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Kim Hyun-gyeom

Kim Hyun-gyeom

South Korean figure skater

Kim Hyun-gyeom (Korean: 김현겸; born June 27, 2006)[1] is a South Korean figure skater. He is the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic champion in both the men's and team events, the 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist, the 2023 South Korean silver medalist, and the 2020 South Korean Junior bronze medalist.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
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Personal life

Kim was born on June 27, 2006, in Seoul, South Korea.[1] Before he began figure skating, Kim played soccer.[2]

Kim can speak some Japanese as a result of his mother being fluent in the language.[2] He also speaks a bit of English.[3]

He looks up to training mate, Cha Jun-hwan, citing him as an inspiration.[2]

Career

Early career

As an intermediate novice skater, Kim competed at 2018 Asian Open Trophy, where he won the gold medal.[4] He then went on to finish fourth at the 2019 Korean Junior Championships that same year.[5]

The following season, at 2019 Asian Open Trophy, Kim won the bronze medal as an advanced novice.[6] Then going on to compete at the 2020 Korean Junior Championships, Kim won the bronze medal.[7]

2020–21 season

Debuting on the senior national level, Kim placed eighth at the 2021 Korean Championships.[8]

2021–22 season

Making his international Junior Grand Prix debut, Kim finished eighth and ninth at the JGP Poland and JGP Austria, respectively.[8]

Following a seventh-place finish at the 2022 Korean Championships, Kim closed his season with a gold medal in the junior event of the 2022 Triglav Trophy.[8]

2022–23 season

Kim began the 2022–23 figure skating season by making his senior international debut at 2022 Ondrej Nepela Trophy, where he placed fourth before going on to finish twelfth at 2022 Finlandia Trophy.[8]

At the 2023 Korean Championships, Kim managed to win the silver medal behind Cha Jun-hwan after delivering two clean performances. As a result, Kim was selected to represent South Korea at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta.[9][10]

At those championships, Kim placed eighth in the short program and sixth in the free skate segments of the competitions, scoring personal bests and finishing sixth overall. This placement earned two spots for South Korean men's singles skaters at the 2024 World Junior Championships.[11]

2023–24 season

In late July, Kim competed at the 2023 South Korean ISU Junior Grand Prix Qualifiers, where he won the silver medal behind Seo Min-kyu, earning two assignments on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.[12] At his first assignment, the 2023 JGP Austria, he won the silver medal and set a new personal best score in the free skate in the process. He was the only skater at the event to attempt quadruple jump, but it was deemed underrotated.[13] Kim then won gold at the 2023 JGP Hungary, again improving his free skate personal best and setting a new personal best in total score as well. His results qualified him for the 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final.[14] The following week he appeared on the senior level at the Nepela Memorial, finishing fourth for the second consecutive season.[8]

Following the Junior Grand Prix, Kim won the national qualifier for the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics, to be hold on home ice in Gangwon.[15] He went on to compete at the senior national ranking competition, finishing fourth.[16]

Kim then competed at the Junior Grand Prix Final in Beijing, where he won the short program. Second in the free skate, he dropped to second overall and won the silver medal. After falling on his quad attempt, he said he was "not that satisfied with my performance" but "happy with the result."[17] He went on to place fourth at the 2024 South Korean Championships.[8]

At the Youth Olympics, Kim came third in the short program of the men's event. He won the free skate, rising to first overall and claiming the gold medal, the first Olympic medal for a Korean man.[18] He then joined Team Korea for the team event, again winning the men's segment and winning gold with the rest of the team, another first for Korea.[19]

Kim concluded the season making his senior World Championship debut at the 2024 edition, where he came eighteenth.[8]

Programs

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Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

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Detailed results

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Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

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References

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    "Hyungyeom KIM: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  2. [2]
    Kim, Monica. "피겨 김현겸 인터뷰: "평창 2018이 올림픽을 의식하기 시작한 순간이 아닐까요?"". Olympics.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
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    "Junior Men Winner Interview – Hyungyeom Kim – Budapest 2023". YouTube. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
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    "Asian Open Trophy 2018 - Intermediate Novice Men's Results". International Skating Union. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
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    "2019 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results". Korean Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 13, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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    "제74회 전국남녀 피겨스케이팅 종합선수권대회 제3일 경기결과" [The 74th National Figure Skating Championships Day 3 Results] (in Korean). Korean Skating Union. May 19, 2023.
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    "Competition Results: Hyungyeom KIM". International Skating Union. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
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    "차준환·신지아, 2023/24 피겨 국가대표 1차 선발전에 이어 2차전도 우승". Olympics.com. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
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    "South Korea World Junior Team Announcement". Twitter. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
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    강, 예진. "첫 주니어대회서 최고 점수…준비된 '애어른' 김현겸에게 찾아온 '꽃길'[SS인터뷰]". News Naver. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
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    Cho, Young-joon (July 23, 2023). "'Junior Ace of Figure Skating' Shin Jia wins the Junior Grand Prix Qualifying Tournament". SPOTV News. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
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    "Gold medals at ISU Junior Grand Prix in Linz (AUT) go to Korea, Slovakia, Canada and Germany". International Skating Union. September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
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    "Six Skaters celebrate their spots for ISU Junior Grand Prix Final after competing in Budapest (HUN)". International Skating Union. September 25, 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
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    Park, Ji-min (October 15, 2023). "2024 강원 동계청소년올림픽대회 선발전 – 남자 주니어 우승 김현겸" [2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games Selection Competition – Men's Junior Winner Kim Hyun-gyeom]. mfocus.kr (in Korean). Retrieved October 18, 2023.
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    "2023 Ranking Competition Results". Twitter. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
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    Slater, Paula (December 10, 2023). "Nakata rebounds to capture gold at Junior Grand Prix Final". Golden Skate. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
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    "Youth Olympic Games - Gangwon 2024 Blog - Day 11". International Skating Union. January 29, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
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    "Youth Olympic Games - Gangwon 2024 Blog - Day 14". International Skating Union. February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
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    "Hyungyeom KIM: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 8, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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    "Hyungyeom KIM: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
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