. 2007 & 2008 world figure skating bronze medalist. 2006 & 2007 Grand Prix figure skating final champ. She defeat Mao Asada to consider gold on the 2010 Olympics. The two Olympic medals were only part of what earned Kim this enviable position. 2002 South Korean junior national figure skating champion. When she started figure skating at the age of 7, her coach told her that she had the perfect body and conditions for a figure skater. 2009 Four Continents figure skating champion. Leave a comment Kim Yuna was born on September 5,1990 in South Korea. 2007 & 2008 world figure skating bronze medalist. Biography Looks like we don't have salary information. Kim, who many refer to as "Queen Yuna," didn't just achieve great personal success in Vancouver in 2010. The hockey players then passed the torch entirely off to Kim, who lowered the flame into the receptacle that would eventually launch it up to the Olympic cauldron itself. Looks like we don't have quotes information. Kim would go to the skating rink every day. Kim, who many refer to as "Queen Yuna," didn't just achieve great personal success in Vancouver in 2010. Yu-Na Kim was born on September 5, 1990 in Bucheon, South Korea. She also gained a sterling silver medal on the 2014 Olympics and provides won gold, gold, and bronze on the Globe Championships. January 12, 2020 She retired after building on that success with her silver in Sochi, but she'll be an official Olympic ambassador for the 2018 PyeongChang Games, so she won't be totally out of the spotlight. 2008 Grand Prix final figure skating silver medalist. 2003-2006 South Korean national figure skating champion. Her masses of Korean fans weren't the only ones leading this crusade — some of her competitors and some of figure skating's all time greats also spoke out, saying that they were stunned to see Kim lose the gold to Russia's Adelina Sotnikova. Carrying the Olympic torch at any point during its journey is a great honor — but the greatest honor is reserved for the one who actually uses the torch to light the Olympic cauldron. Looks like we don't have pictures. |  Other Works |  Sorry! Her initial worldwide competition, which she gained, emerged in 2002. 2006 & 2007 Grand Prix figure skating final champ. She was also the first South Korean to win an Olympic medal of any kind in figure skating. Euna Kim (유나킴) is a Korean-American rapper currently under Maroo Entertainment. She is a former member of the girl duo KHAN and of the girl group The Ark. Official Sites. All rights reserved. She is an actress, known for UNICEF: Imagine (2014), PyeongChang 2018: XXIII Olympic Winter Games (2018) and Vancouver 2010: XXI Olympic Winter Games (2010). And in winning that, she notched 228.56 points, which was the highest point total that anyone had ever received since the ISU started using this judging system. Complete Kim Yuna 2017 Biography. 2002 South Korean junior national figure skating champ. She was created to Kim Hyeon-seok and Recreation area Mee-hee and includes a sister called Kim.