Introduction
Kwon Min-sol (Hangul: 권민솔; born 18 February 2009) is a South Korean figure skater. She is a four-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist and the 2022 South Korean junior champion. She placed fifth at the 2023 World Junior Championships.
Career
Early years
Kwon began skating in 2015. She won the national junior gold medal at the 2022 South Korean Championships.
2022–23 season: International junior debut
Making her international debut on the Junior Grand Prix at the 2022 JGP Czech Republic in Ostrava, Kwon skated a clean short program. In the free skate, her only error was an unclear edge call on the Lutz in her triple jump combination. She won the silver medal behind Japan's Mao Shimada. Kwon went on to win the bronze medal at her second event, the 2022 JGP Poland II, and qualify for the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final. She finished fifth at the Final.
Kwon finished fifth in her first appearance at the senior South Korean Championships. As a result she was assigned to the 2023 World Junior Championships, placing sixth in the short program. She set a new personal best score of 128.24 in the free skate, finishing fifth in that segment and rising to fifth place overall. Commenting on the positive reception of her Cats program all season, she added that "I love my program, because I love animals, especially cats. Unfortunately, I don't have my own cat."
Following the season, Kwon switched coaches from Choi Hyung-kyung to Chi Hyun-jung. She spent two months of the off-season training in Canada under Lee Barkell.
2023–24 season
In late July, Kwon competed at the 2023 South Korean ISU Junior Grand Prix Qualifiers, winning the silver medal behind Shin Ji-a. Her performances earned her two assignments on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. At the 2023 JGP Austria, Kwon placed eighth in the short program after failing to execute her jump combination, but a second-place free skate lifted her to the bronze medal. At her second event, the 2023 JGP Poland, she won the silver medal.
She then competed at the senior national ranking competition, where she finished fifth overall.
Kwon qualified to the Junior Grand Prix Final for the second consecutive season, where she came sixth. Saying she was happy with her performance, she said her biggest developmental focus was on improving her skating skills, as well as trying to master the triple Axel jump.
At the 2024 South Korean Championships, Kwon would place sixth.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2023–2024 |
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| 2022–2023 |
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| 2021–2022 |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International | ||||
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| Event | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | |
| Junior Worlds | 5th | |||
| JGP Final | 5th | 6th | ||
| JGP Austria | 3rd | |||
| JGP Czech Republic | 2nd | |||
| JGP Poland | 3rd | 2nd | ||
| National | ||||
| South Korea | 1st J | 5th | 6th | |
| Ranking Comp. | 1st J | 4th | 5th | |
Detailed results
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
Junior results
| 2023–24 season | ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | |
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| January 4-7, 2024 | 2024 South Korean Championships | Senior | 5 66.01 |
6 131.02 |
6 197.03 | |
| December 7–10, 2023 | 2023–24 JGP Final | Junior | 6 62.12 |
6 120.94 |
6 183.06 | |
| September 27–30, 2023 | 2023 JGP Poland | Junior | 3 64.00 |
2 119.52 |
2 183.52 | |
| Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, 2023 | 2023 JGP Austria | Junior | 8 50.10 |
2 115.83 |
3 165.93 | |
| 2022–23 season | ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | |
| Feb. 27 – Mar. 5, 2023 | 2023 World Junior Championships | Junior | 6 62.82 |
5 128.24 |
5 191.06 | |
| January 5–8, 2023 | 2023 South Korean Championships | Senior | 8 64.51 |
4 131.92 |
5 196.43 | |
| December 8–11, 2022 | 2022–23 JGP Final | Junior | 5 59.91 |
5 115.52 |
5 175.43 | |
| October 5–8, 2022 | 2022 JGP Poland II | Junior | 2 66.81 |
4 119.82 |
3 186.63 | |
| Aug. 31 – Sept. 3, 2022 | 2022 JGP Czech Republic | Junior | 2 62.73 |
2 126.64 |
2 189.37 | |
| 2021–22 season | ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | |
| January 7–9, 2022 | 2022 South Korean Junior Championships | Junior | 1 56.89 |
1 111.02 |
1 167.91 | |