Kim, Yu-Na

Yu-Na Kim is a figure skating champion from South Korea. She is most known for her impressive scores and for breaking the world record in figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada-the first medal in figure skating for South Korea. Those in the world of figure skating have claimed that her fiercest rivalry is with Mao Asada of Japan, whom she beat at the 2010 Winter Olympics but lost to at the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships. In April 2010, the International Skating Union ranked Kim first in the world of figure skating. At that time, she also held the record for the short program, free-skating program, and the combined total. Being the first female skater to move past 200 points is ...