Shin Ji-a (Hangul: 신지아; born 19 March 2008) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2022 World Junior silver medalist, 2022 JGP Latvia champion, 2022 JGP Poland silver medalist, 2021 JGP Poland bronze medalist, and 2021 South Korean junior champion.
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Native name | 신지아 | |||||||||||||
Alternative names | Jia Shin Sin Ji-a | |||||||||||||
Country represented | ![]() | |||||||||||||
Born | (2008-03-19) March 19, 2008 (age 14) Busan, South Korea | |||||||||||||
Home town | Seoul, South Korea | |||||||||||||
Residence | Seoul | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.48 m (4 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
Coach | Park Bit-na Lee Yeon-joo | |||||||||||||
Choreographer | Benoît Richaud Shin Yea-ji | |||||||||||||
Training locations | Seoul | |||||||||||||
Began skating | 2015 | |||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | ||||||||||||||
Combined total | 206.01 2022 Junior Worlds | |||||||||||||
Short program | 70.41 2022 JGP Latvia | |||||||||||||
Free skate | 136.63 2022 Junior Worlds | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shin began learning to skate in 2015. She won the national junior gold medal at the 2021 South Korean Championships.[1]
Making her international debut on the Junior Grand Prix at the 2021 JGP Slovenia in Ljubljana, Shin finished in sixth place.[1] The following week she competed in her second event on the circuit, the 2021 JGP Poland in Gdańsk. She was second after the short program, and won the bronze medal with a third-place free skate, 0.03 points behind silver medalist Elizaveta Kulikova.[2] In her first senior event, Shin was fourth at the 2022 South Korean Championships.[1]
Shin was assigned to compete at 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.[3] As Russian women had dominated international figure skating in recent years, this had a significant impact on the field.[4] 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.[5] Shin finished second in the short program, 3.12 points behind segment leader Isabeau Levito of the United States.[6] She went on to win the free skate, taking a gold small medal for that segment, but remained in second overall behind Levito by 0.54 points.[7] She was only the second South Korean to win a World Junior medal, after Kim Yu-na.[8]
Shin began the season on the Junior Grand Prix, winning the gold medal at the 2022 JGP Latvia in Riga. This included a new personal best in the short program, clearing 70 points in that segment for the first time.[9] At her second event, the second of two Polish Junior Grand Prixes held in Gdańsk, she won the silver medal behind Japanese skater Ami Nakai. With a total of 28 points, Shin qualified to the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final.[10]
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2022–2023 [11] |
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2021–2022 [12] |
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2020–2021 |
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GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[1] | |||
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Event | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 |
Junior Worlds | 2nd | ||
JGP Final | TBD | ||
JGP Latvia | 1st | ||
JGP Poland | 3rd | 2nd | |
JGP Slovenia | 6th | ||
National[1] | |||
South Korea | 1st J | 4th | |
J = Junior level |
2022–23 season | |||||
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Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
October 5–8, 2022 | 2022 JGP Poland II | Junior | 3 63.72 |
2 130.97 |
2 194.69 |
September 7–10, 2022 | 2022 JGP Latvia | Junior | 1 70.41 |
1 124.27 |
1 194.68 |
2021–22 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
April 13–17, 2022 | 2022 World Junior Championships | Junior | 2 69.38 |
1 136.63 |
2 206.01 |
January 7–9, 2022 | 2022 South Korean Championships | Senior | 2 68.97 |
4 135.11 |
4 204.08 |
Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, 2021 | 2021 JGP Poland | Junior | 2 67.28 |
3 116.13 |
3 183.41 |
September 22–25, 2021 | 2021 JGP Slovenia | Junior | 7 55.82 |
4 122.83 |
6 178.65 |
2020–21 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
February 24–26, 2021 | 2021 South Korean Junior Championships | Junior | 1 55.90 |
3 91.59 |
1 147.49 |
South Korean Junior champions in figure skating – Women's singles | |
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