Shin Hea-sook (born 29 November 1957) is a former competitive South Korean

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. She is a two-time South Korean National champion (1979, 1980) and competed in the ladies' singles event at the

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Career

Due to the lack of figure skating rinks in South Korea at the time, Shin primarily lived and trained in

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throughout her competitive figure skating career. She began coaching in 1984 following her retirement. She currently coaches in

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. Her current students include: *

Choi Da-bin Choi Da-bin (Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the ...

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Her former students include: * Kim Se-yol * Byun Sung-jin *

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* Park Bit-na * Park Bun-seon * Lee Dong-won *

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* Shin Yea-ji *

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* Kim Na-young *

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* Lee Ho-jung *

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Cha Jun-hwan Cha Jun-Hwan (Hangul: 차준환; born October 21, 2001) is a South Korean figure skater who competes in the men's singles discipline. Cha is the 2023 World silver medalist, the 2022 Four Continents champion, the 2018–2019 Grand Prix Final ...

* Lee Hae-in *

Kyeong Jae-seok Kyeong Jae-seok (; born September 26, 2000) is a South Korean figure skater. He is the 2022 South Korean national bronze medalist, the 2017 South Korean national junior silver medalist, and the 2017 Asian Open Trophy junior bronze medalist ...

Kim Min-chae Kim Min-chae (Hangul: 김민채; born 26 February 2006) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge champion. Personal life Kim was born on 26 February 2006 in Seoul. Career Early career Kim made he ...

Competitive highlights

References

1957 births Living people South Korean female single skaters Olympic figure skaters for South Korea Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{SouthKorea-figure-skating-bio-stub