Kim Yu-Na (1990-…) is a champion South Korean figure skater. She won the gold medal in women’s figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. The judges awarded her 228.56 points, a new world record. She had set the previous world record in 2009. Many observers described her performance as one of the greatest in Olympic figure-skating history. Kim became the first South Korean to win a medal at a Winter Olympics in a sport other than speed skating. Kim’s success in international figure skating has made her a national hero in South Korea. Kim won the silver medal in women’s figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Kim Yu-Na was born on Sept. 5, 1990, in Bucheon, South Korea. She began skating at the age of 5. She won the South Korean Ladies Figure Skating title at the age of 12. She repeated as champion the next three years. In 2006, Kim moved to Toronto, Canada, to train under Brian Orser, a retired Canadian figure skater. Kim won the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in 2006 and the World Figure Skating title in 2009.
