| Kim Min-chae | |
| Native Name: | 김민채 |
| Also Known As: | Minchae Kim |
| Birth Date: | 2006 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Seoul, South Korea |
| Hometown: | Seoul |
| Coach: | Park Bit-na |
| Formercoach: | Shin Hae-sook, Lee Yeon-joo |
| Choreographer: | David Wilson |
| Formerchoreographer: | Kenji Miyamoto, Shin Yea-ji |
| Combined Total: | 192.48 |
| Combined Date: | 2021 JGP Slovenia |
| Sp Score: | 70.83 |
| Sp Date: | 2021 JGP Slovenia |
| Fs Score: | 121.65 |
| Fs Date: | 2021 JGP Slovenia |
Kim Min-chae (; born 26 February 2006) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge champion and 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist
Kim was born on 26 February 2006 in Seoul.
Kim made her international debut as an advanced novice at the 2018 Crystal Skate of Romania, which she won. She then went on to win the silver medal at the 2019 Korean Junior Championships.
Her second international competition was as a junior at the 2019 Prague Ice Cup, the following season, where she won the silver medal. Debuting on the senior National level, Kim place twelfth at the 2020 Korean Championships.
The following year, Kim placed tenth at the 2021 Korean Championships.
Debuting on the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Kim placed fourth at 2021 Junior Grand Prix Slovenia. Following this, Kim finished seventh at the 2022 Korean Championships.
Following the season, Kim left longtime coach, Park Bit-na to train under Shin Hea-sook.
Kim competed on the 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix at 2022 Junior Grand Prix Poland I and 2022 Junior Grand Prix Italy, finishing thirteenth and eighth, respectively.
Kim made her senior international debut at the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, where she won the gold medal. She then went on to finish nineteenth at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge.
Kim finished her season with a thirteenth-place finish at the 2023 Korean Championships.
Following the season, Kim returned to coach, Park Bit-na.
Beginning the season at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Kim won the bronze medal.
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–2024 |
| Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83
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| 2022–2023 | Miss Saigon
---- | Romeo + Juliet
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| 2021–2022 | Miss Saigon
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| 2020–2021 | The Phantom of the Opera
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| 2019–2020 | ||||
| 2018–2019 |
| Moulin Rouge! |
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24-25 | ||
| align=left | TBD | ||||||||
| align=left | TBD | ||||||||
| align=left | WD | ||||||||
| align=left | bgcolor=gold | 1st | WD | ||||||
| align=left | 19th | ||||||||
| align=left | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | |||||||
| International: Junior | |||||||||
| align=left | 8th | ||||||||
| align=left | 13th | ||||||||
| align=left | 4th | ||||||||
| align=left | Prague Ice Cup | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | ||||||
| International: Advanced novice | |||||||||
| align=left | bgcolor=gold | 1st | |||||||
| National | |||||||||
| align=left | bgcolor=silver | 2nd J | 12th | 10th | 7th | 13th | |||
| align=left | Ranking Comp. | 13th | 9th | 10th | 6th | 25th | |||
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew J = Junior |
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
| 2023–24 season | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | ||||
| September 20–23, 2023 | 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | align=center | 2 62.76 | align=center | 3 121.27 | align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3 184.03 | |
| 2022–23 season | ||||||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | ||||
| January 5–8, 2023 | 2023 South Korean Championships | align=center | 16 53.37 | align=center | 11 117.01 | align=center | 13 170.38 | |
| November 9–13, 2022 | 2022 CS Ice Challenge | align=center | 10 52.45 | align=center | 23 77.83 | align=center | 19 130.28 | |
| October 26–29, 2022 | 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | align=center | 7 41.05 | align=center | 1 117.79 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 158.84 | |
| 2021–22 season | ||||||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | ||||
| January 7–9, 2022 | 2022 South Korean Championships | align=center | 7 65.12 | align=center | 8 126.39 | align=center | 7 191.51 | |
| 2020–21 season | ||||||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | ||||
| February 24–26, 2021 | 2021 South Korean Championships | align=center | 10 57.54 | align=center | 10 111.74 | align=center | 10 169.28 | |
| 2019–20 season | ||||||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | ||||
| January 3–5, 2020 | 2020 South Korean Championships | align=center | 14 50.68 | align=center | 11 101.38 | align=center | 12 151.98 |
| 2022–23 season | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | |||
| October 12–15, 2022 | 2021 JGP Italy | Junior | align=center | 25 43.16 | align=center | 5 118.29 | align=center | 8 161.45 |
| Sept. 28 – Oct. 1, 2022 | 2022 JGP Poland I | Junior | align=center | 6 59.47 | align=center | 15 92.78 | align=center | 13 152.25 |
| 2021–22 season | ||||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | |||
| September 22–25, 2021 | 2021 Junior Grand Prix Slovenia | Junior | align=center | 2 70.83 | align=center | 5 121.65 | align=center | 4 192.48 |
| 2019–20 season | ||||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | |||
| November 8–10, 2019 | 2019 Prague Ice Cup | Junior | align=center | 2 46.98 | align=center | 1 92.41 | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2 139.39 |
| 2018–19 season | ||||||||
| January 11–13, 2019 | 2019 South Korean Championships | Junior | align=center | 1 51.86 | align=center | 2 92.98 | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2 144.84 |
| October 25–28, 2018 | 2018 Crystal Skate of Romania | Advanced Novice | align=center | 1 44.93 | align=center | 1 71.01 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 115.94 |