Records

• Current Highest Total Score: 228.56 (2010 Olympics)
  • Old Records: 210.03 (2009 Trophee Eric Bompard), 207.71 (2009 Worlds)
• Current Highest Long Program Score: 150.06 (2010 Olympics)
  • Old Records: 133.95 (2009 Trophee Eric Bompard), 133.70 (2007 Cup of Russia)
• Current Highest Short Program Score: 78.50 (2010 Olympics)
  • Old Records: 76.28 (2009 Skate America), 76.12 (2009 Worlds), 72.24 (2009 Four Continents), 71.95 (2007 Worlds)

• First to win: Olympic Games, World Championships, Four Continents Championships, and the Grand Prix Final
• First to win all possible senior and junior titles:
  • Olympics, Worlds, Four Continents, Grand Prix Final
  • Junior World Championships, Junior Grand Prix Final
• First Olympic champion since Kristi Yamaguchi (1992) to win both the short and the long program at the Olympics
• First reigning world champion to win the Olympics since Tara Lipinski (1998).
• First Olympic champion to land a triple lutz/triple toeloop combination in both the short and the long program
• First Olympic champion to land 3 triples in the short program (triple lutz/triple toeloop, triple flip).
• First to break 200 points in total score; first to break it 3 times (2009 Worlds, 2009 Trophee Eric Bompard, 2010 Olympics).
• Has been ranked #1 in ladies by the ISU at various times in her career in 2009, 2010, and 2011.

• 2011 World Championships
• Yu-Na won her fifth consecutive world medal, a silver. Continued a streak of medals at 5 consecutive World championships, 23 consecutive ISU events and 19 senior ISU events. It is the current longest medal streak for the ladies at Worlds since Michelle Kwan's (who won nine consecutive world medals). At all five world championships, she won either the SP or LP.

• 2006-2010
• During this Olympic quad (Fall 2006-2010 Worlds), was the only ladies skater to:
  • World Championships
    • Win the world championship by winning both the short and long program (previous was Irina Slutskaya in 2005)
    • Win the world championship by winning the long (previous was Kimmie Meissner in 2006)
    • Medal at every World Championship
    • Win at least one segment (short or long) at every World Championship
  • Grand Prix
    • Win 7 consecutive Grand Prix events (out of 8)
    • Qualify for every Grand Prix Final (highest ranked qualifier 3 out of 4 times)
    • Win 3 Grand Prix Finals
    • First skater to defend Grand Prix Final title (2007) since Irina Slutskaya (2000 & 2001)
    • First skater to win three Grand Prix Finals (2006-2007, 2009) since Irina Slutskaya (1999-2001)
  • Win 6 ISU events consecutively (2009 Four Continents, 2009 Worlds, Trophee Eric Bompard 2009, Skate America 2009, Grand Prix Final 2009, Olympics 2010)
  • Go undefeated in a single calendar year (2009) - winning 5 consecutive ISU events
  • Set a new record for the highest score for the short, long, and total score at a single event (2010 Olympics)
  • Set a new record for the highest score for every possible segment: the short (5 times), long (3 times), and total score (3 times)
  • Set a new record for the highest score five times for the short program
  • Set a new record for highest score in the short program or the long program every season
  • Medal at every event

• Youngest to win:
  • Korean Nationals (2003)
• First to win:
  • Junior:
    • Junior Grand Prix event (first to medal and win)
    • Junior Grand Prix Final (first to medal and first to win)
    • Junior World Championship (first to medal and first to win)
  • Senior:
    • Grand Prix event (first to medal, first to win)
    • Grand Prix Final (first to medal and win)
    • Four Continents Championship (first to medal and win)
    • World Championship (first to medal, first to win)
    • Olympics (first to medal and win; first medal for Korea in a sport other than speed skating or short track)

• Successfully defended the following titles (wins in consecutive seasons): Grand Prix Final (2006 & 2007), Cup of China (2007 & 2008), Skate America (2008 & 2009). Won 4 consecutive senior Korean national championships (2003-2006).
• Went undefeated in her final junior season, 2005-2006, winning all 4 consecutive ISU events and both segments at every competition.
• Has won a segment (short or long) in every competition entered from the fall of 2005 through 2011 Worlds, starting with the 2005 JGP Slovakia through 2011 Worlds. (23 consecutive ISU events; 19 senior ISU events).
• Has won 12 ISU competitions by winning both the short and long (7 senior, 5 junior).
• Has won 4 of the 6 current Grand Prix events (Trophee Eric Bompard, Cup of China, Cup of Russia, and Skate America). She has won a bronze at Skate Canada, and she has never been invited to NHK Trophy. Has won 3 of those events twice (Trophee Eric Bompard, Cup of China, Skate America).
• Was the first ladies skater from a country other than the USA to win Skate America twice. She also won it consecutively, which only Michelle Kwan has done (Michelle won it 7 times). The only other skaters to win Skate America more than once are Tiffany Chin and Tonya Harding (two each).
• Was the first ladies skater from a non-European country to win Cup of Russia in 2007 (previous winners were from Russia, Ukraine, and Switzerland).

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