Kim Hae-jin (; born April 23, 1997) is a South Korean former

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. She is the 2012 JGP Slovenia champion and a three-time (2010, 2011, and 2012) South Korean national champion. She was selected to represent her country at the

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. She retired from competition at the conclusion of the 2018 South Korean Figure Skating Championships.

Career

Early career

In the 2007–08 season, Kim placed 5th at the South Korean Championships on the novice level. A year later in

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, she repeated that placement on the junior level.

2009–10 season: First senior national title

In the 2009–10 season, Kim competed in 2010 South Korean Championships on the senior level at age twelve. Placing first in both the short program and the free skate, she won the gold medal with 148.78 points. In April 2010, she won the novice title at the 2010 Triglav Trophy, earning 144.11 points. Her score was one of the best among the skaters who competed and the best among all the ladies. Had she competed on the senior level, she would have won the competition.

2010–11 season: Junior Grand Prix debut

Kim was assigned to

2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 14th season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2010–11 ISU Grand ...

events in

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and

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. However, her foot was injured by another skater's skate blade in training, resulting in her withdrawal from the Japan event. She made her junior international debut at the event in Germany, finishing 28th. At the 2011 South Korean Championships, she placed third in the short program scoring 46.82 points, and won the free skate with 98.47 to win her second national title.

2011–12 season

The following season, Kim was assigned to the

2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 15th season of the series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2011–12 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating contes ...

events in Brisbane, Australia, and in Brasov, Romania. She won the short program in Brisbane with 52.26, but fell four times in the free skate, earning 78.76, to finish 5th with 131.02. In Brasov, Kim was placed sixth with 44.78 after one of her spins were considered invalid, but rebounded to third with 99.83, earning the bronze medal with a total score of 144.61. Kim then participated in the 2012 World Junior Championships and earned 51.56 in the short program and 98.15 in the free skate, finishing 8th overall with the total score of 149.71.

2012–13 to 2013–14

In the 2012–13 season, Kim was assigned to 2012-13 ISU Junior Grand Prix events in

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and

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. In her first event in

, Kim placed third in the short program, with her triple toe-loop - triple toe-loop combination, receiving her new personal best of 54.46. However, she dropped to fifth after the free skate, where she had some trouble with her jumps. However, two weeks later, in

, she rebounded to first in the short program, and strong consistency of jumps and high levels of other elements with strong choreography helped her defend her placement in the free skate. With the total of 147.30, she became the first South Korean woman to stand on the top of the podium since

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, the 2010 Olympic Champion, won two golds in the

2005–06 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2005–06 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the ninth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the Grand Prix of Figur ...

. This made her first alternate to the

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. In the 2013–14 season, Kim was assigned to 2013-14 ISU Junior Grand Prix events in

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and

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. Earning 10th and 8th.

2013–14 season: Senior ISU Championship debut

At the 2014 South Korean Championships, Kim placed second in the short and fifth in the free; she won the bronze medal behind Park So-youn and

. Kim made her senior international debut at the 2014 Four Continents Championships, where she finished sixth. In the process she set new personal bests in the short program, free skating and her combined score. She was selected to represent her country at the

with her national teammates,

and Park So-youn. She was 18th after the short program and placed 16th overall. In March, she placed 23rd at the 2014 World Championships.

2014–15 season: Grand Prix debut

She began her season with 5th at the 2014 Asian Open and then 9th at the

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. For the 2015-16 Grand Prix series, Kim made her senior Grand Prix debut at the

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, where she placed 9th, and came in 8th at the

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. At the 2015 South Korean Championships, she placed 12th in the short and 5th in the free, finishing 5th overall. Kim placed 11th at the 2015 Four Continents Championships. Afterwards, at the 2015 Worlds Championships, she placed 19th.

Skating techniques

She landed five types of triple jumps (every one except the

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) in the national competition. She landed a triple toe loop-triple toe loop combination in a national competition and a triple flip-triple loop combination in an international event.

Public life and endorsements

She joined 2010 Olympic ladies champion and fellow South Korean skater

in an ice show,

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, which was held on July 23–25, 2010 in

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, alongside other skaters like

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, and

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Programs

Competitive highlights

''GP:

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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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Detailed results

* QR = Qualifying round * Personal bests highlighted in bold.

References

2011 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Results

2008 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Results
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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Hae-jin South Korean female single skaters 1997 births Living people Figure skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for South Korea Sportspeople from Anyang, Gyeonggi Figure skaters from Gyeonggi Province 21st-century South Korean sportswomen