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Yuna Kim

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Yuna Kim is a South Korean figure skater born September 5, 1990, in Bucheon, widely regarded as one of the greatest figure skaters in history and a national icon in South Korea, where she is often referred to as Queen Yuna. She won the gold medal in women's singles at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics with a then world record score, added a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Games, and is also a two time World Champion. She became the first skater to complete the Super Slam, winning every major ISU-sanctioned junior and senior competition available to her, and has been a prominent ambassador for the Olympic movement and for South Korean sport since retiring.

Facts
Birth Year
1990 1
Birth Date
1990-09-05 1
Nationality
South Korean 1
Career Highlight
Olympic champion in women's singles figure skating at the 2010 Vancouver Games and Olympic silver medalist at the 2014 Sochi Games, also a two-time World Champion (2009, 2013). 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia, Yuna Kim
Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, opening sentence (after parenthetical name gloss)
    born September 5, 1990), also credited in eastern name order as Kim Yuna or Kim Yeon-a, is a retired South Korean figure skater.
  • Lead paragraph, second sentence
    She is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World champion (2009, 2013) the 2009 Four Continents champion, a three-time Grand Prix Final champion (2006, 2007, 2009), the 2006 World Junior champion, the 2005 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a six-time South Korean national champion
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Yuna Kim (Korean: ê¹€ì-°ì•„; born September 5, 1990), also credited in eastern name order as Kim Yuna or Kim Yeon-a, is a retired South Korean figure skater.
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