Lee Si-hyeong explained

Lee Si-hyeong
Native Name:이시형
Native Name Lang:ko
Fullname:Lee Si-hyeong
Country: South Korea
Birth Date:15 December 2000
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Hometown:Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Coach:Choi Hyung-kyung
Formercoach:Hong Ye-Seul, Oh Ji-yeon
Choreographer:Katherine Hill, Benjamin Agosto, Joshua Farris
Formerchoreographer:Alex Chang, Shin Yea-ji, Sin Na-hee, Tom Dickson
Skating Club:Taeneung
Currenttraininglocations:Seoul
Beganskating:2010
Combined Total:242.62
Combined Date:2022 Grand Prix de France
Sp Score:86.78
Sp Date:2022 CS Nebelhorn
Fs Score:166.08
Fs Date:2022 Grand Prix de France
Show-Medals:yes

Lee Si-hyeong (; born December 15, 2000) is a South Korean figure skater. He is the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, and a five-time South Korean national medalist (bronze in 2017, 2019, silver in 2020-22, 2024). He represented his country at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Lee was born on December 15, 2000, in Seoul, South Korea and has a twin sister.

Lee's parents divorced in 2011, leaving his mother, Seung-hee, as the sole provider for him and his sister. She moved Lee, Lee's sister, and Lee's grandmother from Seoul to Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province so that Lee could pursue his figure skating career. The family initially lived in a tiny single-room gosiwon. Seung-hee also had to work twelve hours per day at a gimbap store to support the family and pay for Lee's skating.

In 2016, Lee's mother tore her rotator cuff ligament from rolling gimbap too hard, making her unable to work. Additionally, Seung-hee, who had been diagnosed with thyroid and cervical cancer, had to undergo three surgeries. As a result, Lee was unable to pay for his training and forced to temporarily stop. After a month of not training, skating fans raised money so that Lee could continue skating. Eventually, The Green Umbrella Children's Foundation learned of Lee's situation and agreed to pay for his training fees.

Lee credits his mother as being the main reason for him being able to achieve results throughout his skating career, saying, “My mother endured constant pain and worked. In the end, it wasn't until she lost the use of her arm that she underwent surgery, and I made a promise then. I said, 'My mother went this far, but I must succeed'. The person who made me who I am today and my role model is my mother. I love my mom.”

Lee is a devout Protestant and currently attends Korea University, where he studies sports science.

His figure skating idols are Yuna Kim and Joshua Farris.

Career

Early career

Lee began figure skating at the age of ten after being inspired by Yuna Kim's victories at the 2009 World Championships and 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Lee and his family moved him from Seoul to Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province so that Lee could train at the Taereung National Training Center.

As a junior skater, Lee competed at 2013 Asian Open Trophy, where he finished second and then went on to win the bronze medal 2013 Korean Junior Championships.

The following year, Lee won another silver medal at Asian Open Trophy on the junior level. At the 2014 Korean Championships, Lee placed second on the junior level and eighth on the senior level.

At the 2015 Korean Championships, Lee finished sixth.

2015–16 season

Making his international debut, Lee placed ninth and eighth at 2015 Junior Grand United States and 2015 Junior Grand Prix Croatia, respectively. He concluded his season with a fifth-place finish at the 2016 Korean Championships.

2016–17 season

Lee started the 2016–17 figure skating season by placing seventeenth at 2016 Junior Grand Prix France and eighth at 2016 Junior Grand Prix Russia.

Making his senior international debut, Lee also competed at the 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial, where he placed eleventh.

Lee then went on to win the bronze medal at the 2017 Korean Championships and was selected to compete at the 2017 Four Continents Championships and the 2017 World Junior Championships, where he finished sixteenth at both events.

Following this season, Lee switched coaches from longtime coach, Oh Ji-yeon, to Hong Ye-seul.

2017–18 season

Lee began the 2017–18 figure skating season with a ninth and tenth-place finishes at 2017 Junior Grand Prix Belarus and 2017 Junior Grand Prix Italy, respectively.

He was named to the 2018 Four Continents and 2018 World Junior teams, following a fourth-place finish at the 2018 Korean Championships. Lee would go on to place twenty-second and eleventh, respectively, at those events.

Following this season, Lee left coach, Hong Ye-seul to train under Choi Hyung-kyung.

2018–19 season

Although assigned to compete at 2018 Junior Grand Prix Canada and 2018 Asian Open Trophy, Lee withdrew from both events. After winning the bronze medal at the 2019 Korean Championships, Lee was assigned to compete at the 2019 Four Continents Championships and the 2019 World Junior Championships. He placed fifteenth at Four Continents and then went on to place twenty-ninth in the short program at Junior Worlds, failing to advance to the free skate segment of the competition.

2019–20 season

Lee won his first international figure skating medal, a silver at 2019 Junior Grand Prix Latvia, before finishing sixth at 2019 Junior Grand Prix Croatia. Lee would then go on to finish fifth at 2019 Asian Open Trophy.

Competing at the 2020 South Korean Championships, Lee won the silver medal behind Cha Jun-hwan and was assigned to compete at the 2020 Four Continents Championships, where he finished fourteenth.

2020–21 season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lee only competed at the 2021 Korean Championships, where he won his second consecutive silver.

2021–22 season

Cha Jun-hwan's tenth-place finish at the 2021 World Championships earned two spots for men's singles at the 2022 World Championships and provided the opportunity for Korean men's singles skaters to earn a second berth for the 2022 Beijing Olympics at the Nebelhorn Trophy, the final Olympic figure skating qualifying event.

Lee was able to grant that second berth, following his fifth-place finish at the Nebelhorn Trophy. He then went on to finish seventh at 2021 Asian Open Trophy.

After winning the silver medal at the 2022 Korean Championships, Lee was named to the Four Continents, Olympic, and World team for South Korea.

Lee finished seventh at the Four Continents Championships.

Competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the men's event, Lee placed twenty-seventh in the short program and failed to advance to the event's free skate segment. Regardless, Lee stated that he was grateful for the "valuable and precious experience."

At the 2022 World Championships, Lee scored a personal best in the short program, finishing thirteenth in that segment of the competition but dropped to eighteenth overall following an error-ridden free skate. During those championships, Lee expressed his support for Ukraine following Russia's invasion by having a Ukrainian flag patch pinned to his jacket.

2022–23 season

Lee began the 2022–23 figure skating season with a silver medal win at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where he scored a new personal best in the short program.

Competing at his first senior ISU Grand Prix event, Lee competed at 2022 Grand Prix de France where he finished in fourth-place, scoring a personal best in the free skate and placed second in that segment of the competition. He would go on to describe this event as one of the "highlights of his career so far" in an interview following the season.

Lee was selected to compete at the 2023 Winter University Games and 2023 Four Continents Championships, after finishing fourth at the 2023 Korean Championships. He would place sixth at both of these events.

Lee would then go on to participate at 2023 World Team Trophy following the qualification of Team South Korea for the first time in the event's history. Lee earned the team a total of four points from his tenth-place short program and twelfth-place free skate. However, with the team's combined scored, South Korea managed to win the team silver medal overall.[1]

2023–24 season

Having attended the 2015 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea, Lee was inspired by Joshua Farris's "Give Me Love" short program and decided to have Farris choreograph his 2023–24 free program. He specifically asked Farris to choreograph a program in a similar style to what Farris would have skated to.

Lee announced his withdrawal from his Challenger assignments due to a ligament tear. Making his season debut on the Grand Prix at the 2023 Cup of China, he finished eighth. Lee subsequently withdrew from the 2023 NHK Trophy.

At the national Ranking Competition, Lee came in ninth-place and ultimately wasn't selected to compete at the 2024 Four Continents Championships as a result. He followed this up by winning his fourth national silver medal at the 2024 South Korean Championships and was named to the 2024 World team. Lee placed twenty-fourth at the World Championships.

Skating technique

Lee is known for primarily performing his jumps with both arms over his head, which he says helps him find balance in the air.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2023–2024
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Cyrano
  • I Love You
  • Your Name
  • Wherever I Fall, Pt. 2

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  • Cloud
2022–2023
Cyrano
  • I Love You
  • Your Name
  • Wherever I Fall, Pt. 2
2021–2022
2020–2021
2019–2020 Love Never Dies
  • Prologue
  • Beneath a Moonless Sky
  • Why Does She Love Me?
  • Entr'acte
2018–2019 Love Never Dies
  • Prologue
  • Beneath a Moonless Sky
  • Why Does She Love Me?
  • Entr'acte
2017–2018

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2016–2017
  • Another Bear
  • La mascarade
2015–2016

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event12–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–2323–24
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align=left 18th 24th
align=left 16th 22nd 15th 14th 7th 6th
align=left 8th
align=left 4th
align=left WD
align=left WD 5th 7th
align=left WD
align=left WD
align=left 5th bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 11th
align=left 6th
International: Junior
align=left 16th 11th 29th 11th
align=left 9th
align=left WD
align=left 8th 6th
align=left 17th
align=left 10th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 8th
align=left 9th
International: Novice
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd bgcolor=silver 2nd
National
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd J 8th 6th 5th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd 4th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=silver 2nd bgcolor=silver 2nd bgcolor=silver 2nd 4th bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left Ranking Comp. bgcolor=cc9966 3rd J bgcolor=cc9966 3rd J 6th 4th 4th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd 4th bgcolor=silver 2nd bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=silver 2nd bgcolor=silver 2nd 9th
Team
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd T
11th P
TBD = Assigned
Levels: J = Junior; N = Advanced novice
T = Team Result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

Senior level

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

2023–2024 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
March 18–24, 20242024 World Championshipsalign=center 24
73.23		align=center 24
134.36		align=center 24
207.59
January 4–7, 20242024 South Korean Championshipsalign=center 2
85.06		align=center 3
155.99		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
241.05
November 10–12, 20232023 Cup of Chinaalign=center 9
74.43		align=center 8
134.70		align=center 8
209.13
2022–23 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
April 13–16, 20232023 World Team Trophyalign=center 10
77.24		align=center 12
124.82		align=center bgcolor=silver 2T / 11P
202.06
February 7–12, 20232023 Four Continents Championshipsalign=center 14
70.38		align=center 6
157.41		align=center 6
227.79
January 13–15, 2023align=center 5
75.17		align=center 6
143.58		align=center 6
218.75
January 5–8, 20232023 South Korean Championshipsalign=center 2
81.97		align=center 5
148.77		align=center 4
230.74
November 4–6, 20222022 Grand Prix de Francealign=center 7
76.54		align=center 2
166.08		align=center 4
242.62
September 21–24, 20222022 CS Nebelhorn Trophyalign=center 2
86.78		align=center 2
148.93		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
235.71
2021–22 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
March 21–27, 20222022 World Championshipsalign=center 13
86.35 		align=center 18
138.71		align=center 18
225.06
February 8–10, 20222022 Winter Olympicsalign=center 27
65.69		align=center -align=center 27
65.69
January 18–23, 20222022 Four Continents Championshipsalign=center 6
79.13		align=center 11
144.05		align=center 7
223.18
January 7–9, 20222022 South Korean Championshipsalign=center 2
73.68		align=center 2
167.16		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
240.84
September 22–25, 20212021 CS Nebelhorn Trophyalign=center 7
79.95		align=center 4
149.19		align=center 5
229.14
2020–21 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
February 24–26, 20212021 South Korean Championshipsalign=center 2
79.13		align=center 2
148.50 		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
227.63

Junior level

2019–20 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
March 4–7, 20202020 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 15
71.61		align=center 8
129.88		align=center 11
201.49
February 4–9, 20202020 Four Continents Championshipsalign=center Senioralign=center 16
67.00		align=center 13
136.50		align=center 14
203.50
January 4–5, 20202020 South Korean ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 3
77.72		align=center 2
153.22 		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
231.04
Oct. 30 – Nov. 3, 20192019 CS Asian Open TrophySenioralign=center 3
71.94		align=center 6
119.24		align=center 5
191.18
September 25–28, 20192019 JGP CroatiaJunioralign=center 7
66.76		align=center 2
144.82		align=center 6
211.58
September 4–7, 20192019 JGP LatviaJunioralign=center 2
77.30		align=center 2
141.01		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
218.31
2018–19 season
March 4–10, 20192019 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 29
54.04		align=center -align=center 29
54.04
February 7–10, 20192019 Four Continents ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 21
56.03		align=center 13
127.95		align=center 15
183.98
January 11–13, 20182019 South Korean ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 4
62.19		align=center 3
128.73		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
190.92
2017–18 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
March 5–11, 20182018 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 5
70.70		align=center 11
124.15		align=center 11
194.85
January 22–27, 20182018 Four Continents ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 20
62.65		align=center 22
114.42		align=center 22
177.07
January 5–7, 20182018 South Korean ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 4
70.46		align=center 4
138.03		align=center 4
208.49
October 11–14, 20172017 JGP ItalyJunioralign=center 11
54.17		align=center 8
121.99		align=center 10
176.16
September 20–23, 20172017 JGP BelarusJunioralign=center 8
60.64		align=center 10
96.67		align=center 9
157.31
2016–17 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
March 13–19, 20172017 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 15
67.51		align=center 16
119.16		align=center 16
186.67
February 14–19, 20172017 Four Continents ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 17
65.40		align=center 17
130.32		align=center 16
195.72
January 6–8, 20172017 South Korean ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 5
58.46		align=center 3
131.45		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
189.91
Sept. 29 – Oct. 1, 20162016 CS Ondrej Nepela MemorialSenioralign=center 14
52.10		align=center 11
101.34		align=center 11
153.44
September 14–17, 20162016 JGP RussiaJunioralign=center 8
55.11		align=center 6
119.17		align=center 8
174.28
August 24–27, 20162016 JGP FranceJunioralign=center 19
41.78		align=center 16
88.48		align=center 17
130.26
2015–16 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
January 8–10, 20162016 South Korean ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 5
51.31		align=center 4
123.26		align=center 5
174.57
October 7–10, 20152015 JGP CroatiaJunioralign=center 6
61.13		align=center 8
105.52		align=center 8
166.65
September 2–5, 20152015 JGP United StatesJunioralign=center 10
55.15		align=center 8
110.63		align=center 9
165.78
2014–15 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
January 7–9, 20152015 South Korean ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 6
43.88		align=center 5
106.26		align=center 6
150.14
2013–14 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
January 3–5, 20142014 South Korean ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 8align=center 8align=center 8
117.24
August 8–11, 20132013 Asian Open TrophyNovicealign=center
align=center
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
2012–13 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
January 4–6, 20132013 South Korean ChampionshipsJunioralign=center
align=center
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
August 7–12, 20122012 Asian Open TrophyNovicealign=center
align=center
align=center bgcolor=silver 2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sihyeong Li . ISU Results . ISU . 27 September 2022.
  2. Web site: Sihyeong Li 2023-24 Short Program . Instagram . Instagram . 19 March 2023.
  3. Web site: Sihyeong Li 2023-24 Free Program . Instagram . Instagram . 19 March 2023.

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