16-yr-old Yuna skates to Christina Aguilera's Reflection

I realized I havent done 'younger Yuna' post lately, so here's a 16-year-old Yuna skating at the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships to Christina Aguilera's "Reflection" from the Disney movie Mulan. She ended up winning the bronze medal, which was pretty amazing since it was her first year as a senior skater and she was competing with skaters who had been in the senior level longer. Notice how at the commentator at the end of the video says: "Kim Yuna... Bronze medalist this year, surely a Gold Medalist to Come!" Indeed, 2 years later, Yuna won the Gold for the 2009 World Championships a only 18 years old, and then at 2010, she won the biggest Gold of em all: an Olympic Gold Medal at only 19.

15-yr-old Yuna wins GOLD

Here's a vid of young Yuna Kim winning Gold during the 2006 Junior World Championships with a 25-point lead over her main rival, Mao Asada of Japan. Both Yuna and Mao will continue on to compete to the Senior level, eventually leading to the Olympics four years later where Yuna wins Gold, and Mao wins Silver.

Yuna Kim Childhood Pics

Here are some pics of Yuna as a child, featuring Yuna's mysterious older sister, Ae-Ra Kim. Not very many know of Ae-Ra, who works as a nurse at a children's hospital. While Yuna's face is plastered everywhere in South Korea, Ae-Ra usually stays off the spotlight. I guess it's a good thing or else she'll be hounded by crazy Yuna fans who would beg her to ask her famous lil sister for an autograph.

 Yuna is such a cutie in her mini hanbok (korean traditional costume):

Lol someone doesn't look too happy to graduate:

Another pic of the Kim sisters:

She took ballet! No wonder she's so graceful on ice :)
Yuna is far left.

Yuna is such a cutie:

young yuna figureskating (from ages 6-12)

Here's a cute compilation of old vids of Yuna figureskating from an early age. Look at that double loop she performed at only ages 6! She was definitely born to be an ice star.