Yun Ah-sun
Yun Ah-sun is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2021 South Korean national silver medalist and the 2024 CS Nepela Memorial champion.
She also finished fourth at the 2022 [World Junior Figure Skating Championships|2022 World Junior Championships], winning a small bronze medal for her short program.
Personal life
Yun was born on February 18, 2007. She has a younger sister, and a dog named Hodu.Career
Early career
Yun began learning to skate in 2015 at the age of seven.She placed eighth at the senior level at the 2020 South Korean Championships and won the silver medal the following year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020-21 [figure skating season|2020–21 international junior season] was not held, and Yun was therefore unable to compete on the Junior Grand Prix or at the World Junior Championships.
2021–22 season
With the resumption of international junior competition, Yun was scheduled to make her international debut on the Junior Grand Prix, competing back-to-back weeks in events both held in Courchevel. She placed fifth in both contests. Yun was sixth at the 2022 South Korean Championships.Due to her national result, Yun was named to South Korea's team for 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. As Russian women had dominated international figure skating in recent years, this had a significant impact on the field. 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. During the official practice of these championships, Yun slightly dislocated her shoulder prior to the short program. Regardless, she would place third in the short program, 0.14 points ahead of American Lindsay Thorngren, winning a bronze small medal. She expressed disappointment at having lost levels on two spins but said she was happy with the performance. She was overtaken by Thorngren in the free skate, finishing in fourth place overall.
2022–23 season
Yun planned to compete at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, placing sixth in the short program, but withdrew before the free skate due to suffering from symptoms of a concussion.Making her 2022-23 [ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|senior Grand Prix] debut at the 2022 Skate America, she came in ninth. Competing at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge, Yun won the short program but ninth in the free skate, dropping to sixth overall. She closed her season with an eighth-place finish at the 2023 South Korean Figure Skating Championships.
Yun struggled with a torn hip joint throughout the season.
2023–24 season
Prior to the season, Yun made a coaching change from to Chi Hyun-jung and Kim Jin-seo. She made her season debut at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy and finished in twelfth place. Yun then went on to compete at the 2023 CS [Denis Ten Memorial Challenge], where she placed tenth.Following a twenty-third place finish at the South Korean Ranking Competition, she would not compete at the 2024 South Korean Championships.
2024–25 season
Yun started the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fourth at the 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International and winning gold at the 2024 CS Nepela Memorial. Although not initially assigned to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, she was assigned to compete at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy in early November following the withdrawal of Isabeau Levito. She would finish the event in fifth place. “I did a mistake at the end of my performance today, so I am not completely satisfied,” said Yun. “But I reached my goal to skate and place in the last group. I think this was a good experience on the Grand Prix for me.”In late November, Yun would compete at the annual South Korean Ranking Competition, where she finished fourth. With this result, Yun was selected to compete at the 2025 Four Continents Championships. One month later, Yun placed fifth at the 2025 South Korean Championships. As the second-highest ranked senior-eligible women's skater at the event, she was named to the 2025 World team.
Going on to compete at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, Yun finished in ninth place. Prior to the World Championships, Yun changed her free skate from Scheherazade back to a past program from the 2021-22 season, which contains music from The Mummy Returns. At the World Championships, she placed thirty-first in the short program and did not advance to the free skate.
2025–2026 season
Yun began the season by competing on the 2025–26 Challenger Series, placing ninth at the 2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup, winning the silver medal at the 2025 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, and finishing sixth at the 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy. She then went on to compete on the 2025–26 Grand Prix circuit, placing tenth at 2025 [Skate Canada International] and seventh at the 2025 NHK Trophy.In January, Yun finished eleventh at the 2026 South Korean Championships. Following the withdrawal of Kim Chae-yeon, Yun was named to the 2026 Four Continents team.