Lim Eun-soo

Lim Eun-soo
Lim Eun-soo
	Lim at the 2017 Junior Worlds
Native name	임은수
Born	February 26, 2003 (age 21); Seoul, Korea
Hometown	Gyeonggi-do
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country	South Korea
Coach	Rafael Arutyunyan
Began skating	2009

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Lim Eun-soo (Hangul:임은수, born February 26, 2003) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2017 South Korean national champion and the 2016 and 2018 national bronze medalist. She is also the 2016 JGP Germany bronze medalist and the 2017 JGP Austria silver medalist. She finished within the top five at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships for 2 consecutive years (4th in 2017 & 5th in 2018).

Career

Early years

Lim began skating in 2009.^[1] She started training with Chi Hyun-jung as her coach in 2014.^[2]

Nationally, Lim started competing at the senior level during the 2014-15 figure skating season. She obtained the bronze medal at the 2016 South Korean Championships, finishing behind You Young and Choi Da-bin.

2016–2017 season

Lim debuted on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in September 2016, placing 4th in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In October, she received the bronze medal at a JGP event in Dresden, Germany. In January 2017, she won her first senior national title.^[3] In March, Lim placed 4th overall at the 2017 World Junior Championships, scoring personal bests in every segment of the competition in her ISU championship debut.

2017–2018 season

Lim started off the season with a silver medal at the Asian Open Trophy in August. In September, she received the silver medal at JGP Salzburg, Austria with a score of 186.34. She surpassed her old record, with a difference of almost six points. In her next JGP event, in Gdansk, she received a score of 58.60, after struggling on the first spin of her program, and an edge warning on her opening combination, a triple flip-triple toe loop. In the free skate, she received another unclear edge in her flip jump, and popped a triple toe loop in her double axel, triple toe loop combination. Lim later suffered a fall on a triple salchow, along with a jump repetition violation on her double axel, double toe loop combination near the end of her program, after doing it again halfway through her program. With a final score of 162.58, she placed fourth overall, losing her chance of making it to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Lim announced at the beginning of December that she was diagnosed with a fracture on her right big toe.^{[citation needed]}

In January, she placed third at the national championships. Lim was subsequently named as part of Korea's team to the 2018 World Junior Championships. She would go on to place 5th in the short program and 6th in the free skate to finish 5th overall.

On April 18th, it was reported that she would be moving to California to train with Rafael Artunian.^[4]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2017–2018 ^[5]	Rich Man's Frug (from Sweet Charity) by Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields choreo. by Scott Brown	Grand Guignol by Bajofondo Oblivion Libertango by Astor Piazzolla choreo. by Cindy Stuart	Swish Swish^[6]^[7] by Katy Perry choreo. by Misha Ge
2016–2017 ^[1]	Besame Mucho by Thalía choreo. by Shin Yea-ji	Miss Saigon by Claude-Michel Schönberg choreo. by Alex Chang	Let's Have a Kiki covered by the Glee cast feat. Sarah Jessica Parker Besame Mucho by Thalía choreo. by Shin Yea-ji
2015–2016	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi composed by Salim-Sulaiman choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	The Artist by Ludovic Bource choreo. by Cindy Stuart	Let's Have a Kiki covered by the Glee cast feat. Sarah Jessica Parker
2014–2015	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi composed by Salim-Sulaiman choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	The Pink Panther composed by Henry Mancini choreo. by Shin Yea-ji
2013–2014	Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber choreo. by Shin Yea-ji	The Pink Panther composed by Henry Mancini choreo. by Shin Yea-ji
2012–2013	Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber choreo. by Shin Yea-ji	Kung Fu Panda by Hans Zimmer choreo. by Shin Yea-ji
2011–2012		Kung Fu Panda by Hans Zimmer choreo. by Shin Yea-ji

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International: Junior, Novice^[8]
Event	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18
Junior Worlds					4th	5th
JGP Austria						2nd
JGP Germany					3rd
JGP Poland						4th
JGP Slovenia					4th
Asian Trophy		1st N.			3rd J.	2nd J.
National
South Korean	4th N.	4th J.	9th	3rd	1st	3rd
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

Detailed results

2017–18 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 5–11, 2018	2018 World Junior Championships	Junior	5 62.96	6 122.16	5 185.12
January 5–7, 2018	2018 South Korean Championships	Senior	2 66.10	4 119.78	3 185.88
October 4–7, 2017	2017 JGP Poland	Junior	4 58.60	5 103.98	4 162.58
August 31–September 2, 2017	2017 JGP Austria	Junior	2 64.79	2 121.55	2 186.34
August 2–5, 2017	2017 Asian Open Trophy	Junior	3 58.43	2 118.82	2 177.25
2016–17 season^[1]
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 15–19, 2017	2017 World Junior Championships	Junior	4 64.78	4 116.03	4 180.81
January 6–8, 2017	2017 South Korean Championships	Senior	1 64.53	1 127.45	1 191.98
October 5–9, 2016	2016 JGP Germany	Junior	2 63.83	5 109.38	3 173.21
September 21–25, 2016	2016 JGP Slovenia	Junior	6 55.88	3 111.03	4 166.91
August 4–5, 2016	2016 Asian Open Trophy	Junior	2 60.61	3 108.44	3 169.05
2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 8–10, 2016	2016 South Korean Championships	Senior	4 59.33	3 116.64	3 175.97
2014–15 season
January 7–9, 2015	2015 South Korean Championships	Senior	8 51.10	10 89.53	9 140.63
2013–14 season
January 3–5, 2014	2014 South Korean Championships	Junior	1 48.90	6 82.46	4 131.36
August 8–11, 2013	2013 Asian Open Trophy	Novice		1 41.97	1 41.97
2012–13 season
January 4–6, 2013	2013 South Korean Championships	Novice	7 27.20	3 50.32	4 77.52

Personal best highlighted in bold.

Awards and recognition

Year	Awards
2017	Harper's Bazaar: January Issue Model

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Eunsoo LIM: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ 조, 영준 (May 3, 2016). "[피플人 인터뷰] '피겨 유망주' 임은수, "2022년 베이징올림픽 金이 꿈"" [Eunsoo Lim said "My goal is the gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics] (in Korean). Spotv News.
^ Lee, Soon-heung (January 9, 2017). "Teen Figure Skaters Lay Claim to Kim Yu-na's Laurels". The Chosun Ilbo.
^ "Fresh Faces: Artunian set to welcome new faces". IceNetwork. April 18, 2018.
^ 김, 경윤 (July 25, 2017). "임은수·김예림·유영, 28일 피겨 대회서 새 프로그램 공개". Yonhap.
^ 2017 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy - Exhibition - Junior Ladies - 2nd: Eun Soo LIM[KOR] (YouTube). Hong Kong: Mega Ice Hong Kong (Official channel). August 5, 2017.
^ Ge, Misha (June 23, 2017). "As a Korean tradition "Be Cute and Peace to the camera" #NewChoreo #EunsooLim #SwishSwish" (Instagram).
^ "Competition Results: Eunsoo LIM". International Skating Union.

External links

Eunsoo LIM at the International Skating Union

[ISU-1617-1] "Eunsoo LIM: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[Spotv160503-2] 조, 영준 (May 3, 2016). "[피플人 인터뷰] '피겨 유망주' 임은수, "2022년 베이징올림픽 金이 꿈"" [Eunsoo Lim said "My goal is the gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics] (in Korean). Spotv News.

[Chosun170109-3] Lee, Soon-heung (January 9, 2017). "Teen Figure Skaters Lay Claim to Kim Yu-na's Laurels". The Chosun Ilbo.

[coaching-4] "Fresh Faces: Artunian set to welcome new faces". IceNetwork. April 18, 2018.

[YH170725-5] 김, 경윤 (July 25, 2017). "임은수·김예림·유영, 28일 피겨 대회서 새 프로그램 공개". Yonhap.

[AT2017-6] 2017 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy - Exhibition - Junior Ladies - 2nd: Eun Soo LIM[KOR] (YouTube). Hong Kong: Mega Ice Hong Kong (Official channel). August 5, 2017.

[MG170623-7] Ge, Misha (June 23, 2017). "As a Korean tradition "Be Cute and Peace to the camera" #NewChoreo #EunsooLim #SwishSwish" (Instagram).

[ISU-EL-8] "Competition Results: Eunsoo LIM". International Skating Union.

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