Kim Min-chae

Kim Min-chae
Personal information
Native name	김민채
Other names	Minchae Kim
Born	26 February 2006 (age 20); Seoul, South Korea
Home town	Seoul
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	South Korea
Coach	Chi Hyun-jung ; Kim Jin-seo
Began skating	2014

Kim Min-chae (Korean: 김민채; born 26 February 2006) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge champion and the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist.

Personal life

Kim was born on 26 February 2006 in Seoul, South Korea.

Career

Early career

Kim began skating in 2014 and was initially coached by Lee Bo-ram.

Kim made her international debut as an advanced novice at the 2018 Crystal Skate of Romania, which she won. She then went on to win the silver medal at the 2019 Korean Junior Championships.

Her second international competition was as a junior at the 2019 Prague Ice Cup, the following season, where she won the silver medal. Debuting on the senior National level, Kim place twelfth at the 2020 Korean Championships.

The following year, Kim placed tenth at the 2021 Korean Championships.

Prior to the 2021–22 figure skating season, Park Bit-na became her coach.

2021–22 season

Debuting on the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Kim finished fourth at 2021 Junior Grand Prix Slovenia. Although assigned to compete at 2021 Junior Grand Prix Poland, Kim was forced to withdraw after rupturing a disk in her lower back. Despite this, Kim went on to compete at the 2022 Korean Championships in January, where she finished seventh.

Following the season, Kim left coach, Park Bit-na to train under Shin Hea-sook.

2022–23 season

Kim competed on the 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix at 2022 Junior Grand Prix Poland I and 2022 Junior Grand Prix Italy, finishing thirteenth and eighth, respectively.

Kim made her senior international debut at the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, where she won the gold medal. She then went on to finish nineteenth at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge. At the 2023 Korean Championships, Kim finished the season with a thirteenth-place finish. She returned to coach, Park Bit-na, following the event.

2023–24 season

Beginning the season at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Kim won the bronze medal. She went on to finish twenty-fifth at the annual South Korean Ranking Competition. She did not compete at the 2024 South Korean Championships.

2024–25 season

Prior to the start of the season, Kim left Park Bit-na and began training under Chi Hyun-jung and Kim Jin-seo.

Kim was assigned to compete at 2024 Skate America and 2024 Cup of China, acting as a replacement to Lee Hae-in and Ava Marie Ziegler, respectively. Kim would finish tenth at Skate America and eleventh at the Cup of China. One week following the latter event, she would place eighteenth at the South Korean Ranking Competition.

Kim then finished the season by placing twenty-first at the 2025 South Korean Championships.

2025–26 season

Kim started the season in August by competing at the 2025 CS Cranberry Cup International, where she finished in ninth place.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2025–2026	La Bohème by Charles Aznavour choreo. by Leonid Sviridenko	Time (from Inception) by Hans Zimmer & Matt Dunkley choreo. by Leonid Sviridenko
2024–2025	Tango de Amor (from The Addams Family) by Andrew Lippa choreo. by David Wilson	La terre vue du ciel by Armand Amar choreo. by Shin Yea-ji	Sparkling Diamonds (from Moulin Rouge!) performed by Nicole Kidman choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2023–2024		Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 II. Allegro III. Andante by Johannes Brahms choreo. by David Wilson
2022–2023	Miss Saigon Overture by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil Sun and Moon performed by Lea Salonga, Simon Bowman choreo. by Shin Yea-ji Sparkling Diamonds (from Moulin Rouge!) performed by Nicole Kidman choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	Romeo + Juliet Kissing You by Des'ree O Verona by Craig Armstrong choreo. by Shin Yea-ji	Sparkling Diamonds (from Moulin Rouge!) performed by Nicole Kidman choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2021–2022	Miss Saigon Overture by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil Sun and Moon performed by Lea Salonga, Simon Bowman choreo. by Shin Yea-ji	Die Another Day performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra From Russia with Love by John Barry James Bond Theme by Monty Norman Skyfall by Adele choreo. Kim Hae-jin
2020–2021 ^{[citation needed]}	Eye of the Tiger by Survivor performed by Tommee Profitt ft. FJØRA choreo. by Shin Yea-ji	The Phantom of the Opera Overture by Andrew Lloyd Webber Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again performed by Emmy Rossum choreo. Shin Yea-ji
2019–2020 ^{[citation needed]}	Libertango by Astor Piazzolla performed by Bond choreo. by Kim Hae-jin	The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky choreo. Shin Yea-ji
2018–2019	Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now (from Hairspray) by Marc Shaiman choreo. by Kim Hae-jin	Moulin Rouge!: One Day I'll Fly Away Sparkling Diamonds performed by Nicole Kidman choreo. by Kim Hae-jin

Competitive highlights

GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
TBD – Assigned
WD – Withdrew from competition

Competition placements at senior level
Season	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
South Korean Championships	12th	10th	7th	13th		21st
GP Cup of China						11th
GP Skate America						10th
CS Cranberry Cup							9th
CS Denis Ten Memorial				1st
CS Ice Challenge				19th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy					3rd

Competition placements at junior level
Season	2018–19	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
South Korean Championships	2nd
JGP Italy				8th
JGP Poland			WD	13th
JGP Slovenia			4th
Prague Ice Cup		2nd

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System
Segment	Type	Score	Event
Total	TSS	192.48	2021 JGP Slovenia
Short program	TSS	70.83	2021 JGP Slovenia
	TES	40.94	2021 JGP Slovenia
	PCS	29.89	2021 JGP Slovenia
Free skating	TSS	121.65	2021 JGP Slovenia
	TES	65.52	2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
	PCS	58.94	2021 JGP Slovenia

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Senior results

2025–26 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
7–10 August 2025	2025 CS Cranberry Cup International	6 53.82	10 87.13	9 140.95
2024–25 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
2–5 January 2025	2025 South Korean Championships	16 55.00	23 74.47	21 129.47
22–24 November 2024	2024 Cup of China	7 62.94	12 91.45	11 154.39
18–20 October 2024	2024 Skate America	6 60.66	11 104.91	10 165.57
2023–24 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
20–23 September 2023	2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	2 62.76	3 121.27	3 184.03
2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
5–8 January 2023	2023 South Korean Championships	16 53.37	11 117.01	13 170.38
9–13 November 2022	2022 CS Ice Challenge	10 52.45	23 77.83	19 130.28
26–29 October 2022	2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	7 41.05	1 117.79	1 158.84
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
7–9 January 2022	2022 South Korean Championships	7 65.12	8 126.39	7 191.51
2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
24–26 February 2021	2021 South Korean Championships	10 57.54	10 111.74	10 169.28
2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
3–5 January 2020	2020 South Korean Championships	14 50.68	11 101.38	12 151.98

Junior results

2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
12–15 October 2022	2021 JGP Italy	25 43.16	5 118.29	8 161.45
28 Sept. – 1 Oct. 2022	2022 JGP Poland I	6 59.47	15 92.78	13 152.25
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
22–25 September 2021	2021 Junior Grand Prix Slovenia	2 70.83	5 121.65	4 192.48
2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
8–10 November 2019	2019 Prague Ice Cup	2 46.98	1 92.41	2 139.39
2018–19 season
11–13 January 2019	2019 South Korean Championships	1 51.86	2 92.98	2 144.84

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Minchae KIM: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Minchae KIM". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
1 2 3 "Minchae KIM: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
1 2 3 4 민, 박지. "[인터뷰] 반짝이는 다이아몬드 원석, 피겨스케이팅 김민채". MFocus. MFocus. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
↑ "2018 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
↑ "2019 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results". Korean Skating Union. Korean Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
↑ "3rd Prague Ice Cup 2019 - Junior Ladies Result". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
1 2 3 "Minchae KIM: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022.
1 2 "Minchae KIM: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023.
1 2 "Minchae KIM: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 September 2024.
↑ @AnythingGOE (6 August 2024). "🇰🇷 Haein Lee and Young You have withdrawn from Skate America" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
↑ @goldenskate (5 August 2024). "2023 NHK Trophy champion and 2022 CS Budapest Trophy champion Ava Marie Ziegler 🇺🇸 has withdrawn from #GPFigure Skate Canada and Cup of China" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
↑ @AnythingGOE (9 August 2024). "🇰🇷 Minchae Kim has been assigned to Skate America and Cup of China" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
↑ "Minchae KIM: 2025/2026". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 August 2025.

External links

KIM Minchae at the International Skating Union
KIM Minchae at Skating Scores

[ISU-MK-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Minchae KIM: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[SS-MK-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Minchae KIM". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[ISU-2223-3] 1 2 3 "Minchae KIM: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

[mfocus23-4] 1 2 3 4 민, 박지. "[인터뷰] 반짝이는 다이아몬드 원석, 피겨스케이팅 김민채". MFocus. MFocus. Retrieved 11 October 2024.

[CS-18-5] "2018 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

[Nats19-6] "2019 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Results". Korean Skating Union. Korean Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

[PIC-19-7] "3rd Prague Ice Cup 2019 - Junior Ladies Result". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

[ISU-2122-8] 1 2 3 "Minchae KIM: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022.

[ISU-2324-9] 1 2 "Minchae KIM: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023.

[ISU-2425-10] 1 2 "Minchae KIM: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 September 2024.

[LeeYou-11] @AnythingGOE (6 August 2024). "🇰🇷 Haein Lee and Young You have withdrawn from Skate America" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).

[12] @goldenskate (5 August 2024). "2023 NHK Trophy champion and 2022 CS Budapest Trophy champion Ava Marie Ziegler 🇺🇸 has withdrawn from #GPFigure Skate Canada and Cup of China" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).

[Kim-13] @AnythingGOE (9 August 2024). "🇰🇷 Minchae Kim has been assigned to Skate America and Cup of China" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).

[ISU-2526-14] "Minchae KIM: 2025/2026". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 August 2025.