Shin Hea-sook

Shin Hea-sook (born 29 November 1957) is a former competitive South Korean figure skater. She is a two-time South Korean National champion (1979, 1980) and competed in the ladies' singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics.^[1]

Shin Hea-sook
Shin (far right) at the 2014 Winter Olympics with Yuna Kim (center)
Native name	신혜숙
Born	(1957-11-29) 29 November 1957 (age 67)
Figure skating career
Country	South Korea
Began skating	1969
Retired	1980

Career

Due to the lack of figure skating rinks in South Korea at the time, Shin primarily lived and trained in Japan during her competitive figure skating career. She began coaching in 1984 following her retirement and now coaches in Seoul.^[2][3]

Her current and former students include:

• Kim Se-yol^[3]
• Byun Sung-jin^[3]
• Chi Hyun-jung^[3]
• Choi Da-bin^[4]
• Choi Hyung-kyung^[3]
• Park Bit-na^[3]
• Park Bun-seon^[3]
• Lee Dong-won^[5]
• Kim Ye-lim^[6]
• Shin Yea-ji^[7]
• Choi Ji-eun^[8]
• Kim Na-young^[9]
• Yuna Kim^[10]
• Lee Ho-jung^[11]
• Kim Hae-jin^[12]
• Kwak Min-jeong^[13]
• Lee June-hyoung^[14]
• Kim Jin-seo^[15]
• Cha Jun-hwan^[16]
• You Young^[17]
• Lee Hae-in^[18]
• Kyeong Jae-seok^[19]
• Kim Min-chae^[20]

Competitive highlights

International
Event	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80
Olympics			20th
World Championships		30th	28th
NHK Trophy		15th
National
South Korean Champ.	2nd	1st	1st