Park Yeon-jeong

Park at the2019 JGP United States
Personal information
Native name	박연정
Other names	Yeon-jung
Born	(2006-01-19)January 19, 2006 (age 19) Seoul, South Korea
Home town	Seoul
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country	South Korea
Coach	Hong Ye-seul
Skating club	Kwangwoon University
Began skating	2013

Park Yeon-jeong (Korean: 박연정; born January 19, 2006) is a South Koreanfigure skater. She is the2021 CS Cup of Austria silver medalist and 2021U.S. Classic silver medalist. On the junior level, she is the2019 JGP United States silver medalist and the2019 South Korean junior national champion.

Park was born on January 19, 2006, inSeoul,South Korea.

Park began skating in 2013.^[1] She is the2019 South Korean junior national champion. Park is considered part of the second generation of "Yuna Kids," South Korean ladies who began skating after being inspired by 2010 Olympic ChampionYuna Kim.^[2][3]

Park placed fifth in the Korean Junior Grand Prix selection competition in July to earn two JGP quotas.^[4] At her firstJunior Grand Prix event in theUnited States, she won silver behind AmericanAlysa Liu and ahead of Russia'sAnastasia Tarakanova. Park was the first Korean lady to medal in her JGP debut since Yuna Kim in2004.^[5] She finished fifth at her second event inItaly and did not qualify for the2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final.^[6] Park competed at the senior level at the2020 South Korean Championships and finished ninth.

Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, the2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, where Park would have competed, was cancelled. With international competitive opportunities limited for South Korean skaters, Park finished eighth at the2021 South Korean Championships.

Park did not compete on the2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, instead opting to make her senior international debut at the2021 U.S. International Classic. She earned the silver medal at the event by four points behind RussianAlexandra Trusova.^[7] Competing on theChallenger series, Park won the silver medal at the2021 CS Cup of Austria.^[8] On November 8 she was assigned to make herGrand Prix debut at the2021 Internationaux de France, replacingMaïa Mazzara. She finished eighth at the event.^[9]

After winning gold at the SEA Open Trophy, Park made hersenior Grand Prix debut at the2022 Skate America, finishing in eighth place.^[8]

GP:Grand Prix; CS:Challenger Series; JGP:Junior Grand Prix

• Yeonjeong PARK at theInternational Skating Union
• Park Yeon-jeong onInstagram

• 2006 births
• Living people
• South Korean female single skaters
• Figure skaters from Seoul
• Medalists at International Skating Union championships
• Female sports medalists
• 21st-century South Korean sportswomen

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