# Yun Ah-sun

Yun Ah-sun (Korean: 윤아선; born February 18, 2007) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2021 South Korean national silver medalist and the 2024 CS Nepela Memorial champion.
She also finished fourth at the 2022 World Junior Championships, winning a small bronze medal for her short program.

## Personal life

Yun was born on February 18, 2007. She has a younger sister, and a dog named Hodu.

## Career
### Early career

Yun began learning to skate in 2015 at the age of seven.
She placed eighth at the senior level at the 2020 South Korean Championships and won the silver medal the following year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 international junior season was not held, and Yun was therefore unable to compete on the Junior Grand Prix or at the World Junior Championships.

### 2021–22 season

With the resumption of international junior competition, Yun was scheduled to make her international debut on the Junior Grand Prix, competing back-to-back weeks in events both held in Courchevel. She placed fifth in both contests. Yun was sixth at the 2022 South Korean Championships.
Due to her national result, Yun was named to South Korea's team for the 2022 World Junior Championships, but events would soon complicate the situation. Shortly after the conclusion of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Russia invaded Ukraine. As a result, the International Skating Union banned all Russian athletes from competing at ISU championships. As Russian women had dominated international figure skating in recent years, this had a significant impact on the field. Due to both the invasion and the Omicron variant, the World Junior Championships could not be held as scheduled in Sofia in early March and were rescheduled for mid-April in Tallinn. During the official practice of these championships, Yun slightly dislocated her shoulder prior to the short program. Regardless, she would place third in the short program, 0.14 points ahead of American Lindsay Thorngren, winning a bronze small medal. She expressed disappointment at having lost levels on two spins but said she was happy with the performance. She was overtaken by Thorngren in the free skate, finishing in fourth place overall.

### 2022–23 season

Yun planned to compete at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, placing sixth in the short program, but withdrew before the free skate due to suffering from symptoms of a concussion.
Making her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate America, she came in ninth. Competing at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge, Yun won the short program but ninth in the free skate, dropping to sixth overall. She closed her season with an eighth-place finish at the 2023 South Korean Figure Skating Championships.
Yun struggled with a torn hip joint throughout the season.

### 2023–24 season

Prior to the season, Yun made a coaching change from to Chi Hyun-jung and Kim Jin-seo. She made her season debut at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy and finished in twelfth place. Yun then went on to compete at the 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, where she placed tenth.
Following a twenty-third place finish at the South Korean Ranking Competition, she would not compete at the 2024 South Korean Championships.

### 2024–25 season

Yun started the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fourth at the 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International and winning gold at the 2024 CS Nepela Memorial. Although not initially assigned to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, she was assigned to compete at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy in early November following the withdrawal of Isabeau Levito. She would finish the event in fifth place.
In late November, Yun would compete at the annual South Korean Ranking Competition, where she finished fourth. With this result, Yun was selected to compete at the 2025 Four Continents Championships. One month later, Yun placed fifth at the 2025 South Korean Championships. As the second-highest ranked senior-eligible women's skater at the event, she was named to the 2025 World team.
Going on to compete at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, Yun finished in ninth place.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| 2024–25 | Oppenheimer Can You Hear the Music Quantum Mechanics American Prometheus by Ludwig Göransson choreo. by Shin Yea-ji La La Land Mia and Sebastian's Theme Epilogue The End by Justin Hurwitz choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle | Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov choreo. by Shin Yea-ji | As the World Caves In by Matt Maltese performed by Sarah Cothran |
| 2023–24 | La La Land Mia and Sebastian's Theme Epilogue The End by Justin Hurwitz choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle | The Queen's Gambit Beth's Story Jolene! Beth Alone Main Title by Carlos Rafael Rivera choreo. by Misha Ge | |
| 2022–23 | Circles (Experience) by Ludovico Einaudi performed by Greta Svabo Bech choreo. by Shin Yea-ji | Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saëns choreo. by Shin Yea-ji | Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana performed by Queenz of Piano choreo by. Shin Yea-ji |
| 2021–22 | La Strada by Nino Rota choreo by. Shin Yea-ji Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana performed by Queenz of Piano choreo by. Shin Yea-ji | The Mummy Returns by Alan Silvestri & Sinfonia of London choreo. by Shin Yea-ji Across the Stars (from Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones) by John Williams choreo. by Shin Yea-ji | |
| 2020–21 | La Strada by Nino Rota choreo by. Shin Yea-ji | Across the Stars (from Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones) by John Williams choreo. by Shin Yea-ji | |

## Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International :
| Event | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24–25 |
| Worlds | | | | | | TBD |
| Four Continents | | | | | | 9th |
| GP Finland | | | | | | 5th |
| GP Skate America | | | | 9th | | |
| CS Cranberry Cup | | | | | | 4th |
| CS Denis Ten Memorial | | | | | 10th | |
| CS Ice Challenge | | | | 6th | | |
| CS Lombardia Trophy | | | | | 12th | |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | | | | WD | | |
| CS Nepela Memorial | | | | | | 1st |
| International: Junior |||||||
| Junior Worlds | | | 4th | | | |
| JGP France I | | | 5th | | | |
| JGP France II | | | 5th | | | |
| National |||||||
| South Korean Championships | 8th | 2nd | 6th | 8th | WD | 5th |
| Ranking Competition | 11th | 3rd | 3rd | 9th | 23rd | 4th |

## Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 195.87 | 2022 World Junior Championships |
| Short program | TSS | 66.28 | 2022 World Junior Championships |
| Short program | TES | 38.13 | 2022 World Junior Championships |
| Short program | PCS | 28.15 | 2022 World Junior Championships |
| Free skating | TSS | 129.59 | 2022 World Junior Championships |
| Free skating | TES | 71.18 | 2022 World Junior Championships |
| Free skating | PCS | 58.41 | 2022 World Junior Championships |
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

### Senior results

2024–2025 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 25–30, 2025 | 2025 World Championships | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| February 19–23, 2025 | 2025 Four Continents Championships | 6 65.57 | 10 117.11 | 9 182.68 |
| January 2–5, 2025 | 2025 South Korean Championships | 6 61.90 | 4 126.25 | 5 188.15 |
| November 15–17, 2024 | 2024 Finlandia Trophy | 5 63.16 | 6 124.52 | 5 187.68 |
| October 24–26, 2024 | 2024 CS Nepela Memorial | 1 61.69 | 1 122.55 | 1 184.24 |
| August 8–11, 2024 | 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International | 4 60.46 | 4 125.11 | 4 185.57 |
| 2023–24 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| November 1–4, 2023 | 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | 12 45.91 | 10 84.78 | 10 130.69 |
| September 8–10, 2023 | 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy | 14 45.46 | 12 86.58 | 12 132.04 |
| 2022–23 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 5–8, 2023 | 2023 South Korean Championships | 5 66.49 | 8 124.20 | 8 190.69 |
| November 9–13, 2022 | 2022 CS Ice Challenge | 1 61.83 | 9 101.99 | 6 163.82 |
| October 21–23, 2022 | 2022 Skate America | 11 47.98 | 7 108.72 | 9 156.70 |
| September 21–24, 2022 | 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 6 56.94 | WD | WD |
| 2021–22 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 7–9, 2022 | 2022 South Korean Championships | 9 64.81 | 5 132.28 | 6 197.09 |
| 2020–21 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 24–26, 2021 | 2021 South Korean Championships | 5 66.29 | 1 131.70 | 2 197.99 |
| 2019–20 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 3–5, 2020 | 2020 South Korean Championships | 10 58.88 | 8 117.17 | 8 176.05 |

### Junior results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
2021–22 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| April 13–17, 2022 | 2022 World Junior Championships | 3 66.28 | 4 129.59 | 4 195.87 |
| August 25–28, 2021 | 2021 JGP France II | 6 57.73 | 5 112.51 | 5 170.24 |
| August 18–21, 2021 | 2021 JGP France I | 10 48.18 | 5 109.06 | 5 157.24 |