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Kim Hyun-gyeom

金賢謙　/　きむ・ひょんぎょむ

Figure skater from South Korea

June 27, 2006 (age 19)　・　Seoul, South Korea

figure skater

My Take

What strikes me about Kim Hyun-gyeom is how quickly he stacked hardware while still a teenager. Sweeping both the men's and team titles at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics is no small feat, and pairing that with a Junior Grand Prix Final silver tells me he wasn't a one-event wonder. I find it telling that South Korea, a country better known for its powerhouse women's skaters, leaned on a 2006-born talent to carry the men's flag at the 2026 Winter Olympics. That kind of trust at his age suggests the federation sees him as a long-term project, and I'm curious to watch how his senior career unfolds from here.

Overview

Kim Hyun-gyeom (Korean: 김현겸; born June 27, 2006) is a South Korean figure skater. He is the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic champion in both the men's and team events, the 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist, the 2023 South Korean silver medalist, and the 2020 South Korean Junior bronze medalist. He represented South Korea at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Kim Hyun-gyeom
Name (Japanese): 金賢謙
Reading: きむ・ひょんぎょむ
Born: June 27, 2006 (age 19)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Dog
Origin: Seoul, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
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Occupation: figure skater

2. Background

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Junior high: Private
High school: Private
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3. Relationships

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4. Personality

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6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hyungyeom17/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A7%E3%83%A0

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