Yun Ah-sun (

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: 윤아선; born February 18, 2007) is a South Korean

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. She is the 2021 South Korean national silver medalist and finished fourth at the 2022 World Junior Championships, winning a small bronze medal for her short program.

Career

Early career

Yun began learning to skate in 2015. She placed eighth at the senior level at the 2020 South Korean Championships and won the silver medal the following year. Due to the

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, the 2020–21 international junior season was not held, and Yun was therefore unable to compete on the

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or at the World Junior Championships.

2021–22 season

With the resumption of international junior competition, Yun was scheduled to make her international debut on the

, competing back-to-back weeks in events both held in

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. She placed fifth in both contests. Yun was sixth at the 2022 South Korean Championships. Due to her national result, Yun was named to South Korea's team for the 2022 World Junior Championships, but events would soon complicate the situation. Shortly after the conclusion of the

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, Russia invaded Ukraine. As a result, the

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banned all Russian athletes from competing at ISU championships. As Russian women had dominated international figure skating in recent years, this had a significant impact on the field. Due to both the invasion and the

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, the World Junior Championships could not be held as scheduled in

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in early March and were rescheduled for mid-April in

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. Yun placed third in the short program, 0.14 points ahead of American Lindsay Thorngren, winning a bronze small medal. She expressed disappointment at having lost levels on two spins but said she was happy with the performance. She was overtaken by Thorngren in the free skate, finishing in fourth place overall.

2022–23 season

Yun planned to compete at the

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, placing sixth in the short program, but withdrew before the free skate. Making her senior Grand Prix debut at the

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, she came in ninth. Competing at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge, Yun won the short program but ninth in the free skate, dropping to sixth overall. She closed her season with an eighth-place finish at the

2023 South Korean Figure Skating Championships The 2023 South Korean Figure Skating Championships was held from January 5–8, 2023 at the Uijeongbu Indoor Ice Rink in Uijeongbu. It was the 77th edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, a ...

Programs

Competitive highlights

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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Detailed results

Senior results

Junior results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yun, Ah-sun 2007 births South Korean female single skaters Living people People from Ansan Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province