Park Yeon-jeong
Park at the 2019 JGP United States
Native name박연정
Other namesYeon-jung
Born (2006-01-19) January 19, 2006
Seoul, South Korea
HometownSeoul
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country South Korea
CoachHong Ye-seul
Skating clubKwangwoon University
Began skating2013

Park Yeon-jeong (Korean: 박연정; born January 19, 2006) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2021 CS Cup of Austria silver medalist and 2021 U.S. Classic silver medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2019 JGP United States silver medalist and the 2019 South Korean junior national champion.

Personal life

Park was born on January 19, 2006, in Seoul, South Korea.

Career

Early career

Park began skating in 2013.[1] She is the 2019 South Korean junior national champion. Park is considered part of the second generation of "Yuna Kids," South Korean ladies who began skating after being inspired by 2010 Olympic Champion Yuna Kim.[2][3]

2019–2020 season

Park placed fifth in the Korean Junior Grand Prix selection competition in July to earn two JGP quotas.[4] At her first Junior Grand Prix event in the United States, she won silver behind American Alysa Liu and ahead of Russia's Anastasia Tarakanova. Park was the first Korean lady to medal in her JGP debut since Yuna Kim in 2004.[5] She finished fifth at her second event in Italy and did not qualify for the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final.[6] Park competed at the senior level at the 2020 South Korean Championships and finished ninth.

2020–2021 season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, where Park would have competed, was cancelled. With international competitive opportunities limited for South Korean skaters, Park finished eighth at the 2021 South Korean Championships.

2021–2022 season

Park did not compete on the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, instead opting to make her senior international debut at the 2021 U.S. International Classic. She earned the silver medal at the event by four points behind Russian Alexandra Trusova.[7] Competing on the Challenger series, Park won the silver medal at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria.[8] On November 8 she was assigned to make her Grand Prix debut at the 2021 Internationaux de France, replacing Maïa Mazzara. She finished eighth at the event.[9]

2022–2023 season

After winning gold at the SEA Open Trophy, Park made her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate America, finishing in eighth place.[8]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2023–2024
[10]
2022–2023
[11]
2021–2022
[1]
2020–2021
[12]
2019–2020
[13]

Competitive highlights

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

International[8]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
GP France8th
GP Skate America8th
CS Cup of Austria2nd
CS Warsaw CupWD
SEA Open Trophy1st
U.S. Classic2nd
International: Junior[8]
JGP Italy5th
JGP U.S.2nd
National[8]
South Korean1st J9th8th13thWD
Ranking Comp.26th15th9th19th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: J = Junior

Detailed results

Senior Level

2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
October 21–23, 2022 2022 Skate America 7
60.04		 9
98.54		 8
158.58
September 2–4, 2022 2022 SEA Open Trophy 1
49.55		 2
86.62		 1
136.17
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 7–9, 2022 2022 South Korean Championships 13
56.48		 12
107.42		 13
163.90
November 19–21, 2021 2021 Internationaux de France 4
67.00		 9
119.11		 8
186.11
November 11–14, 2021 2021 CS Cup of Austria 2
57.84		 1
126.23		 2
184.07
September 15–18, 2021 2021 U.S. International Classic 2
71.07		 2
141.33		 2
212.40

Junior Level

2020–21 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 24–26, 2021 2021 South Korean Championships Senior 7
62.08		 7
112.11		 8
174.19
2019–20 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 3–5, 2020 2020 South Korean Championships Senior 8
60.11		 9
115.87		 9
175.98
October 2–5, 2019 2019 JGP Italy Junior 12
48.27		 3
115.55		 5
163.82
August 28–31, 2019 2019 JGP United States Junior 3
64.35		 2
122.23		 2
186.58
2018–19 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 11–13, 2019 2019 South Korean Championships Junior 2
51.33		 1
95.48		 1
146.81

References

  1. 1 2 "Yeonjeong PARK: 2021/2022". International Skating Union.
  2. ↑ Park, So-young (September 9, 2019). "위서영·박연정·이해인…'연아 키즈' 2세대의 비상" [Wi Seo-yeong, Park Yeon-jeong, Lee Hae-in… Second Generation of 'Yuna Kids'] (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo.
  3. ↑ Yoo, Jee-ho (October 2, 2019). "New wave of teen figure skaters emerges in S. Korea". Yonhap News Agency.
  4. ↑ Cho, Young-joon (September 5, 2019). "'선발전 1위' 이해인, 韓 피겨 주니어 GP 3연속 메달 도전" ['Selection 1st place' Lee Hae-in, Korean figure skating Junior GP three consecutive medals challenge]. SPOTV (in Korean).
  5. ↑ "김채연, 김연아-박연정 이어 주니어 무대 데뷔전 메달" [Kim Chae-yeon follows Kim Yuna and Park Yeon-jeong in junior stage debut medals]. isplus.joins (in Korean). August 28, 2021.
  6. ↑ Lee, Young-ho (October 16, 2019). "박연정, 주니어 GP 7차대회 최종 5위…GP 파이널 실패" [Park Yeon-jeong, Junior GP 7th stage 5th place…GP Final fail]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean).
  7. ↑ Cornetta, Kat (September 18, 2021). "Alexandra Trusova struggles to land quads but edges Yeonjeong Park to win the free skate at US International Figure Skating Classic". The Boston Globe.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Competition Results: Yeonjeong PARK". International Skating Union.
  9. ↑ Slater, Paula (November 20, 2021). "Shcherbakova wins fourth Grand Prix gold in France". Golden Skate.
  10. ↑ "Yeonjeong Park 2023/24 SP". Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Yeonjeong Park: 2022/23". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "Yeonjeong PARK: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Yeonjeong PARK: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020.
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