Kim Yu-Na: Skating’s New Cover Girl
” I’m not perfect “, Kim Yu-Na was recently quoted as saying. Well, if not yet perfect, she is as close to perfection as humanly possible. While Miki Ando is sultry enough to melt ice, Kim Yu-Na is the girl next door, cute, but with flashes of glamor and naughtiness. Fortunately, in skating, there is room for both personalities, but there is only room for one champion, and that is the awesome Kim Yu-Na.
She was born September 5, 1990, and began skating at 7, then went on to win the Junior Grand Prix Finals for 2005-2006. She was the World Junior Champion in 2006, and a three time Grand Prix Final champion, for 2006-7, 2007-8, and 2009-10, and is currently the 2009 World Champion and the reigning Four Continents Champion. She is also a four time South Korean Champion, and is ranked # 1 in the world by the ISU. How ” perfect ” can you get?
Kim Yu-Na is still maturing, and has many more championships ahead of her, though even after her skating career is finished, I am sure we will be seeing a lot more of her on magazine covers, in commercials and endorsements, she is the new face of skating.
