You Young

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This is a Korean name; the family name is You.
You Young
Personal information
Native name 유영
Country represented South Korea South Korea
Born (2004-05-27) May 27, 2004
South Korea
Residence Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height 1.43 m (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Coach Choi Hyung-kyung
Former coach Han Sung-mi
Choreographer Shin Yea-ji
Began skating 2010
You Young
Hangul 유영
Hanja 劉永
Revised Romanization Yu Yeong
McCune–Reischauer Yu Yŏng

You Young (born May 27, 2004) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2016 South Korean national champion. Thus You became the youngest ever national champion at just age 11, a year earlier than her heroine Kim Yuna.

Personal life

You Young is the third child and only daughter of her father, You Il-jin, who runs a business in Indonesia, and mother, Lee Sook-hee. She moved to Indonesia at the age of two because of her father's business, and spent her youth in Singapore.

Early career

You was inspired to lace up her skates after watching Kim's gold medal winning routine at the 2010 Vancouver Games. But she first cut her teeth in Singapore, where she was raised. She trained under various coaches and competed in the Singapore National Figure Skating Championships from 2011 to 2013.

One of her coaches was Singapore-based Zhang Wei, a former Chinese national ice dancer who won gold with partner Wang Rui at the 1999 Asian Winter Games, who she trained with for a six-month period in 2012. Zhang said her talent was evident even then and told TODAY: "She's not the most talented athlete I've coached. But her jumps, explosive energy, flexibility and coordination were very good then, and it is very rare that you get all these qualities in one athlete, particularly at that age." He is confident that You has what it takes to become a future world and Olympic champion. On his advice, You returned to South Korea with her mother in March 2013 to further her development as the training environment is better.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

In the 2015-2016 season, she won the gold medal at the 2016 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, becoming the youngest skater to ever win the title.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2016–17
2015–16
2014–15 Romeo and Juliet:

Competitive highlights

International: Novice
Event 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
Asian Open 2nd N. 1st N.
Cup of Tyrol 1st N.
Tallinn Trophy 2nd N.
National
South Korean 6th 1st
Levels: N. = Advanced novice

Detailed results

2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
November 19-27, 2016 2016 Tallinn Trophy Novice 3
36.49		 1
90.40		 2
126.89
August 4–7, 2016 2016 Asian Open Trophy Novice 1
46.03		 1
91.10		 1
137.13
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 9–13, 2016 2016 Cup of Tyrol Novice 1
46.72		 1
88.03		 1
134.75
January 8–10, 2016 2016 South Korean Championships Senior 1
61.09		 1
122.66		 1
183.75
August 5–8, 2015 2015 Asian Open Trophy Novice 4
33.38		 1
80.71		 2
114.09
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 5–9, 2015 2015 South Korean Championships Senior 6
52.15		 7
97.14		 6
149.29

Awards and recognition

Year Awards
2016 21st Coca-Cola Sports Awards: Rookie of the Year [8]
Korean Skating Union Merit Player Award Ceremony: Best Newcomer Award [9]
Sports Marketing Award Korea: Promising Female Athlete [10]

References

  1. ↑ Kim, Hyo-kyung; Joo, Kyung-don (12 January 2016). "The 11-year-old answer to Kim Yu-na". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  2. ↑ "Girl Breaks Kim Yu-na's Record as Youngest National Champ". The Chosun Ilbo. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  3. ↑ "S Korea hails new skating prodigy, 11". Today. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  4. ↑ Low, Lin Fhoong (15 January 2016). "Rising skating star made her start in S'pore". Today. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  5. ↑ "11-Year-Old Prodigy Wins Figure Skating Championship". KBS World Radio. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  6. ↑ "'Figure skating genius' You Young, 11, captivates South Korea as national champion". The Nation. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  7. ↑ Chen, May (12 January 2016). "Ice-skating: South Korean champ a Singapore-raised kid". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  8. ↑ "코카콜라 체육대상 신인상 피겨 유영". News1 Korea (in Korean). Naver Sports. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  9. ↑ "우리가 최우수 신인들". Yonhap News (in Korean). Naver Sports. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  10. ↑ "스포츠마케팅어워드코리아 2016 성황리 개최". Kookmin Ilbo (in Korean). Naver Sports. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-10.

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