You Young

This article is about the figure skater. For the South Korean actress, see Lee Yoo-young. For the idol-singer from Hello Venus, see Lee Yoo-young (singer).

You Young
You at the 2018 Junior Worlds
Native name	유영
Born	(2004-05-27) May 27, 2004 South Korea
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
Country	South Korea
Coach	Tammy Gambill, Mie Hamada, Yamato Tamura
Began skating	2010

You Young
Hangul	유영
Hanja	劉永
Revised Romanization	Yu Yeong
McCune–Reischauer	Yu Yŏng

You Young (Hangul: 유영; born May 27, 2004) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2019 Philadelphia Summer International champion, and a four-time South Korean national champion (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020). She became the youngest ever national champion of South Korea at age 11, surpassing the previous record set by Yuna Kim who won at age 12 in 2003. She is also the first Korean lady to successfully land a triple axel in international competition.

On the Junior level, You won bronze medal at the 2018 JGP Slovakia and finished within the top ten at the World Junior Championships for two consecutive years (2018, 2019).

You is the eleventh woman to successfully land a triple Axel jump in international competition, and the third woman internationally to successfully land four triple jumps in a short program, the maximum number allowed, after Japan's Rika Kihira and Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. She currently holds the third highest technical element score for the short program in the ladies’ field.

Personal life

You Young is the third child and only daughter of her father, You Il-jin, who runs a business in Indonesia, and mother, Lee Sook-hee. She moved to Indonesia at the age of two because of her father's business, and spent her youth in Singapore.

Career

Early career

You Young began skating after watching Yuna Kim's victory at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Though maintaining South Korean nationality, she was raised in Singapore and trained under various coaches and competed in the Singapore National Figure Skating Championships from 2011 to 2013.

One of her coaches was Singapore-based Zhang Wei, a former Chinese national ice dancer who won gold with partner Wang Rui at the 1999 Asian Winter Games, who she trained with for a six-month period in 2012. Zhang said her talent was evident even then and told TODAY: "She's not the most talented athlete I've coached. But her jumps, explosive energy, flexibility and coordination were very good then, and it is very rare that you get all these qualities in one athlete, particularly at that age." He is confident that You has what it takes to become a future world and Olympic champion. On his advice, You returned to South Korea with her mother in March 2013 to further her development as the training environment is better.

2015–2016 season: National title

In January 2016, You Young won the gold medal at the 2016 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, becoming the youngest ever national champion of South Korea at age 11, surpassing the previous record set by Yuna Kim who won at age 12 in 2003.

In March, You won the gold medal at novice level of the Cup of Tyrol.

2016–2017 season

In November 2016, You won the silver medal at novice level of the Tallinn Trophy behind Alena Kanysheva of Russia.

In January 2017, she finished fifth at the 2017 South Korean Figure Skating Championships mainly because of a fall in the short program.

2017–2018 season: Junior international debut

You at the 2018 World Junior Championships

You debuted on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in September 2018, placing fourth at JGP Croatia in Zagreb. In October, she placed fifth at JGP Italy in Egna.

In January 2018, she won the gold medal at the 2018 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, earning her second national title.

In March, You finished ninth at the 2018 World Junior Championships.

2018–2019 season: Third national title

In August 2018, You began competing on the JGP series, winning the bronze medal at JGP Slovakia in Bratislava, behind Russians Anna Shcherbakova and Anna Tarusina. It was her first and only JGP medal. She then placed fourth at JGP Canada in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.

After earning her third national title, You was assigned to the 2019 World Junior Championships. After a poor short program that left her in eleventh place, You rose to sixth place overall with a stronger free skate. She commented "I’ve no regrets, I did my best."

2019–2020 season: Senior international debut

You opened her season at the 2019 Philadelphia Summer International, where she won the gold medal. You debuted on the Challenger series, winning the bronze medal at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy after she placed second in the short program and third in the free program. One week later You won the silver medal at another Challenger, the 2019 CS U.S. Classic.

Making her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Skate Canada International, You successfully landed a ratified triple Axel in the short program. She noted that this was a moment she had been working toward for three years. In the free skate, she fell on another triple Axel attempt, and came fourth, but her total was enough for the bronze medal, after Rika Kihira and Alexandra Trusova. You's success at Skate Canada led to her being given a second Grand Prix assignment, the 2019 Cup of China, where she placed fourth.

Skating technique

You has landed the triple Axel, triple Axel-triple Toe loop, and quad Lutz during practice.

You successfully landed her first triple Axel in competition during the Challenger Series at the 2019 Lombardia Trophy in Italy. As of the 2019-2020 season, she actively competes with the triple Axel, triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination, and triple Lutz-Euler-triple Salchow sequence.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2019–2020	O Verona Slow Movement Morning (from Romeo + Juliet) by Nellee Hooper, Craig Armstrong, Marius de Vries choreo. by Tom Dickson	You Must Love Me Buenos Aires Don't Cry for Me Argentina (from Evita) performed by Madonna choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne	Roxie performed by Renée Zellweger Overture / All That Jazz performed by Catherine Zeta-Jones (from Chicago) choreo. by Catarina Lindgren I Can Hear the Bells You Can't Stop the Beat (from Hairspray)
2018–2019	Tango de Amor (from The Addams Family) by Andrew Lippa choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne	Pirates of the Caribbean choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne Overture by Frederick Loewe I Could Have Danced All Night by Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner performed by Marni Nixon (from My Fair Lady) choreo. by Marina Zueva	Roxie performed by Renée Zellweger Overture / All That Jazz performed by Catherine Zeta-Jones (from Chicago) choreo. by Catarina Lindgren
2017–2018	Don't Rain on My Parade by Jule Styne, Bob Merrill choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne	Pirates of Caribbean choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne	Chicago (soundtrack) choreo. by Catarina Lindgren Hello by Martin Solveig, Martina Sorbara (feat. Dragonette) I Am the Best by Teddy Park performed by 2NE1
2016–2017	Scott & Fran's Paso Doble (from Strictly Ballroom) performed by David Hirschfelder & The Bogo Pogo Orchestra	Black Swan by Clint Mansell choreo. by Shin Yea-ji
2015–2016	Hava Nagila Jewish Folk Music by various artists	Meeting Krishna (from Life of Pi) by Mychael Danna Don't You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia performed by The Piano Guys choreo. by Shin Yea-ji	Puttin' On the Ritz by Robbie Williams
2014–2015	Hava Nagila Jewish Folk Music by various artists	Romeo and Juliet: The Young Juliet Montagues and Capulets by Sergei Prokofiev

Competitive highlights

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

International
Event	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20
Four Continents						TBD
GP Cup of China						4th
GP Skate Canada						3rd
CS Lombardia						3rd
CS U.S. Classic						2nd
Philadelphia						1st
International: Junior
Junior Worlds				9th	6th
Youth Olympics						TBD
JGP Canada					4th
JGP Croatia				4th
JGP Italy				5th
JGP Slovakia					3rd
Bavarian Open					1st
Children of Asia					1st
Tallinn Trophy					1st
International: Advanced novice
Asian Open		2nd	1st
Cup of Tyrol		1st
Tallinn Trophy			2nd
National
South Korea	6th	1st	5th	1st	1st
YOG Qualifier						1st
Levels: N. = Advanced novice; J. = Junior

Detailed results

Senior level

Personal best highlighted in bold.

2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 8-10, 2019	2019 Cup of China	7 61.49	4 130.32	4 191.81
October 25–27, 2019	2019 Skate Canada	2 78.22	4 139.27	3 217.49
September 17–22, 2019	2019 CS U.S. Classic	4 58.04	1 141.25	2 199.29
September 13–15, 2019	2019 CS Lombardia Trophy	2 70.47	3 130.42	3 200.89
July 31 – August 3, 2019	2019 Philadelphia Summer International	2 64.87	1 128.61	1 193.48

Junior level

You at the 2019 World Junior Championships

You at the 2018 World Junior Championships

Personal best highlighted in bold.

2018–19 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 4-10, 2019	2019 World Junior Championships	Junior	11 55.62	5 123.20	6 178.82
February 13–15, 2019	2019 Winter Children of Asia International Sports Games	Junior	1 71.39	3 134.43	1 205.82
February 5–10, 2019	2019 Bavarian Open	Junior	1 68.24	1 127.26	1 195.50
January 11–13, 2019	2019 South Korean Championships	Senior	1 67.68	1 130.95	1 198.63
Nov. 30 – Dec. 2, 2018	2018 Tallinn Trophy	Junior	1 50.17	1 113.50	1 163.67
September 12–15, 2018	2018 JGP Canada	Junior	4 60.66	4 111.19	4 171.85
August 22–25, 2018	2018 JGP Slovakia	Junior	3 64.45	4 119.53	3 183.98
2017–18 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 5–11, 2018	2018 World Junior Championships	Junior	9 59.79	8 111.99	9 171.78
January 5–7, 2018	2018 South Korean Championships	Senior	1 69.53	1 135.15	1 204.68
October 11–14, 2017	2017 JGP Italy	Junior	5 60.42	4 117.28	5 177.70
September 27–30, 2017	2017 JGP Croatia	Junior	5 53.81	3 109.61	4 163.42
2016–17 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 6–8, 2017	2017 South Korean Championships	Senior	6 58.71	2 122.17	5 180.88
November 19–27, 2016	2016 Tallinn Trophy	Novice	3 36.49	1 90.40	2 126.89
August 4–7, 2016	2016 Asian Open Trophy	Novice	1 46.03	1 91.10	1 137.13
2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 9–13, 2016	2016 Cup of Tyrol	Novice	1 46.72	1 88.03	1 134.75
January 8–10, 2016	2016 South Korean Championships	Senior	1 61.09	1 122.66	1 183.75
August 5–8, 2015	2015 Asian Open Trophy	Novice	4 33.38	1 80.71	2 114.09
2014–15 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 5–9, 2015	2015 South Korean Championships	Senior	6 52.15	7 97.14	6 149.29

Awards and recognition

Year	Awards
2016	21st Coca-Cola Sports Awards: Rookie of the Year
	Korean Skating Union Merit Player Award Ceremony: Best Newcomer Award
	Sports Marketing Award Korea: Promising Female Athlete
	Gyeonggi Newspaper Sports Athlete Award: Most Valuable Player
2017	2018 Pyeongchang Olympics: the 1st torch bearer in South Korea

External links

• Young YOU at the International Skating Union
• You Young on Instagram Template:Ko icon