Kwon Min-sol
| Kwon Min-sol | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 권민솔 |
| Other names | Minsol Kwon |
| Born | 18 February 2009 Seoul, South Korea |
| Hometown | Seoul |
| Height | 1.47 m (4 ft 10 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  South Korea |
| Coach | Chi Hyun-jung Kim Jin-seo |
| Began skating | 2015 |
Kwon Min-sol (Korean: 권민솔; born 18 February 2009) is a South Korean figure skater. She is a four-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist and the 2022 South Korean junior champion. She placed fifth at the 2023 World Junior Championships.
Career[edit]
Early years[edit]
Kwon began skating in 2015. She won the national junior gold medal at the 2022 South Korean Championships.[1]
2022–23 season: International junior debut[edit]
Making her international debut on the Junior Grand Prix at the 2022 JGP Czech Republic in Ostrava, Kwon skated a clean short program.[2] In the free skate, her only error was an unclear edge call on the Lutz in her triple jump combination. She won the silver medal behind Japan's Mao Shimada.[3][4] Kwon went on to win the bronze medal at her second event, the 2022 JGP Poland II, and qualify for the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final.[5] She finished fifth at the Final.[6]
Kwon finished fifth in her first appearance at the senior South Korean Championships.[1] As a result she was assigned to the 2023 World Junior Championships, placing sixth in the short program.[7] She set a new personal best score of 128.24 in the free skate, finishing fifth in that segment and rising to fifth place overall. Commenting on the positive reception of her Cats program all season, she added that "I love my program, because I love animals, especially cats. Unfortunately, I don't have my own cat."[8][9]
Following the season, Kwon switched coaches from Choi Hyung-kyung to Chi Hyun-jung.[10] She spent two months of the off-season training in Canada under Lee Barkell.[11]
2023–24 season[edit]
In late July, Kwon competed at the 2023 South Korean ISU Junior Grand Prix Qualifiers, winning the silver medal behind Shin Ji-a. Her performances earned her two assignments on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.[12] At the 2023 JGP Austria, Kwon placed eighth in the short program after failing to execute her jump combination, but a second-place free skate lifted her to the bronze medal.[13] At her second event, the 2023 JGP Poland, she won the silver medal.[14]
She then competed at the senior national ranking competition, where she finished fifth overall.[15]
Kwon qualified to the Junior Grand Prix Final for the second consecutive season, where she came sixth. Saying she was happy with her performance, she said her biggest developmental focus was on improving her skating skills, as well as trying to master the triple Axel jump.[11]
At the 2024 South Korean Championships, Kwon would place sixth.[1]
Programs[edit]
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2023–2024 [10] |
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| 2022–2023 [16] |
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| 2021–2022 |
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Competitive highlights[edit]
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[1] | ||||
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| Event | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | |
| Junior Worlds | 5th | |||
| JGP Final | 5th | 6th | ||
| JGP Austria | 3rd | |||
| JGP Czech Republic | 2nd | |||
| JGP Poland | 3rd | 2nd | ||
| National[1] | ||||
| South Korea | 1st J | 5th | 6th | |
| Ranking Comp. | 1st J | 4th | 5th | |
| J = Junior level | ||||
Detailed results[edit]
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 191.06 | 2023 World Junior Championships |
| Short program | TSS | 66.81 | 2022 JGP Poland |
| TES | 38.41 | 2022 JGP Poland | |
| PCS | 28.56 | 2023 World Junior Championships | |
| Free skating | TSS | 128.24 | 2023 World Junior Championships |
| TES | 67.72 | 2022 JGP Czech Republic | |
| PCS | 62.09 | 2023 World Junior Championships |
Junior results[edit]
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
| 2023–24 season | ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4–7, 2024 | 2024 South Korean Championships | Senior | 5 66.01 |
6 131.02 |
6 197.03 | |
| December 7–10, 2023 | 2023–24 JGP Final | Junior | 6 62.12 |
6 120.94 |
6 183.06 | |
| September 27–30, 2023 | 2023 JGP Poland | Junior | 3 64.00 |
2 119.52 |
2 183.52 | |
| Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, 2023 | 2023 JGP Austria | Junior | 8 50.10 |
2 115.83 |
3 165.93 | |
| 2022–23 season | ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | |
| Feb. 27 – Mar. 5, 2023 | 2023 World Junior Championships | Junior | 6 62.82 |
5 128.24 |
5 191.06 | |
| January 5–8, 2023 | 2023 South Korean Championships | Senior | 8 64.51 |
4 131.92 |
5 196.43 | |
| December 8–11, 2022 | 2022–23 JGP Final | Junior | 5 59.91 |
5 115.52 |
5 175.43 | |
| October 5–8, 2022 | 2022 JGP Poland II | Junior | 2 66.81 |
4 119.82 |
3 186.63 | |
| Aug. 31 – Sept. 3, 2022 | 2022 JGP Czech Republic | Junior | 2 62.73 |
2 126.64 |
2 189.37 | |
| 2021–22 season | ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | |
| January 7–9, 2022 | 2022 South Korean Junior Championships | Junior | 1 56.89 |
1 111.02 |
1 167.91 | |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Minsol KWON: Competition results". International Skating Union. September 8, 2022.
- ^ "JGP Ostrava 2022 Judges Details Per Skater, Women's Short Program" (PDF). International Skating Union.
- ^ "JGP Ostrava 2022 Judges Details Per Skater, Women's Free Skate" (PDF). International Skating Union.
- ^ "Newcomers dominate at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ostrava (CZE)". International Skating Union. September 5, 2022.
- ^ "More Skaters secure spots for the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final". International Skating Union. October 10, 2022.
- ^ McCarvel, Nick (December 9, 2022). "Junior Grand Prix Final - Shimada Mao captures title, becoming first Japanese woman to do so in 13 years". Olympic Channel.
- ^ "Lioness Mao Shimada (JPN) begins her gold medal hunt in the Junior World Women's Short Program". International Skating Union. March 2, 2023.
- ^ "Spectacular Mao Shimada (JPN) soars to World Junior title". International Skating Union. March 4, 2023.
- ^ Slater, Paula (March 4, 2023). "Mao Shimada impresses in Calgary; takes Junior World title". Golden Skate. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ a b "Minsol KWON: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ a b Slater, Paula (December 8, 2023). "Shimada defends Junior Grand Prix Final title". Golden Skate. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Figure Skaters grab eight more tickets to the Final at ISU Junior Grand Prix in Gdansk (POL)". International Skating Union. October 2, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "Ranking Competition - Senior Women Results". Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "Minsol KWON: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. September 7, 2022. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Minsol KWON". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 29 January 2024.