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Yuna Kim (Korean: 김연아; born September 5, 1990), also credited in eastern name order as Kim Yuna or Kim Yeon-a, is a South Korean retired competitive figure skater.She is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World champion (2009, 2013) the 2009 Four Continents champion, a three-time Grand Prix Final champion, the 2006 World Junior champion, the 2005 ...
Biography. Two-time Olympic medallist Yuna Kim of the Republic of Korea set a new world points record when she won gold at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. Yuna Kim won her first major title in 2006, when she claimed gold in the World Junior Championships ahead of Mao Asada, the Japanese skater who would later become one of her main rivals ...
Yuna Kim and her life-changing Vancouver 2010 gold. It's been 11 years since the Korean completed the so-called "Super Slam" with Olympic gold in Canada. Here's the impact that medal had on her life and career. Picture the scene: you're 19 years old, world number one, about to skate in the free program of the Olympic Games figure skating ...
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Even though she has stepped away from competitive skating, 2010 Olympic champion figure skater Yuna Kim can transport herself back to centre ice. "Now that I have gone through the [Olympic] experiences myself, I have vivid memories of the Olympic atmosphere, the unseen tensions between coaches and athletes, and the feeling of the spectators holding their breath," she told Olympics.com in a ...
