Park So-youn (figure skater)
Introduction '''Park So-youn''' (, born October 24, 1997) is a South Korean retired figure skater. She is the 2012 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy champion, the 2014 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy bronze medalist, the 2015 South Korean national champion, and a three-time South Korean national silver medalist (2012–2014).On the junior level, she is the 2012 Youth Olympic team event bronze medalist, the 2012 JGP Turkey silver medalist, and the 2011 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy silver medalist.She placed 4th at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and 21st at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Career ===Early years and junior career===Park began skating when she was eight years old, in the first grade of elementary school. In 2009, she became the youngest Korean national team member, aged 13.She began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in autumn 2011.In the 2012–13 season, Park won gold on the senior level at the Asian Trophy and a silver medal at a JGP event in Turkey. She then won her third national silver medal and was sent to her first World Junior Championships, where she placed 12th. In 2013, Park said her goal was to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.===2013–14 season: Senior international debut===In August, at South Korea Trials for Junior Grand Prix, she placed 1st in the short program and 8th in the free skate, which resulted in 5th place overall. She was not selected to compete at the 2013–14 ISU Junior Grand Prix. She changed her free program for the Korean Nationals. At the 2014 South Korean Championships, she won the silver medal, 49.69 points behind Kim Yuna.Park made her senior international debut at the 2014 Four Continents Championships. She placed 8th in the short program and 9th in the free skating, finished 9th with the combined total of 162.71.She was selected to represent her country at the 2014 Winter Olympics with her national teammates, Kim Yuna and Kim Hae-jin. She was 23rd after the short program, barely advancing to the free skate. After the free skate, she placed 21st overall. At the 2014 World Championships, she had a clean free program and placed 9th overall. She scored 176.71 points, which was her new personal best.===2014–15 season: First national title===Park made her Grand Prix debut at the 2014 Skate America. She placed 5th in both programs and 5th overall. At the 2014 Rostelecom Cup, she placed 7th in the short program, 4th in the free skate and 5th overall.At the 2015 South Korean Championships, Park won both the short program and free skate, and won her first national title. At the 2015 Four Continents she placed 10th in the short program, 9th in the free skate, and 9th overall.At the 2015 World Championships, Park placed 15th in the short program, 9th in the free skate, and 12th overall. Her placement helped earn two spots for South Korea in the ladies event for the 2016 World Championships.===2015–16 season===Park received two 2015–16 Grand Prix assignments. She began her season by finishing 4th at 2015 Finlandia Trophy. Turning to the Grand Prix series, she placed 9th at 2015 Skate America and 8th at 2015 Cup of China.Park then went on to finish 5th at the 2016 South Korean Championships, but was still named for the 2016 Four Continents and World teams since three of the four skaters that finished ahead of her were ineligible for the senior level. At Four Continents, she skated a personal best short program with a score of 62.49 points, placing in the top five in the short program and beating her season's best by 8.71 points. She went on to score 116.43 points in the free skate and a total score of 178.92 points placing fourth overall. Her total score was a personal best and beat her season's best by 14.64 points.===2016–17 season===Park placed 8th at the 2016 Skate America and then 5th at the 2016 Trophée de France. She fractured her left ankle during a training session on December 13, 2016, which caused her to withdraw from the 2017 South Korean Championships, 2017 Winter Universiade and the 2017 Asian Winter Games.===2017–18 season===Park had to undergo four surgeries while recovering from the ankle injury from the previous season. She participated in all three stages of the national selection process for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, but could not get hold of a ticket.===2018–19 season===Park finished 4th at the 2019 South Korean Championships and 5th at the 2019 Winter Universiade. She participated in All That Skate 2019, then announced her retirement from competition. She is going to join the cast for a Cirque du Soleil show.
Skating technique Park can land 3S-3T and 2A-3T combinations.
Programs  Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2018–2019  * The Man With The Golden Arm * Titanic * 7 Rings / Problem ----* Amazing Grace   2017–2018  * Black Swan * En Aranjuez con mi amor * This Is Me  2016–2017  * The Man with the Golden Arm * En Aranjuez con mi amor * Amazing Grace   2015–2016  * Black Orpheus * Romeo and Juliet ----* The Red Violin * Dear Future Husband  2014–2015  * Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso * Romeo and Juliet * I Dreamed a Dream  2013–2014  * The Swan * Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini ----*As you like it *Spirited Away * I Dreamed a Dream  2012–2013  * Piano Trio In A Minor II : Pantoum * West Side Story * Poème  2011–2012  * Poème * Elizabeth: The Golden Age * They Can't Take That Away From Me  2010–2011* Czardas * Malaguena * Roxie  2009–2010* Carousel Waltz * Yentl * Once Upon A December  2008–2009* Kalinka * It Ain't Necessarily So* So long, Farewell  2007–2008* The Swan* Aragonaise
Competitive highlights === 2011–12 to present ===Park at the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships. ''GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix'' International Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 Olympics    21st      Worlds    9th  12th  18th    Four Continents    9th  9th  4th  WD  11th   Skate America     5th  9th  8th    Cup of China      8th     France       5th    Rostelecom     5th    WD   NHK Trophy        12th   Alpen Trophy         8th  Finlandia      4th     Lombardia       5th    Nebelhorn       4th   Asian Games       WD   Asian Trophy   1st   3rd   4th   Winter Universiade       WD   5th International: Junior Youth Olympics  4th        Junior Worlds   12th        Austria  6th         Italy  4th         Turkey   2nd        U.S.   6th       Asian Trophy  2nd        National South Korean Champ. 2nd  2nd  2nd  1st  5th  WD  5th 4th Team events Youth Olympics  3rd T 1st P         TBD = Assigned, WD = Withdrew  Levels: J = Junior  T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only. === 2008–09 to 2010–11 : Pre-junior international debut === International: Novice Event 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 Children's Games    2nd N NZ Winter Games   1st N   National South Korea  2nd J  3rd  2nd   Levels: J = Junior; N = Novice;
Detailed results === Senior level ===Park at the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships. '''2018–19 season''' Date Event SP FS Total March 6–9, 2019 2019 Winter Universiade 10  52.71 4  122.95 5  175.66 January 11–13, 2019 2019 South Korean Championships 5  62.07 5  114.67 4  176.74 November 14–17, 2018 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial - Alpen Trophy 3  58.94 9  94.00 8  152.94 '''2017–18 season''' Date Event SP FS Total January 22–28, 2018 2018 Four Continents Championships 12  53.05 9  106.43 11  159.48 January 5–7, 2018 2018 South Korean Championships 5  62.74 6  113.83 5  176.57 November 10–12, 2017 2017 NHK Trophy 11  51.54 12  84.25  12  135.79 '''2016–17 season''' Date Event SP FS Total November 11–13, 2016 2016 Trophée de France 6  '''64.89''' 4  '''120.30''' 5  '''185.19''' October 21–23, 2016 2016 Skate America 7  58.16 8  103.20 8  161.36 September 22–24, 2016 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 5  55.71 4  106.24 4  161.95 September 8–11, 2016 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy 4  56.93 5  99.92 5  156.85 August 4–7, 2016 2016 Asian Figure Skating Trophy 3  48.02 4  80.93 4  128.95 '''2015–16 season''' Date Event SP FS Total March 28– April, 2016 2016 World Championships 22  52.27 18  101.97 18  154.24 February 16–21, 2016 2016 Four Continents Championships 5  62.49 7  116.43 4  178.92 January 8–10, 2016 2016 South Korean Championships 6  55.34 6  105.73 5  161.07 November 6–8, 2015 2015 Cup of China 10  52.47 6  111.81 8  164.28 October 23–25, 2015 2015 Skate America 10  53.78 9  105.88 9  159.66 October 9–11, 2015 2015 CS Finlandia Trophy 6  51.51 3  108.42 4  159.93 '''2014–15 season''' Date Event SP FS Total March 23–29, 2015 2015 World Championships 15  53.95 9  106.80 12  160.75 February 9–15, 2015 2015 Four Continents Championships 10  53.47 9  110.28 9  163.75 January 5–9, 2015 2015 South Korean Championships 1  60.40 1  113.99 1  174.39 November 14–16, 2014 2014 Rostelecom Cup 7  53.71 4  109.53 5  163.24 October 24–26, 2014 2014 Skate America 5  55.74 5  114.69 5  170.43 August 6–10, 2014 2014 Asian Figure Skating Trophy 5  49.20 1  111.29 3  160.49 '''2013–14 season''' Date Event SP FS Total March 24–30, 2014 2014 World Championships 13  57.22 9  119.39 9  176.61 February 6–22, 2014 2014 Winter Olympics 23  49.14 19  93.83 21  142.97 January 20–26, 2014 2014 Four Continents Championships 8  55.91 9  106.80 9  162.71 January 1–5, 2014 2014 South Korean Championships 5  52.31 2  125.86 2  178.17=== Junior level ===''At team events, medals awarded for team results only.'' '''2012–13 season''' Date Event Level SP FS Total February 25 – March 3, 2013 2013 World Junior Championships Junior 14  47.24 12  88.18 12  135.42 January 2–6, 2013 2013 South Korean Championships Senior 3  53.20 2  108.68 2  161.88 September 19–22, 2012 2012 JGP Turkey Junior 1  51.45 3  93.32 2  144.77 August 29 – September 1, 2012 2012 JGP USA Junior 2  52.33 7  85.04 6  137.37 August 8–12, 2012 2012 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Senior 1  49.67 1  86.46 1  136.13 '''2011–12 season''' Date Event Level SP FS Total January 14–22, 2012 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games – Team Junior – 1  96.84 3 January 14–22, 2012 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games Junior 5  48.37 4  88.23 4  136.60 January 4–8, 2012 2012 South Korean Championships Senior 2  51.43 3  93.16 2  144.59 October 5–8, 2011 2011 JGP Italy Junior 4  49.06 4  95.65 4  144.71 September 28 – October 1, 2011 2011 JGP Austria Junior 8  46.27 6  84.92 6  131.19 August 23–26, 2011 2011 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Junior 3  43.40 2  82.30 2  125.70 '''2010–11 season''' Date Event Level SP FS Total January 27–30, 2011 2011 International Children's Winter Games Novice 1  39.33 5  49.09 2  88.42 January 12–16, 2011 2011 South Korean Championships Senior 2  48.82 2  93.47 2  142.29 '''2009–10 season''' Date Event Level SP FS Total January 7–10, 2010 2010 South Korean Championships Senior  4  42.78 3  84.99 3  127.77 August 28–30, 2009 2009 New Zealand Winter Games Novice 1  44.50 1  62.93 1  107.43 '''2008–09 season''' Date Event Level SP FS Total January 7–10, 2009 2009 South Korean Championships Junior 2  37.18 2  65.85 2  103.03* ISU personal bests highlighted in '''bold'''.
References *  2012 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Results*  2011 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Results*  2011 International Children's Winter Games Results*  Detailed results and protocols at the New Zealand Ice Skating Association* * * * * *
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