Park Yeon-jeong (; born January 19, 2006) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2021 CS Cup of Austria silver medalist and 2021 U.S. Classic silver medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2019 JGP United States silver medalist and the 2019 South Korean junior national champion.

Personal life Park was born on January 19, 2006, in Seoul, South Korea.

Career Early career Park began skating in 2013. She is the 2019 South Korean junior national champion. Park is considered part of the second generation of "Yuna Kids," South Korean ladies who began skating after being inspired by 2010 Olympic Champion Yuna Kim.

2019–2020 season Park placed fifth in the Korean Junior Grand Prix selection competition in July to earn two JGP quotas. At her first Junior Grand Prix event in the United States, she won silver behind American Alysa Liu and ahead of Russia's Anastasia Tarakanova. Park was the first Korean lady to medal in her JGP debut since Yuna Kim in 2004. She finished fifth at her second event in Italy and did not qualify for the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final. Park competed at the senior level at the 2020 South Korean Championships and finished ninth.

2020–2021 season Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, where Park would have competed, was cancelled. With international competitive opportunities limited for South Korean skaters, Park finished eighth at the 2021 South Korean Championships.

2021–2022 season Park did not compete on the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, instead opting to make her senior international debut at the 2021 U.S. International Classic. She earned the silver medal at the event by four points behind Russian Alexandra Trusova. Competing on the Challenger series, Park won the silver medal at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria. On November 8 she was assigned to make her Grand Prix debut at the 2021 Internationaux de France, replacing Maïa Mazzara. She finished eighth at the event.

2022–2023 season After winning gold at the SEA Open Trophy, Park made her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate America, finishing in eighth place.

Programs Season Short program Free skating 2023–2024 The Whole Nine Yards ~ Opening Title ~ 2022–2023 Ballade No. 4 Hymne à l'amour 2021–2022 2020–2021 Faith Catwoman 2019–2020 I'll Never Love Again Lost Girls The Arena

Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 France 8th Skate America 8th Cup of Austria 2nd Warsaw Cup WD SEA Open Trophy 1st U.S. Classic 2nd International: Junior Italy 5th U.S. 2nd National South Korean 1st J 9th 8th 13th WD Ranking Comp. 26th 15th 9th 19th TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: J = Junior

Detailed results Senior Level 2022–23 season Date Event SP FS Total October 21–23, 2022 2022 Skate America 7 60.04 9 98.54 8 158.58 September 2–4, 2022 2022 SEA Open Trophy 1 49.55 2 86.62 1 136.17 2021–22 season Date Event SP FS Total January 7–9, 2022 2022 South Korean Championships 13 56.48 12 107.42 13 163.90 November 19–21, 2021 2021 Internationaux de France 4 67.00 9 119.11 8 186.11 November 11–14, 2021 2021 CS Cup of Austria 2 57.84 1 126.23 2 184.07 September 15–18, 2021 2021 U.S. International Classic 2 71.07 2 141.33 2 212.40

Junior Level 2020–21 season Date Event Level SP FS Total February 24–26, 2021 2021 South Korean Championships Senior 7 62.08 7 112.11 8 174.19 2019–20 season Date Event Level SP FS Total January 3–5, 2020 2020 South Korean Championships Senior 8 60.11 9 115.87 9 175.98 October 2–5, 2019 2019 JGP Italy Junior 12 48.27 3 115.55 5 163.82 August 28–31, 2019 2019 JGP United States Junior 3 64.35 2 122.23 2 186.58 2018–19 season Date Event Level SP FS Total January 11–13, 2019 2019 South Korean Championships Junior 2 51.33 1 95.48 1 146.81

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