# Choi Yu-jin (figure skater)

Choi Yu-jin (Korean: 최유진; born August 12, 2000) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2016 Merano Cup silver medalist.

## Career

Choi placed 8th with a score of 136.47 in a Korean domestic competition to select skaters for the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP). She made her JGP debut in Riga, Latvia, placing 8th with a total score of 141.33 points. In November 2015, she won the junior gold medal at the Golden Bear of Zagreb in Croatia.
Choi's first senior international medal, silver, came in November 2016 at the Merano Cup in Italy.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2019–2020 | Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla | Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
| 2018–2019 | Nagada Sang Dhol from Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Hemu Gadhavi | Tosca by Giacomo Puccini |
| 2017–2018 | Carmen Fantasie performed by David Garrett Habanera (from Carmen) by Georges Bizet | Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns Bacchanale S'Apre Per Te Il Mio Cuore performed by Filippa Giordano |
| 2016–2017 | Fever by Peggy Lee What Is This Thing Called Love? by Keely Smith | Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin |
| 2015–2016 | El Choclo by Ángel Villoldo | West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein |
| 2014–2015 | Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven | Les Parapluies de Cherbourg by Michel Legrand performed by Acoustic Cafe |
| 2013–2014 | Tosca Fantasy by Edvin Marton | Czardas performed by Maxim Vengerov |
| 2012–2013 | Duel by Bond | Pirates of the Caribbean by Hans Zimmer |
| 2011–12 | | Pirates of the Caribbean by Hans Zimmer |

## Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International :
| Event | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 |
| GP Cup of China | | | | | | | 12th |
| CS Finlandia | | | | | 10th | 7th | |
| CS Ondrej Nepela | | | | | | 6th | |
| CS Tallinn Trophy | | | | 11th | | | |
| Merano Cup | | | | 2nd | | | |
| International: Junior ||||||||
| JGP Latvia | | | 8th | | | | |
| Golden Bear | | | 1st | | | | |
| National ||||||||
| South Korea | 2nd J | 35th | | 16th | 8th | | 11th |
| J = Junior level TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew ||||||||

## Detailed results

2019–20 season :
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| November 8–10, 2019 | 2019 Cup of China | Senior | 12 48.75 | 12 82.73 | 12 131.48 |
| 2018–19 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| October 4–7, 2018 | 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy | Senior | 11 50.62 | 7 112.18 | 7 162.80 |
| 19–22 September 2018 | 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy | Senior | 6 54.20 | 6 95.94 | 6 150.14 |
| 2016–17 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| January 6–8, 2017 | 2017 South Korean Championships | Senior | 13 50.58 | 17 92.45 | 16 143.03 |
| November 9–13, 2016 | 2016 Merano Cup | Senior | 2 50.00 | 2 93.41 | 2 143.41 |
| 2015–16 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| November 19–22, 2015 | 2015 Golden Bear of Zagreb | Junior | 2 46.98 | 1 81.43 | 1 128.41 |
| August 26–30, 2015 | 2015 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Latvia | Junior | 10 45.20 | 7 96.13 | 8 141.33 |
| 2014–15 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| January 7–9, 2015 | 2015 South Korean Championships | Senior | 35 31.19 | - | - |
| 2013–14 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| January 3–5, 2014 | 2014 South Korean Championships | Junior | 3 46.86 | 2 88.91 | 2 135.77 |