# Kwon Min-sol

Kwon Min-sol (Korean: 권민솔; born 18 February 2009) is a South Korean figure skater. She is a four-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist and the 2022 South Korean junior champion. She placed fifth at the 2023 World Junior Championships.

## Personal life

Kwon was born on 18 February 2009, in Seoul, South Korea. In addition to figure skating, Kwon also practices rhythmic gymnastics as a way to improve her flexibility.

## Career
### Early years

Kwon began figure skating in 2014 at the age of six after being inspired by watching Yuna Kim perform at the 2014 Winter Olympics. From 2015 to 2018, Kwon was a flower girl at several international figure skating competitions in South Korea.
She began competing in major domestic competitions during the 2021–22 season and won the national junior gold medal at the 2022 South Korean Championships.

### 2022–23 season: International junior debut

Making her international debut on the Junior Grand Prix at the 2022 JGP Czech Republic in Ostrava, Kwon skated a clean short program. In the free skate, her only error was an unclear edge call on the Lutz in her triple jump combination. She won the silver medal behind Japan's Mao Shimada. Kwon went on to win the bronze medal at her second event, the 2022 JGP Poland II, and qualify for the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final. She finished fifth at the Final.
Kwon finished fifth in her first appearance at the senior South Korean Championships. As a result she was assigned to the 2023 World Junior Championships, placing sixth in the short program. She set a new personal best score of 128.24 in the free skate, finishing fifth in that segment and rising to fifth place overall. Commenting on the positive reception of her Cats program all season, she added that "I love my program, because I love animals, especially cats. Unfortunately, I don't have my own cat."
Following the season, Kwon switched coaches from Choi Hyung-kyung to Chi Hyun-jung. She spent two months of the off-season training in Canada under Lee Barkell.

### 2023–24 season

In late July, Kwon competed at the 2023 South Korean ISU Junior Grand Prix Qualifiers, winning the silver medal behind Shin Ji-a. Her performances earned her two assignments on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. At the 2023 JGP Austria, Kwon placed eighth in the short program after failing to execute her jump combination, but a second-place free skate lifted her to the bronze medal. At her second event, the 2023 JGP Poland, she won the silver medal.
She then competed at the senior national ranking competition, where she finished fifth overall.
Kwon qualified to the Junior Grand Prix Final for the second consecutive season, where she came sixth. Saying she was happy with her performance, she said her biggest developmental focus was on improving her skating skills, as well as trying to master the triple Axel jump.
At the 2024 South Korean Championships, Kwon would place sixth.

### 2024–2025 season

In July, Kwon was noticeably absent from the 2024 South Korean ISU Junior Grand Prix Qualifiers competition and thus did not compete on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. One month later, it was announced that Kwon had been registered to compete in the senior women's category at the 2024 Ontario Sectional Series and that she would be representing the Granite Club in Toronto. Regarding this, Skate Canada put out a statement saying that as of October 2024, Kwon had not issued a request for release from the Korea Skating Union, making her ineligible to compete 2025 Canadian Championships. She would, however, be allowed to compete in Canadian domestic competitions that were non-qualifying events.
Competing at the 2024 Ontario Sectional Series in mid-October, Kwon won the silver medal.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2024–2025 | James Bond Medley Gun Barrel (from No Time to Die) by Hans Zimmer Los Meurtos Vivos Estan (from Spectre) by Thomas Newman ft. Tambuco The Name's Bond... James Bond (from Casino Royale) by Nicholas Dodd & Orchestra choreo. by Misha Ge | Romeo & Juliet Wedding Vows The Cheek of Night A Thousand Times Good Night Forbidden Love by Abel Korzeniowski choreo. by Shin Yea-ji |
| 2023–2024 | Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai (from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) by Salim–Sulaiman & Shreya Ghoshal Nagada Sang Dhol (from Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela) by Salim-Sulaiman, Shreya Ghoshal, Yash Chopra, & Aditya Chopra choreo. by Shin Yea-ji | Smash! Let Me Be Your Star (from Smash) by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman performed by Katharine McPhee & Megan Hilty choreo. by Shin Yea-ji |
| 2022–2023 | Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns performed by Montreal Symphony Orchestra choreo. by Shin Yea-ji | Macavity: The Mystery Cat performed by Taylor Swift Beautiful Ghosts performed by Francesca Hayward Overture (from Cats) by Andrew Lloyd Webber choreo. by Shin Yea-ji |
| 2021–2022 | Caravan by Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington choreo. by Shin Yea-ji | Arrival of the Birds by The Cinematic Orchestra Head Above Water by Avril Lavigne choreo. by Shin Yea-ji |

## Competitive highlights
### For Canada

| Event | 24–25 |
| National ||
| Ontario Sec. | 2nd |

### For South Korea

JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International :
| Event | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 |
| Junior Worlds | | 5th | |
| JGP Final | | 5th | 6th |
| JGP Austria | | | 3rd |
| JGP Czech Republic | | 2nd | |
| JGP Poland | | 3rd | 2nd |
| National ||||
| South Korea | 1st J | 5th | 6th |
| Ranking Comp. | 1st J | 4th | 5th |
| J = Junior level ||||

## Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 191.06 | 2023 World Junior Championships |
| Short program | TSS | 66.81 | 2022 JGP Poland |
| Short program | TES | 38.41 | 2022 JGP Poland |
| Short program | PCS | 28.56 | 2023 World Junior Championships |
| Free skating | TSS | 128.24 | 2023 World Junior Championships |
| Free skating | TES | 67.72 | 2022 JGP Czech Republic |
| Free skating | PCS | 62.09 | 2023 World Junior Championships |

### Senior results

2024–25 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| October 17–20, 2024 | 2024 Ontario Sectional Series | 1 62.36 | 2 103.61 | 2 165.97 |
| 2023–24 season ||||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 4–7, 2024 | 2024 South Korean Championships | 5 66.01 | 6 131.02 | 6 197.03 |
| 2022–23 season ||||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 5–8, 2023 | 2023 South Korean Championships | 8 64.51 | 4 131.92 | 5 196.43 |

### Junior results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
2023–24 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 7–10, 2023 | 2023–24 JGP Final | 6 62.12 | 6 120.94 | 6 183.06 |
| September 27–30, 2023 | 2023 JGP Poland | 3 64.00 | 2 119.52 | 2 183.52 |
| August 30–September 2, 2023 | 2023 JGP Austria | 8 50.10 | 2 115.83 | 3 165.93 |
| 2022–23 season ||||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 27–March 5, 2023 | 2023 World Junior Championships | 6 62.82 | 5 128.24 | 5 191.06 |
| December 8–11, 2022 | 2022–23 JGP Final | 5 59.91 | 5 115.52 | 5 175.43 |
| October 5–8, 2022 | 2022 JGP Poland II | 2 66.81 | 4 119.82 | 3 186.63 |
| August 31–September 3, 2022 | 2022 JGP Czech Republic | 2 62.73 | 2 126.64 | 2 189.37 |
| 2021–22 season ||||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 7–9, 2022 | 2022 South Korean Junior Championships | 1 56.89 | 1 111.02 | 1 167.91 |