Kim Min-chae

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Min-chae
Native name김민채
Other namesMinchae Kim
Born (2006-02-26) 26 February 2006 (age 18)
Seoul, South Korea
HometownSeoul
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country South Korea
CoachChi Hyun-jung
Kim Jin-seo
Began skating2014

Kim Min-chae (Korean: 김민채; born 26 February 2006) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge champion and the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist.[1][2]

Personal life

Kim was born on 26 February 2006 in Seoul.[3]

Career

Early career

Kim began skating in 2014 and was initially coached by Lee Bo-ram.[4]

Kim made her international debut as an advanced novice at the 2018 Crystal Skate of Romania, which she won.[5] She then went on to win the silver medal at the 2019 Korean Junior Championships.[6]

Her second international competition was as a junior at the 2019 Prague Ice Cup, the following season, where she won the silver medal.[7] Debuting on the senior National level, Kim place twelfth at the 2020 Korean Championships.[1]

The following year, Kim placed tenth at the 2021 Korean Championships.[1]

Prior to the 2021–22 figure skating season, Park Bit-na would become her coach.[8]

2021–22 season

Debuting on the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Kim finished fourth at 2021 Junior Grand Prix Slovenia. Although assigned to compete at 2021 Junior Grand Prix Poland, Kim was forced to withdraw after rupturing a disk in her lower back.[4] Despite this, Kim went on to compete at the 2022 Korean Championships in January, where she finished seventh.[1]

Following the season, Kim left coach, Park Bit-na to train under Shin Hea-sook.[8][3]

2022–23 season

Kim competed on the 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix at 2022 Junior Grand Prix Poland I and 2022 Junior Grand Prix Italy, finishing thirteenth and eighth, respectively.[1]

Kim made her senior international debut at the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, where she won the gold medal. She then went on to finish nineteenth at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge.[1] At the 2023 Korean Championships, Kim finished the season with a thirteenth-place finish.[1] She returned to coach, Park Bit-na, following the event.[9]

2023–24 season

Beginning the season at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Kim won the bronze medal.[1] She went on to finish twenty-fifth at the annual South Korean Ranking Competition. She did not compete at the 2024 South Korean Championships.[2]

2024–25 season

Prior to the start of the season, Kim left Park Bit-na and began training under Chi Hyun-jung and Kim Jin-seo.[10]

Kim was assigned to compete at 2024 Skate America and 2024 Cup of China, acting as a replacement to Lee Hae-in and Ava Marie Ziegler, respectively.[11][12][13] Kim would finish tenth at Skate America and eleventh at the Cup of China. One week following the latter event, she would place eighteenth at the South Korean Ranking Competition.[1]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
[10]
2023–2024
[9]
2022–2023
[3][4]
2021–2022
[8]
2020–2021
2019–2020
2018–2019
[4]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[1]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25
GP Cup of China 11th
GP Skate America 10th
CS Autumn Classic WD
CS Denis Ten Memorial 1st WD
CS Ice Challenge 19th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 3rd
International: Junior[1]
JGP Italy 8th
JGP Poland WD 13th
JGP Slovenia 4th
Prague Ice Cup 2nd
International: Advanced novice[1]
Crystal Skate 1st
National[1]
South Korean Champ. 2nd J 12th 10th 7th 13th
Ranking Comp. 13th 9th 10th 6th 25th 18th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
J = Junior

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [2]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 192.48 2021 JGP Slovenia
Short program TSS 70.83 2021 JGP Slovenia
TES 40.94 2021 JGP Slovenia
PCS 29.89 2021 JGP Slovenia
Free skating TSS 121.65 2021 JGP Slovenia
TES 65.52 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
PCS 58.94 2021 JGP Slovenia

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Senior results

2024–25 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 22–24, 2024 2024 Cup of China 7
62.94 		12
91.45 		11
154.39
October 18–20, 2024 2024 Skate America 6
60.66 		11
104.91 		10
165.57
2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
September 20–23, 2023 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2
62.76 		3
121.27 		3
184.03
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 5–8, 2023 2023 South Korean Championships 16
53.37 		11
117.01 		13
170.38
November 9–13, 2022 2022 CS Ice Challenge 10
52.45 		23
77.83 		19
130.28
October 26–29, 2022 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 7
41.05 		1
117.79 		1
158.84
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 7–9, 2022 2022 South Korean Championships 7
65.12 		8
126.39 		7
191.51
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 24–26, 2021 2021 South Korean Championships 10
57.54 		10
111.74 		10
169.28
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 3–5, 2020 2020 South Korean Championships 14
50.68 		11
101.38 		12
151.98

Junior results

2022–23 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
October 12–15, 2022 2021 JGP Italy Junior 25
43.16 		5
118.29 		8
161.45
Sept. 28 – Oct. 1, 2022 2022 JGP Poland I Junior 6
59.47 		15
92.78 		13
152.25
2021–22 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
September 22–25, 2021 2021 Junior Grand Prix Slovenia Junior 2
70.83 		5
121.65 		4
192.48
2019–20 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
November 8–10, 2019 2019 Prague Ice Cup Junior 2
46.98 		1
92.41 		2
139.39
2018–19 season
January 11–13, 2019 2019 South Korean Championships Junior 1
51.86 		2
92.98 		2
144.84
October 25–28, 2018 2018 Crystal Skate of Romania Advanced Novice 1
44.93 		1
71.01 		1
115.94

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Minchae KIM: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Minchae KIM". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Minchae KIM: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e 민, 박지. "[인터뷰] 반짝이는 다이아몬드 원석, 피겨스케이팅 김민채". MFocus. MFocus. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b "2018 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  6. ^ a b "2019 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results". Korean Skating Union. Korean Skating Union. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  7. ^ a b "3rd Prague Ice Cup 2019 - Junior Ladies Result". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d "Minchae KIM: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022.
  9. ^ a b c "Minchae KIM: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023.
  10. ^ a b c "Minchae KIM: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 September 2024.
  11. ^ @AnythingGOE (6 August 2024). "🇰🇷 Haein Lee and Young You have withdrawn from Skate America" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ @goldenskate (5 August 2024). "2023 NHK Trophy champion and 2022 CS Budapest Trophy champion Ava Marie Ziegler 🇺🇸 has withdrawn from #GPFigure Skate Canada and Cup of China" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ @AnythingGOE (9 August 2024). "🇰🇷 Minchae Kim has been assigned to Skate America and Cup of China" (Tweet) – via Twitter.