Kwon Min-sol
Native name권민솔
Other namesMinsol Kwon
Born (2009-02-18) 18 February 2009
Seoul, South Korea
HometownSeoul
Height1.47 m (4 ft 10 in)
Figure skating career
Country South Korea
CoachChi Hyun-jung
Kim Jin-seo
Began skating2015

Kwon Min-sol (Hangul: 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.

Career

Early years

Kwon began skating in 2015. She won the national junior gold medal at the 2022 South Korean Championships.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3][4] 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.[5] She finished fifth at the Final.[6]

Kwon finished fifth in her first appearance at the senior South Korean Championships.[1] As a result she was assigned to the 2023 World Junior Championships, placing sixth in the short program.[7] 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."[8][9]

Following the season, Kwon switched coaches from Choi Hyung-kyung to Chi Hyun-jung.[10] She spent two months of the off-season training in Canada under Lee Barkell.[11]

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.[12] 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.[13] At her second event, the 2023 JGP Poland, she won the silver medal.[14]

She then competed at the senior national ranking competition, where she finished fifth overall.[15]

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.[11]

At the 2024 South Korean Championships, Kwon would place sixth.[1]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[10]
2022–2023
[16]
2021–2022

    Competitive highlights

    JGP: Junior Grand Prix

    International[1]
    Event 21–22 22–23 23–24
    Junior Worlds5th
    JGP Final5th6th
    JGP Austria3rd
    JGP Czech Republic2nd
    JGP Poland3rd2nd
    National[1]
    South Korea1st J5th6th
    Ranking Comp.1st J4th5th
    J = Junior level

    Detailed results

    Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

    Junior results

    2023–24 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    January 4-7, 2024 2024 South Korean Championships Senior 5
    66.01    		 6
    131.02    		 6
    197.03
    December 7–10, 2023 2023–24 JGP Final Junior 6
    62.12    		 6
    120.94    		 6
    183.06
    September 27–30, 2023 2023 JGP Poland Junior 3
    64.00    		 2
    119.52    		 2
    183.52
    Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, 2023 2023 JGP Austria Junior 8
    50.10    		 2
    115.83    		 3
    165.93
    2022–23 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    Feb. 27 – Mar. 5, 2023 2023 World Junior Championships Junior 6
    62.82    		 5
    128.24    		 5
    191.06
    January 5–8, 2023 2023 South Korean Championships Senior 8
    64.51    		 4
    131.92    		 5
    196.43
    December 8–11, 2022 2022–23 JGP Final Junior 5
    59.91    		 5
    115.52    		 5
    175.43
    October 5–8, 2022 2022 JGP Poland II Junior 2
    66.81    		 4
    119.82    		 3
    186.63
    Aug. 31 – Sept. 3, 2022 2022 JGP Czech Republic Junior 2
    62.73    		 2
    126.64    		 2
    189.37
    2021–22 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    January 7–9, 2022 2022 South Korean Junior Championships Junior 1
    56.89    		 1
    111.02    		 1
    167.91

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Minsol KWON: Competition results". International Skating Union. September 8, 2022.
    2. ↑ "JGP Ostrava 2022 Judges Details Per Skater, Women's Short Program" (PDF). International Skating Union.
    3. ↑ "JGP Ostrava 2022 Judges Details Per Skater, Women's Free Skate" (PDF). International Skating Union.
    4. ↑ "Newcomers dominate at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ostrava (CZE)". International Skating Union. September 5, 2022.
    5. ↑ "More Skaters secure spots for the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final". International Skating Union. October 10, 2022.
    6. ↑ McCarvel, Nick (December 9, 2022). "Junior Grand Prix Final - Shimada Mao captures title, becoming first Japanese woman to do so in 13 years". Olympic Channel.
    7. ↑ "Lioness Mao Shimada (JPN) begins her gold medal hunt in the Junior World Women's Short Program". International Skating Union. March 2, 2023.
    8. ↑ "Spectacular Mao Shimada (JPN) soars to World Junior title". International Skating Union. March 4, 2023.
    9. ↑ Slater, Paula (March 4, 2023). "Mao Shimada impresses in Calgary; takes Junior World title". Golden Skate. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
    10. 1 2 "Minsol KWON: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
    11. 1 2 Slater, Paula (December 8, 2023). "Shimada defends Junior Grand Prix Final title". Golden Skate. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
    12. ↑ Cho, Young-joon (July 23, 2023). "'Junior Ace of Figure Skating' Shin Jia wins the Junior Grand Prix Qualifying Tournament". SPOTV News. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
    13. ↑ "Gold medals at ISU Junior Grand Prix in Linz (AUT) go to Korea, Slovakia, Canada and Germany". International Skating Union. September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
    14. ↑ "Figure Skaters grab eight more tickets to the Final at ISU Junior Grand Prix in Gdansk (POL)". International Skating Union. October 2, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
    15. ↑ "Ranking Competition - Senior Women Results". Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
    16. ↑ "Minsol KWON: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. September 7, 2022. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022.
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