Bruno Oliveira e Raul Silveira Group: 301 Date: 03/06/2021 Teacher: Jéssica dos Santos Souza Brief Biography Yuna was born on September 5, 1990 in Bucheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea. She was a professional figure skater and one of the most famous female athletes in South Korea. She is currently a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund. She has been named a “Korean Power Celebrity” by American magazine Forbes, as well as being listed in Time magazine’s 100 World’s Most Influential People. Yuna is the first figure skater to win all four prestigious competitions: - The Winter Olympic Games - The World Championship - The Four Continents Championship - The ISU Grand Prix 09/03/2021 Career: At the age of six he moved to the city of Gunpo, Sudogwon. In March 2007 she moved to Toronto, Canada, to train with Brian Orser. In 2009 she enrolled as a freshman at Korea University, but continued to train in Canada. The correct transliteration of your Korean name is 'Kim Yeona'. However, when she applied for her passport, she intended to write her name as "Yun-a ', but a South Korean Federal Police official wrote her name as" Yu-na ". In hangul' Yu-na 'is written as "유나", not "연아". From the 2010–11 season, her name was registered as "Yuna Kim" on the ISU (International Skating Union) profile. 09/03/2021 Impact as a Skater Yuna Kim is exceptional because she combines creativity, style, musical sense, graceful skating, technical skills, and incredible speed. She continues to inspire young skaters (principally in South Korea) to believe that anything is possible. ─ Yuna elevated the sport in a very positive way. Technically, she helped this entire generation to make the most difficult jumps. Even though she didn't win, she already left her mark - commented the American Tara Lipinski, Olympic champion in 1998 and commentator of a TV network in her country. 09/03/2021 Excerpts from Yuna Kim “I am not trying my best because it is the Olympics. I try my best Always”; and “I first experienced the spirit of the olympic games and the power of sports when I was a ten years old watching the North and South (Korea) delegations walking into the Olympic Stadium together [...] I firmly believe [...] the olympic games will be a peace olympics, it has the power to unite people around the world trough the graceful and beautiful language of sports [...] Sports has the power to unite people and go beyond politics.” 09/03/2021 Links to learn more about Yuna Kim https://www.olympicchannel.com/pt/video/detail/yuna-kim- revela-sonho-secreto/ - she has a dream: skydiving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l33Ia8pUVgU&feature=emb_title – Yuna Kim younger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u3xu8GI85w&t=7s – Beginning of a Documentary of Yuna Kim’s life. https://youtu.be/7gxZXJqURyg - 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics & GA resolution - Press Conference (13 November 2017) 09/03/2021 Thank you for the attention!