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Kim Su-yeon (born April 24, 2001) is a South Korean pair skater. With her brother and skating partner, Kim Hyung-tae, she won silver medals at the 2017 Toruń Cup and 2017 South Korean Championships and 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 in Hamar, Norway. The pair finished 8th at the event.
The Kim siblings debuted on the Junior Grand Prix 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 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)
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2017–2018 | Queen medley
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Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Kim Hyung-tae
| International | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
| Four Continents Champ. | 12th | ||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 15th | ||
| CS Nepela Memorial | 7th | ||
| Asian Winter Games | 4th | ||
| Asian Open | 1st | ||
| Toruń Cup | 2nd | ||
| International: Junior | |||
| World Junior Champ. | 8th | ||
| Youth Olympics | 8th | ||
| JGP Czech Republic | 13th | ||
| JGP Russia | 8th | ||
| National | |||
| South Korean Champ. | 1st J | 2nd | |
Detailed results
| 2017–18 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 27–30, 2017 | 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | Senior | 16 40.75 | 15 88.25 | 15 129.00 |
| August 2–5, 2017 | 2017 Asian Figure Skating Trophy | Senior | 1 46.30 | 3 87.51 | 1 133.81 |
| 2016–17 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| March 15–19, 2017 | 2017 World Junior Championships | Junior | 9 49.20 | 7 86.09 | 8 135.29 |
| February 23–26, 2017 | 2017 Asian Winter Games | Senior | 4 49.28 | 4 100.12 | 4 149.40 |
| February 15–19, 2017 | 2017 ISU Four Continents Championships | Senior | 13 49.88 | 12 90.80 | 12 140.68 |
| January 10–15, 2017 | 2017 Toruń Cup | Senior | 3 49.78 | 2 96.48 | 2 146.26 |
| January 6–8, 2017 | 2017 South Korean Championships | Senior | 3 44.24 | 1 93.38 | 2 137.62 |
| September 30–October 2, 2016 | 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial | Senior | 7 39.70 | 7 78.30 | 7 118.00 |
| September 14–17, 2016 | 2016 JGP Russia | Junior | 7 42.61 | 10 67.34 | 8 109.95 |
| August 31–September 3, 2016 | 2016 JGP Czech Republic | Junior | 13 40.20 | 13 66.96 | 13 107.16 |
| 2015–16 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| February 12–21, 2016 | 2016 Youth Olympics | Junior | 8 35.86 | 8 72.67 | 8 108.53 |
| January 8–10, 2016 | 2016 South Korean Championships | Junior | 1 35.35 | 1 63.28 | 1 98.63 |