Choi Ji-eun

Choi Ji-eun earns my admiration for the grit it took to medal in Korean figure skating during the Kim Yu-na era. Born in Daejeon in 1988, she collected five national medals and a junior Grand Prix bronze in Hungary, no small thing when one transcendent star dominated all the headlines. What I find genuinely moving, though, is what came after: she went to Korea University and then stayed on the ice as a coach, passing her hard-won technique to the next generation. I have always valued the people who choose to give back quietly over those who chase the spotlight, and she clearly belongs to the former.

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Name (English)

Choi Ji-eun

Name (Japanese)

崔智恩

Reading

ちぇ・じうん

Born

May 25, 1988 (age 38)

Origin

Daejeon, South Korea

Occupation

figure skater

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

University

Korea University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi%20Ji-eun
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B4%94%E6%99%BA%E6%81%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q492870

Tags

• figure skater

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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