Kwak Min-jeong

Kwak Min-jeong
File:Kwak 2010 Olympics SP.jpg Kwak during her free program at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Personal information
Full name	Kwak Min-jeong
Country represented	South Korea
Born	(1994-01-23) January 23, 1994 Seoul, South Korea
Home town	Anyang, Gyeonggi
Residence	Seoul
Height
Coach	Hea-Sook Shin
Former coach	Brian Orser Kim Se-yol Lee Kyu-hyun Chi Hyun-jeong Choi Hyung-kyung
Choreographer	David Wilson Jeffrey Buttle
Former choreographer	Kim Se-yol Shin Yea-ji Tuğba Karademir Henrik Walentin
Skating club	Ewha Womans University
Training locations	Seoul, Toronto
Began skating	2001
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	155.53 2010 Winter Olympics
Short program	53.68 2010 Four Continents
Free skate	102.37 2010 Winter Olympics
Medal record Representing South Korea Figure skating: Ladies' singles Asian Winter Games 2011 Astana-Almaty Ladies' singles South Korean Championships 2010 Seoul Ladies' singles 2011 Seoul Ladies' singles

Kwak Min-jeong
Hangul	곽민정
Hanja	郭珉整
Revised Romanization	Kwak Min-jeong
McCune–Reischauer	Kwak Minjŏng

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kwak.

Kwak Min-jeong (born January 23, 1994) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2011 South Korean bronze medalist, the 2010 South Korean silver medalist and the 2009 Junior national champion. Kwak was also a member of the South Korean Olympic Team at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where she placed 13th in the ladies' event.

Personal life

Kwak Min-jeong was born on January 23, 1994 in Seoul, South Korea.

Career

Kwak began skating in 2001.

2007–08 season

In the 2007–08 season she was age-eligible to compete in Junior competitions, so she competed at the 2007–08 ISU Junior Grand Prix, placing 10th at the event in Tallinn with 98.77 points and 13th at the event in England with 103.89. She then competed at the South Korean Championships at the Junior level, where she came in fifth position.

2008–09 season

In the 2008–09 season, she received two assignments to the 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix. She won the bronze medal at the event in Mexico scoring 117.42 points but finished 13th at her competition in England, earning 106.05. She competed at the South Korean Championships again as a Junior, and won the gold medal with 114.89 points, placing first in both the short program and the free skating. She was selected to compete at the 2009 World Junior Championships, and with 103.69 she finished 22nd overall.

2009–10 season: Vancouver Olympics

In the 2009–10 season, Kwak remained in the ISU Junior Grand Prix and competed in two events. She placed 11th in the first one held in the United States with 106.30 points. She went on to place 11th again with 108.21 at her second event, which took place in Croatia.

She was selected to compete at the 2010 Four Continents Championships in Jeonju, South Korea, her first Senior international competition. She placed seventh in the short program and fourth in the free skate to end in sixth position earning 154.71 points. Kwak was also chosen to be a member of the South Korean Olympic Team.

Before the Olympics she moved to Toronto, Canada, and trained with Brian Orser, the 1984 and 1988 Olympic silver medalist. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, held in Vancouver, Canada, where she placed 13th with 155.53 points. She went on to compete at the 2010 World Championships in Turin, Italy, where she was in 22nd position after getting 120.47 points overall.

Her collaboration with Orser ended in August 2010.

2010–11 season

In the 2010–11 season, Kwak moved to the senior ISU Grand Prix. Her assignments in the 2010–11 ISU Grand Prix season were the 2010 Cup of China and the 2010 Skate America.

At the 2010 Cup of China, she placed ninth in the short program with 38.83 points and also ninth in the free skate with 75.15. Overall she placed ninth scoring 113.98 points. At the 2010 Skate America, she came tenth in the short program earning 44.41 points, and eleventh in the free skate with 80.80. She had a total of 125.21 points and finished eleventh.

She competed at the 2011 South Korean Championships, where she won the short program with 50.48 points. She placed third in the free skate earning 91.78 and won the bronze medal. She was selected to compete at the 2011 Four Continents and 2011 World Championships. At the 2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships she placed 8th in both skates finishing overall in 8th place. At the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships she placed 15th in the ladies qualifying round failing to advance to the short.

2011–12 season

At the 2012 South Korean Championships she placed 8th in the short program falling on two of her jump elements to earn 38.98 points. In the free skate she placed 6th with 84.46 to climb up to 6th overall. Later that year, Kwak competed at the 2012 Four Continents Championships where she placed 10th. She has been selected to compete at the 2012 World Championships and she placed 28th.

Public life and endorsements

Kwak toured in the 2010 Festa On Ice, held in Seoul, South Korea and headlined by 2010 Olympic champion ladies champion and her training mate Kim Yuna. She joined Kim in another ice show, the All That Skate, on July 23–25, 2010 in Goyang, South Korea, alongside other skaters like Michelle Kwan, Sasha Cohen and Stéphane Lambiel.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2011–12	East of Eden by Lee Holdridge choreo. by Yea-Ji Shin	Gaite Parisienne by Jacques Offenbach choreo. by David Wilson
2010–11	Canon in D major by Johann Pachelbel choreo. by David Wilson	Caprice Bohemien Op.12 by Sergei Rachmaninoff choreo. by David Wilson	Get Right by Jennifer Lopez choreo. by Shin Yea-Ji Don't Rain on My Parade (from Glee) choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
2009–10	Murder on the Orient Express by Richard Rodney Bennett choreo. by Kim Se Yol	Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg choreo. by Kim Se Yol	The Voice Within by Christina Aguilera choreo. by Shin Yea-Ji Marshmallow by IU choreo. by Shin Yea-Ji SuperGirl by Saving Jane choreo. by Tuğba Karademir
2008–09	The Blood Diamond by James Newton Howard choreo. by Henrik Walentin	Stradivarius by Edvin Marton choreo. by Henrik Walentin

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	14–15
Olympics			13th
Worlds			22nd	33rd	28th
Four Continents			6th	8th	10th
GP Cup of China				9th
GP Skate America				11th
Asian Games				3rd
Asian Trophy					3rd
Crystal Skate						3rd
New Zealand Games					1st
International: Junior or novice
Junior Worlds		22nd
JGP Croatia			11th
JGP Estonia	10th
JGP Mexico		3rd
JGP United Kingdom	13th	13th
JGP United States			11th
Asian Trophy		2nd J.
National
South Korean	2nd J.	1st J.	2nd	3rd	6th
J. = Junior level

Detailed results

2014–15 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
October 21–26, 2014	2014 Crystal Skate of Romania	Senior	2 36.51	3 66.42	3 102.93
2011–12 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 7–12, 2012	2012 Four Continents Championships	Senior	9 48.72	10 81.80	10 130.52
January 6–8, 2012	2012 South Korean Championships	Senior	8 38.98	6 84.46	6 123.44
August 22–26, 2011	2011 Asian Figure Skating Trophy	Senior	3 43.19	4 71.71	3 114.90
August 11–13, 2011	2011 New Zealand Winter Games	Senior	1 42.82	1 83.07	1 125.89
2010–11 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
April 25 – May 1, 2011	2011 World Championships	Senior	– –	15 (QR) 67.75	– –
February 15–, 2011	2011 Four Continents Championships	Senior	8 50.47	8 96.68	8 147.15
February 3–5, 2011	2011 Asian Winter Games	Senior	3 52.65	3 95.30	3 147.95
January 14–16, 2011	2011 South Korean Championships	Senior	1 50.48	3 91.78	3 142.26
November 11–14, 2010	2010 Skate America	Senior	10 44.41	11 80.80	11 125.21
November 5–7, 2010	2010 Cup of China	Senior	9 38.83	9 75.15	9 113.98
2009–10 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 22–28, 2010	2010 World Championships	Senior	23 47.46	22 73.01	22 120.47
February 14–27, 2010	2010 Winter Olympic	Senior	16 53.16	12 102.37	13 155.53
January 25–31, 2010	2010 Four Continents Championships	Senior	7 53.68	4 101.03	6 154.71
January 9–10, 2010	2010 South Korean Championships	Senior	2 46.23	2 88.00	2 134.23
October 7–11, 2009	2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Croatia	Junior	8 41.08	12 67.13	11 108.21
September 2–6, 2009	2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix, United States	Junior	12 38.49	11 67.81	11 106.30
2008–09 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 21–28, 2009	2009 World Junior Championships	Junior	24 38.94	19 64.75	22 103.69
January 9–11, 2009	2009 South Korean Championships	Junior	1 42.71	1 72.18	1 114.89
October 15–18, 2008	2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix, United Kingdom	Junior	14 39.82	13 66.23	13 106.05
September 10–14, 2008	2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Mexico	Junior	4 46.97	3 70.45	3 117.42
2007–08 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 13–16, 2008	2008 South Korean Championships	Junior	1 42.71	2 74.72	2 117.43
October 18–21, 2007	2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix, United Kingdom	Junior	11 42.44	13 61.45	13 103.89
September 20–22, 2007	2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Estonia	Junior	11 37.06	10 61.71	10 98.77

• SP = Short program; FS = Free skating
• Personal bests highlighted in bold.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Kwak Min-jeong at the International Skating Union