1. Choi Da-bin is a retired South Korean competitive figure skater.
24 Facts About Choi Da-bin
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Choi Da-bin is the 2017 Asian Winter Games champion and a 5-time South Korean national medalist.
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Choi Da-bin has placed in the top ten at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the 2017 World Championships, the Four Continents Championships.
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Choi Da-bin has placed in the top ten at the World Junior Championships.
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Choi Da-bin attended Suri High School as a student, same as fellow skater Kim Yuna.
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Choi Da-bin placed fourth at the 2017 South Korean Championships.
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Choi Da-bin changed her short program music from Que rico el mambo into Steven Universe and La La Land in the middle of the season.
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Choi Da-bin placed fifth at the 2017 Four Continents Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, improving her personal best scores in all categories.
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South Korea selected Choi Da-bin to replace the injured Kim Na-hyun at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
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Choi Da-bin began the season competing at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy, placing fourth.
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Choi Da-bin subsequently withdrew from her second Grand Prix event at the 2017 Skate America as a result of the injury.
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At the Four Continents Championships, Choi Da-bin missed the podium, coming in fourth just behind Japan's Satoko Miyahara.
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Choi Da-bin reverted to her Doctor Zhivago free skate program for this and all subsequent competitions for the season, citing the difficulty in performing its replacement to the standard she desired.
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Choi Da-bin received a standing ovation for her short program at the Olympics, including from South Korea's Yuna Kim.
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Choi Da-bin set personal bests in both the short program and free skate and finished seventh overall.
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Choi Da-bin then went on to finish fourth at the 2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and twelfth at 2019 CS Warsaw Cup.
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Choi Da-bin announced during a guest appearance on South Korean TV show, Sporty Sisters 2, that she would likely retire from competitive figure skating following the season, citing her struggles with boot problems and ankle injuries as the main reason behind the decision.
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Choi Da-bin began her season with a bronze medal and eighteenth-place finish at the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and 2022 CS Ice Challenge, respectively.
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Choi Da-bin went on to finish fourteenth at the 2023 Korean Championships, after placing twelfth in the short program but fourteenth in the free skate.
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Choi Da-bin was selected to compete at the Winter World University Games, where she placed sixth in both the short and free program, finishing in sixth place overall.
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Choi Da-bin then went on to win silver at the 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.
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Choi Da-bin went on to finish fifteenth at the national ranking competition and thirteenth at the 2024 South Korean Championships.
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Choi Da-bin began the season in early October when she competed at the 2024 Korean Universiade and Asian Games Qualifiers.
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At the 2025 Winter World University Games, Choi Da-bin finished in eleventh place.