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Byun Ji-hyun
Byun Ji-hyun in 2016
Full nameByun Ji-hyun
Native name변지현
Born (1999-03-09) March 9, 1999 (age 25)
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
CountrySouth Korea South Korea
Skating clubKorea National Training Center

Byun Ji-hyun (Korean: 변지현; born March 9, 1999) is a South Korean former competitive figure skater. She is the 2015 Volvo Open Cup bronze medalist.

On the junior level, she is the 2014 Ice Challenge silver medalist and the 2011 South Korean junior national bronze medalist.

She placed 7th at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.

Career

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In 2011, Byun became the South Korean junior national bronze medalist. The following season, she competed on the senior level at the South Korean Championships, finishing fourth.

2012–13 to 2014–15

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Making her international debut, Byun placed 15th at the 2012–13 Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in Lake Placid, New York.[1] She was 7th in the senior ranks at the 2013 South Korean Championships.

After placing 14th at the 2014 South Korean Championships, Byun competed at her first senior international, the 2014 Triglav Trophy, where she ranked 5th.[2]

In the 2014–15 season, she placed 10th competing as a senior at the Lombardia Trophy, an ISU Challenger Series event held in Milan. Two months later, she won her first junior international medal – silver at the Ice Challenge Leo Scheu Memorial.[3]

2015–16 season

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Byun started her season by placing 4th at her JGP assignment in Zagreb, Croatia. She scored a new personal best, 148.13 points. In November, she was awarded her first senior international medal – bronze at the 2015 Volvo Open Cup, after placing second in the short program and fourth in the free skate.

Back in Korea, she won the bronze medal at 2015 KSU President Cup Ranking Competition.[4] She finished 10th at the 2016 South Korean Championships and was selected to compete at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway.

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating
2016–17
2015–16
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2014–15
2013–14
2012–13
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2011–12
2010–11
2009–10

Competitive highlights

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CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[7]
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
CS Lombardia 10th
CS Ondrej Nepela 7th
Triglav Trophy 5th
Volvo Open Cup 3rd
International: Junior[7]
Youth Olympics 7th
JGP Croatia 4th
JGP U.S. 15th
Ice Challenge 2nd
National
South Korea 3rd J 4th 7th 14th 29th 10th
Team events
Youth Olympics 4th T
3rd P
J = Junior level
T = Team result; P = Personal result.

Detailed results

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2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
September 29–October 1, 2015 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial Senior 3
57.76 		8
91.87 		7
149.63
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 12–21, 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games - Team Event Junior 3
99.94 		4
February 12–21, 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games Junior 5
56.25 		8
87.45 		7
143.70
January 8–10, 2016 2016 South Korean Championships Senior 5
56.95 		14
95.88 		10
152.83
November 4–8, 2015 2015 Volvo Open Cup Senior 2
53.80 		4
88.71 		3
142.51
October 7–11, 2015 2015 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Croatia Junior 6
50.69 		3
97.44 		4
148.13
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 7–9, 2015 2015 South Korean Championships Senior 29
39.78 		-
- 		-
-
November 12–16, 2014 2014 Ice Challenge Junior 4
45.41 		2
92.60 		2
138.01
September 18–21, 2014 2014 CS Lombardia Trophy Senior 10
44.97 		9
84.11 		10
129.08
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
April 2–6, 2014 2014 Triglav Trophy Senior 8
42.33 		4
82.55 		5
124.88
January 3–5, 2014 2014 South Korean Championships Senior 16
46.30 		13
90.04 		14
136.34
2012–13 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 2–6, 2013 2013 South Korean Championships Senior 8
46.18 		7
88.60 		7
134.78
August 29–September 1, 2012 2012 ISU Junior Grand Prix, United States Junior 14
35.27 		16
64.06 		15
99.33
  • ISU Personal best highlighted in bold.

References

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  1. ^ "Ladies Results of ISU JGP Lake Placid 2012". September 2, 2012.
  2. ^ "Ladies Results of 2014 Triglav Trophy". November 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "Junior Ladies Results of Leo Scheu Memorial". November 13, 2014.
  4. ^ 주, 미희 (December 6, 2015). "최다빈, 피겨 랭킹대회 첫우승..차준환 男 최고점(종합)" [Choi Da-bin won the KSU President Cup, Cha Jun-hwan recorded new record among Korean male skaters] (in Korean). Newsen.
  5. ^ "Ji Hyun BYUN: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
  6. ^ "Ji Hyun BYUN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ a b "Competition Results: Ji Hyun BYUN". International Skating Union.
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