She won a gold medal at the 2004 JGP Hungary, her first international competition, and became the first Korean skater to win a Junior Grand Prix event.

Kim Yuna (born September 5, 1990, Puch’ŏn [Bucheon], South Korea) is a South Korean figure skater who won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. (Read Scott Hamilton’s Britannica entry on figure skating.)

Jul 8, 2023 · In the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Kim Yuna solidified her place as a figure skating legend. With her mesmerizing performance, she won the gold medal, setting a new world record score of 228.56 points in the process. In 2010 …

Jan 9, 2014 · When she took to the ice at Vancouver’s Pacific Coliseum on 25 February 2010, Yuna Kim turned on a dazzling gold medal-winning display that captured the imagination of the crowd and impressed the judges, who gave the 19-year …

Oct 30, 2023 · Yuna Kim won the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The highlight of Yuna Kim’s career came at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where she delivered a breathtaking performance and secured the gold medal, solidifying her status as one of the greatest figure skaters of all time.

Feb 22, 2014 · In the final chapter of her storied Olympic figure skating career, South Korea’s Yuna Kim won silver – not able to defend her shot at gold against a Russian teenager who seemingly came out of...

She won the gold medal, becoming the first South Korean skater to medal in any discipline of figure skating at the Olympic Games. [25] She defeated silver medalist Mao Asada by 23.06 points, the greatest margin recorded in women's singles at the Olympics or World Championships since the introduction of the ISU Judging System.

Feb 26, 2010 · Kim Yu-na was nearly flawless, and became South Korea’s first Olympic champion in figure skating. Mao Asada of Japan took silver and Joannie Rochette of Canada the bronze.

Sep 5, 1990 · Korea’s Yu-Na Kim is the 2014 Olympic figure skating champion and the 2010 Olympic silver medalist in ladies singles at the Olympic Winter Games. She is the two-time World champion (2009, 2013), a World Junior champion (2006) and six-time national champion of Korea (2003-2006, 2013, 2014).

Yuna Kim, the retired South Korean competitive figure skater, also called "Queen Yuna" by figure skating fans and the press, has had an impact on the sport of figure skating, with her skating technique as an athlete and as an Olympic ambassador for both …