Yebin Mok (born April 19, 1984) is an American former competitive

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. She is the 2002

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silver medalist, won two bronze medals on the

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circuit, and placed fifth at the 2003 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Mok was born on April 19, 1984, in

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. She emigrated to the United States with her parents when she was seven.

Career

Mok began skating in 1994 in

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. She won Junior Olympics in 1997 in Juvenile, and 1998 in Intermediate Ladies, which is equivalent to U.S Junior Nationals. A stress fracture in the summer of 1998 kept her off the ice for three months. In October 2000, Mok made her

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(JGP) debut, placing fourth in Germany before winning bronze in the Czech Republic. In November, she won a senior international medal – silver at the

. Around 2000, she developed a pinched nerve in her back. She was selected to compete at the 2001 World Junior Championships in

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, Bulgaria. She placed tenth in her qualifying group but withdrew before the short program. In the 2002–03 JGP series, Mok placed fourth in

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and won bronze in

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. She placed sixth on the senior level at the 2003 U.S. Championships and was sent to the 2003 World Junior Championships in

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. She placed second in her qualifying group, fifth in the short program, sixth in the free skate, and fifth overall in the Czech Republic. Mok later missed five months of training due to a stress fracture in her lower back and then four months due to ganglion cysts on her ankles, which required surgery. Mok did not compete in the 2005–06 season. She struggled with

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, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and depression. In 2008, she became a professional skater for ''Holiday on Ice''. Dancing on Ice

Programs

Competitive highlights

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mok, Yebin 1984 births Living people American female single skaters American sportspeople of Korean descent People with obsessive–compulsive disorder South Korean emigrants to the United States Sportspeople from Greater Los Angeles 21st-century American women