Nickname
Tinkerbell (biz.chosun.com, 03 Oct 2014)
Occupation
Athlete, Student
Education
Leisure Administration, Sport Studies - Yonsei University, Seoul, KOR
Spoken languages
Japanese, Korean, Russian, English
Club
Yonsei University [Seoul, KOR]
Coach
Song Hee [national], KOR (news.donga.com, 05 Jul 2016)
International senior debut
2010 for Korea, Asian Games in Guangzhou, China (korea.kr, 15 Jun 2011)
Injuries
An ankle injury forced her to miss the 2015 World Cup event in Pesaro, Italy. (fig-gymnastics.com, 10 Apr 2015)
She has had persistent injury problems in her ankles throughout her career, and underwent treatment on them after the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Republic of Korea. (mydaily.co.kr, 05 Dec 2014)
She fractured a toe at the beginning of 2013. (munhwa.com, 07 Apr 2014)
She injured her right ankle during her preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (news.chosun.com, 22 Aug 2012)
National Team
2010 (people.search.naver.com, 27 Feb 2014)
Start sporting career
She began gymnastics at age five. (sportschosun.com, 04 Oct 2011)
Reason for taking up the sport
Her mother influenced her to take up the sport. (youtube.com, 20 Oct 2011)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Finishing fifth in the all-around final at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and winning a gold medal in the all-around at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Republic of Korea. (news.hankooki.com, 20 Nov 2013; womennews.co.kr, 24 Nov 2014)
Hero / Idol
Ukrainian rhythmic gymnasts Anna Bessonova, Russian rhythmic gymnast Evgenia Kanaeva (sonyj.com, 02 Aug 2010; xportsnews.com, 10 Jul 2012)
Philosophy / Motto
"Rhythmic gymnastics is my life." (womennews.co.kr, 24 Nov 2014)
Additional information
Awards
She received a Grand Award at the Korean Olympic Committee Grand Award Ceremony in January 2016. (sportsseoul.com, 27 Jan 2016)
She was named 2014 Amateur Athlete of the Year at the Korean Sport Awards. (yonhapnews.co.kr, 24 Feb 2015)
She received the Best Athlete Award at the 2014 Korea Women's Sports Awards. (womennews.co.kr, 24 Nov 2014)
She was given the Best Women's Performance Award at the Korean Athletics Awards Ceremony in February 2014. (womennews.co.kr, 27 Feb 2014)
General
NATIONAL FIRST
In 2014 she became the first Korean rhythmic gymnast to win an Asian Games gold medal in the all-around event. (ahatv.co.kr, 18 Dec 2014)
Last update : 2016-09-23