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| Personal information | |
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| Full name: | Yun Yea-Ji |
| Country represented: |  South Korea |
| Date of birth: | November 30, 1994 |
| Place of birth: | Seoul |
| Home town: | Anyang City |
| Residence: | Gwacheon, Gyeonggi |
| Height: | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| Coach: | Chi Hyeon-jung |
| Choreographer: | David Wilson Jeffrey Buttle |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total: | 110.36 2009 JGP Turkey |
| Short program: | 44.09 2009 JGP Turkey |
| Free skate: | 66.27 2009 JGP Turkey |
| Yun Yea-Ji | |
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| Hangul | 윤예지 |
Yun Yea-Ji (also Yoon Yea-Ji) (born November 30, 1994) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2008 South Korean Junior champion.
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Yun Yea-Ji was born in Seoul, South Korea.
Early in her career, Yun has performed in shows in South Korea, including Festa On Ice, which was the show headlined by Kim Yu-Na. Kim recommended Yun to her choreographer, David Wilson, and Wilson choreographed Yun's programs for the 2008-2009 season. Yun also went to Toronto, Canada for two months in the summer of 2008 and trained under Brian Orser, Kim's coach.
She won the 2007 South Korean Novice National Championships. She did not compete internationally on the junior level in the 2007-2008 season because she was not yet age-eligible. After her win at the 2008 South Korean Junior Championships, she was sent to the 2008 Triglav Trophy, where she won the event on the novice level.[1].
She made her Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2008-2009 Junior Grand Prix event in Courcheval, France, the first event of the series. She placed 16th. Yun competed as a senior for the first time at the 2009 South Korean Championships and finished fourth overall with a score of 119.10. In the spring, she competed in the 2009 Triglav Trophy at the Junior level, and finished 6th.
Yun was assigned to two events in the 2009-2010 Junior Grand Prix. At the event in Belarus, she placed 20th and earned personal bests scores in the short program, the free skate and the combined total. Those improved in the second Grand Prix event she competed in, set in Istanbul.
On January 2010, she competed in the 2010 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, where placed 9th overall scoring a total of 91.14 points after having problems with some of her jumps. However, she was selected to compete in the 2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, that were held in March 2010. She withdrew from the event.
| Season | Short Program | Long Program | Exhibition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2010 | Caravan Choreographed by Jeffrey Buttle |
O Doux Printemps d'Autre Fois by Jules Massenet choreographed by David Wilson |
Memory from Cats Musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber vocals by Grizabella choreographed by David Wilson |
| 2008-2009 | Cello Concerto by Anton Dvorak choreographed by David Wilson |
O Doux Printemps d'Autre Fois by Jules Massenet choreographed by David Wilson |
One Moment in Time by Whitney Houston choreographed by David Wilson Crazy by Son Dam Bi choreographed by David Wilson |
| 2007-2008 | Winter by Bond choreographed by Chi Hyeon-jung |
Otonal by Raul di Blasio choreographed by Chi Hyeon-jung |
| Event/Season | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 | 2008-2009 | 2009-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior Championships | WD | |||
| South Korean Championships | 1st N. | 1st J. | 4th | 9th |
| Junior Grand Prix, Turkey | 11th | |||
| Junior Grand Prix, Belarus | 12th | |||
| Junior Grand Prix, France | 16th | |||
| Asian Trophy | 3rd J. | |||
| Triglav Trophy | 1st N. | 6th J. |
| 2009–2010 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 9 - 10, 2010 | 2010 South Korean Championships | Senior | 9 33.87 |
8 57.27 |
9 91.14 |
| October 14 - 18, 2009 | 2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Turkey | Junior | 8 44.09 |
17 66.27 |
11 110.36 |
| September 23 - 27, 2009 | 2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Belarus | Junior | 7 42.90 |
12 60.48 |
12 103.38 |
| 2008–2009 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| January 9 - 10, 2009 | 2009 South Korean Championships | Senior | 5 | 4 | 4 119.10 |
| April 1 - 4, 2009 | 2009 Triglav Trophy | Junior | 20 33.95 |
5 66.84 |
6 100.79 |
| September 24 - 28, 2008 | 2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix, France | Junior | 10 40.36 |
19 58.54 |
16 98.90 |
| 2007-2008 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| April 2 - 5, 2008 | 2008 Triglav Trophy | Novice | 1 41.17 |
2 67.31 |
1 108.48 |
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