Kim Su-yeon (; born April 24, 2001) is a South Korean pair skater. With her brother, Kim Hyung-tae, she is the 2017

Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy The Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy (or ''Asian Trophy''; previously known as the Asian Figure Skating Championships) is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the Asian Skating Union. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's and ...

champion, the 2017 Toruń Cup silver medalist and the 2017 South Korean national silver medalist. They competed at the 2017 Four Continents Championships.

Career

Kim Su-yeon began learning to skate in 2010. She and her brother, Kim Hyung-tae, started competing as a pair in the 2015–2016 season. Their international debut came in February 2016 at the

Winter Youth Olympics The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consisten ...

in Hamar, Norway. The pair finished 8th at the event. The Kim siblings debuted on the

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

series in September 2016, placing 13th in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and 8th in Saransk, Russia. Making their senior debut, they finished 7th at the

2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial The 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial ( sk, Memoriál Ondreja Nepelu) was held on September and October 2016. It is an annual senior international figure skating competition held in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was part of the 2016–17 ISU Challenger ...

a couple of weeks later. In early January 2017, the pair obtained the silver medal at the South Korean Championships, having placed third in the short program and first in the free skate. Later in the same month, they received their first senior international medal, winning silver at the Toruń Cup in Toruń, Poland. In February, the siblings competed at their first ISU Championship — the 2017 Four Continents Championships in Gangneung, South Korea. They finished 12th at the event.

Programs

(with Kim Hyung-tae)

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

'' With Kim Hyung-tae

Detailed results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Su-yeon 2001 births South Korean female pair skaters Living people People from Gwacheon Figure skaters at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Figure skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province