Kim Hae-jin explained

Kim Hae-jin
Native Name:	김해진
Native Name Lang:	ko
Fullname:	Kim Hae-jin
Country:	South Korea
Birth Date:	23 April 1997
Birth Place:	Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Coach:	Shin Hea-sook
Formercoach:	Ryu Jong-hyun Han Sung-mi
Choreographer:	David Wilson
Currenttraininglocations:	Taeneung
Beganskating:	2003
Retired:	January 7, 2018
Worldranking:	191 ()^[1] 126 ()
Pbrankings:	68 (2014–15) 31 (2013–14) 44 (2012–13) 33 (2011–12) 170 (2010–11)
Combined Total:	166.84
Combined Date:	2014 Four Continents
Sp Score:	57.48
Sp Date:	2014 Four Continents
Fs Score:	109.36
Fs Date:	2014 Four Continents

Kim Hae-jin (; born April 23, 1997) is a South Korean former figure skater. 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 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. 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 2009, 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 events in Japan and Germany. 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 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 Slovenia and Austria. In her first event in Austria, 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 Slovenia, 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 Kim Yuna, the 2010 Olympic Champion, won two golds in the 2005–06 ISU Junior Grand Prix. This made her first alternate to the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final.

In the 2013–14 season, Kim was assigned to 2013-14 ISU Junior Grand Prix events in Slovakia and Czech Republic. 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 Yuna.

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 2014 Winter Olympics with her national teammates, Kim Yuna 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 2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy.

For the 2015-16 Grand Prix series, Kim made her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2014 Skate Canada International, where she placed 9th, and came in 8th at the 2014 Cup of China.

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 triple Axel) 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.^[2]

Public life and endorsements

She joined 2010 Olympic ladies champion and fellow South Korean skater Kim Yuna in an ice show, All That Skate, which was held on July 23 - 25, 2010 in Goyang, South Korea, alongside other skaters like Michelle Kwan, Sasha Cohen and Stéphane Lambiel.^[3]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2017–2018	Jalousie 'Tango Tzigane'	Samson and Delilah
2016–2017	Papa, Can You Hear Me?	Malagueña
2015–2016	Papa, Can You Hear Me?	Turandot
2014–2015 ^[4]	Porgy and Bess	Rhapsody in Blue	Ready to Fly
2013–2014 ^[5]	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg	Black Swan	Ready to Fly ---- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
2012–2013 ^[6]	La bohème	Sleeping Beauty
2011–2012 ^[7]	Moonlight Sonata	Violin Concerto in E minor	The Show
2010–2011 ^[8]	Chaplin medley	Violin Concerto in E minor	You Raise Me Up
2009–2010	Chaplin medley	Piano Concerto No. 3	You Raise Me Up
2008–2009	Pictures at an Exhibition	Piano Concerto No. 3	Ain't That a Kick in the Head
2007–2008	Pictures at an Exhibition	Moongate

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18
align=left								16th
align=left								23rd	19th
align=left							WD	6th	11th
align=left									8th
align=left									9th
align=left									9th
align=left									5th
align=left											5th
align=left											WD
International: Junior or novice
align=left						8th	19th
align=left						5th
align=left							5th
align=left								8th
align=left					28th
align=left						bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left								10th
align=left							bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left			6th N.			bgcolor=gold	1st J.
align=left						bgcolor=gold	1st J.
align=left				bgcolor=gold	1st N.
National
align=left		5th N.	5th J.	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	4th	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	5th	17th	13th	18th
TBD: Assigned, WD: Withdrew Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

Detailed results

Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
2017–18 season
January 5–7, 2018	2018 South Korean Championships	align=center	21 46.54	align=center	16 91.82	align=center	18 138.36
2016–17 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 6–8, 2017	2017 South Korean Championships	align=center	11 52.49	align=center	15 94.34	align=center	13 146.83
November 18–20, 2016	2016 Ice Star	align=center	4 52.03	align=center	5 87.92	align=center	5 139.95
2015–16 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 8–10, 2016	2016 South Korean Championships	align=center	9 53.39	align=center	19 89.92	align=center	17 143.31
2014–15 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 23–29, 2015	2015 ISU World Championships	align=center	18 50.03	align=center	19 86.21	align=center	19 136.24
February 9–15, 2015	2015 ISU Four Continents Championships	align=center	11 51.41	align=center	12 95.89	align=center	11 147.30
January 5–9, 2015	2015 South Korean Championships	align=center	12 50.21	align=center	5 102.65	align=center	5 152.86
November 7–9, 2014	2014 ISU Grand Prix Cup of China	align=center	9 44.72	align=center	7 92.90	align=center	8 137.62
Oct. 31 – Nov. 2, 2014	2014 ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada	align=center	10 52.18	align=center	10 91.25	align=center	9 143.43
October 1–5, 2014	2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy	align=center	7 46.09	align=center	7 82.79	align=center	9 128.88
August 6–10, 2014	2014 Asian Figure Skating Trophy	align=center	4 50.09	align=center	5 83.64	align=center	5 133.73

Date	Event	Level	QR	SP	FS	Total
2013–14 season
March 24–30, 2014	2014 ISU World Championships	Senior	align=center	–	align=center	19 51.83	align=center	23 77.99	align=center	23 129.82
February 6–22, 2014	2014 Winter Olympics	Senior	align=center	–	align=center	18 54.37	align=center	17 95.11	align=center	16 149.48
January 20–26, 2014	2014 ISU Four Continents Championships	Senior	align=center	–	align=center	5 57.48	align=center	7 109.36	align=center	6 166.84
January 1–5, 2014	2014 South Korean Championships	Senior	align=center	–	align=center	2 58.48	align=center	4 101.27	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	3 159.75
October 2–6, 2013	2013 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic	Junior	align=center	–	align=center	10 47.90	align=center	7 93.55	align=center	8 141.45
September 12–15, 2013	2013 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia	Junior	align=center	–	align=center	4 51.81	align=center	17 70.63	align=center	10 122.44
2012–13 season
Date	Event	Level	QR	SP	FS	Total
Feb. 25 – March 3, 2013	2013 ISU World Junior Championships	Junior	align=center	–	align=center	11 49.26	align=center	21 65.96	align=center	19 115.22
January 2–6, 2013	2013 South Korean Championships	Senior	align=center	–	align=center	5 49.41	align=center	4 93.98	align=center	4 143.39
September 26–29, 2012	2012 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Slovenia	Junior	align=center	–	align=center	1 53.64	align=center	4 93.66	align=center bgcolor=gold	1 147.30
September 12–15, 2012	2012 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Austria	Junior	align=center	–	align=center	3 54.46	align=center	9 86.83	align=center	5 141.29
2011–12 season
Date	Event	Level	QR	SP	FS	Total
Feb. 27 – March 4, 2012	2012 ISU World Junior Championships	Junior	align=center	3 93.97	align=center	7 51.56	align=center	8 98.15	align=center	8 149.71
January 4–8, 2012	2012 South Korean Championships	Senior	align=center	–	align=center	1 55.83	align=center	1 111.90	align=center bgcolor=gold	1 167.73
September 21–24, 2011	2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Romania	Junior	align=center	–	align=center	6 44.78	align=center	3 99.83	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	3 144.61
September 7–11, 2011	2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Australia	Junior	align=center	–	align=center	1 52.26	align=center	6 78.76	align=center	5 131.02
August 23–26, 2011	2011 Asian Figure Skating Trophy	Junior	align=center	–	align=center	1 49.53	align=center	1 90.08	align=center bgcolor=gold	1 139.61
August 11–13, 2011	2011 New Zealand Winter Games	Junior	align=center	–	align=center	1 49.66	align=center	1 97.17	align=center bgcolor=gold	1 146.83
2010–11 season
Date	Event	Level	QR	SP	FS	Total
January 12–16, 2011	2011 South Korean Championships	Senior	align=center	–	align=center	3 46.82	align=center	1 98.47	align=center bgcolor=gold	1 145.29
October 6–10, 2010	2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Germany	Junior	align=center	–	align=center	26 28.75	align=center	27 51.86	align=center	28 80.61
2009–10 season
Date	Event	Level	QR	SP	FS	Total
April 1–4, 2010	2010 Triglav Trophy	Novice	align=center	–	align=center	1 49.68	align=center	1 94.43	align=center bgcolor=gold	1 144.11
January 7–10, 2010	2010 South Korean Championships	Senior	align=center	–	align=center	1 54.23	align=center	1 94.55	align=center bgcolor=gold	1 148.78
2008–09 season
Date	Event	Level	QR	SP	FS	Total
January 7–10, 2009	2009 South Korean Championships	Junior	align=center	–	align=center	7 32.65	align=center	5 62.35	align=center	5 95.00
December 21–23, 2008	2008 Asian Figure Skating Trophy	Novice	align=center	–	align=center	6 27.54	align=center	4 56.11	align=center	6 83.65
2007–08 season
Date	Event	Level	QR	SP	FS	Total
January 8–11, 2008	2008 South Korean Championships	Novice	align=center	–	align=center	6 28.34	align=center	5 51.60	align=center	5 79.94

QR = Qualifying round
Personal bests highlighted in bold.

References

2011 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Results
2011 New Zealand Winter Games Results
2008 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Results
Web site: 2013 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results and Protocols . Korean Skating Union . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192245/http://www.skating.or.kr/files/notice/notice_1357470806281.zip . 2013-10-29 .
Web site: 2012 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results and Protocols . Korean Skating Union . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184145/http://www.skating.or.kr/files/notice/notice_1326174276309.zip . 2013-10-29 .
Web site: 2011 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results and Protocols . Korean Skating Union . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184422/http://www.skating.or.kr/files/notice/notice_1295166017207.zip . 2013-10-29 .
Web site: 2010 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results and Protocols . Korean Skating Union . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724090437/http://skating.or.kr/files/download.php?folder=notice&file=notice_1263117101650.zip . 2011-07-24 .
Web site: 2009 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results and Protocols . Korean Skating Union . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200337/http://www.skating.or.kr/files/notice/notice_1231589673767.zip . 2013-10-29 .
Web site: 2008 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results and Protocols(2) . Korean Skating Union .
Web site: 2008 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results and Protocols(1) . Korean Skating Union .

Notes and References

Web site: ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance - Ladies . International Skating Union .
Web site: Novice girls' protocols . April 2010 . 2010 Triglav Trophy.
Web site: Yu-na, Kwan to do another show in July . 2010-06-04 . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20121027184806/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2010/06/136_67089.html . 2012-10-27 .
Web site: Hae Jin KIM: 2014/2015 . International Skating Union . https://web.archive.org/web/20150512215535/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012804.htm . May 12, 2015 .
Web site: Hae Jin KIM: 2013/2014 . International Skating Union . https://web.archive.org/web/20140622070725/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012804.htm . June 22, 2014 .
Web site: Hae Jin KIM: 2012/2013 . International Skating Union . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116063032/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012804.htm . January 16, 2013 . dead .
Web site: Hae Jin KIM: 2011/2012 . International Skating Union . https://web.archive.org/web/20120121195308/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012804.htm . January 21, 2012 . dead .
Web site: Hae Jin KIM: 2010/2011 . International Skating Union . https://web.archive.org/web/20110816011734/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012804.htm . August 16, 2011 . dead .