Yuna Kim, also known as Kim Yuna or Kim Yeon-ah, is a retired South Korean competitive figure skater. She is the Olympic champion in 2010 and she is also the 2014 silver medalist in ladies’ singles, the 2009 and 2013 World champion, the 2009 Four Continents champion, a three-time (2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2009–2010) Grand Prix Final champion, the 2006 World Junior champion and a six-time South Korean national champion.

It is reported that the South Korean figure skater is the first to win a medal at an ISU Junior Grand Prix or ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event, the ISU Figure Skating Championships, and the Olympic Games.

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Yuna Kim is also the first female skater ever to win every major international competition, namely, the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the Four Continents Championships, and the Grand Prix Final. 

She is also the first figure skater ever to complete a Career Super Grand Slam by also winning the Junior Grand Prix Final and the Junior World Championships.

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Yuna is the former record holder for ladies in the short program, free skate and combined total under the ISU Judging System. She has broken world record scores 11 times under the ISU Judging System since 2007, eight of which being records she herself set.

She is also the first female skater to surpass the 140-point and 150-point free skating mark and the 200-point, 210-point and 220-point total mark, as well as the first and only figure skater to have never finished off the podium in her entire career under the current ISU Judging System.

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She has been beaten by only seven skaters throughout her career. Due to her strong artistry, musicality and skating skills, she is regarded as one of the greatest figure skaters of all time.

According to Forbes, Kim was the highest paid athlete in the XXI Olympic Winter Games, the 5th, 7th, 6th and 4th top-earning sportswoman in the world in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively. The business magazine has also listed her in their 30 under 30 and Philanthropy lists.