Yu-Na Kim

If you like figure skating then keep on reading. Yu-Na Kim  was born on September 5, 1990 in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do in South Korea. In 2010, she was a Winter Olympic Champion Gold Medalist in ladies singles figure skating. She is Korea's first Olympic Champion in figure skating.

March 2010, she was ranked first in the world by the International skating union.

She has began skating since she was 7. Yu-Na has appeared in many commercials in South Korea. Yu-Na sang in some commercials and also has sang in TV specials. The commercial she did was for a new Touch Screen Haptic phone from Samsung Electronics, dubbed as Yuna's Haptic. She is a real media super star in Korea.

Yu-Na trains 48 hours a week in Canada. Her coach is Brian Orser

    Well that's all with the story of Kim Yu-Na. Hope you liked it.

Image courtesy of : Wikimedia Commons

For more information:
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/27/sports/la-sp-olympics-figures27-2010feb27
http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-figure-skating/athletes/yu-na-kim_ath1007461Hd.html
http://www.youtube.com/user/yunakim

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