Lee June-hyoung (Korean: 이준형; born October 28, 1996) is a South Korean former competitive figure skater. He is the 2014 JGP France champion and a three-time South Korean national champion (2013, 2015, 2016). He is the first South Korean male figure skater who stood on the podium and won gold at ISU events. Also, he is the first Korean male skater to qualify for the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final.

Personal life

Lee June-hyoung was born in Seoul, South Korea. His mother, Oh Ji Youn, is a figure skating coach.

Career

Early years

Lee was coached by his mother from the age of seven to 14. He started working with Chi Hyun-jung as his coach in 2010. Lee placed 3rd at both the Korean Junior Grand Prix qualification trials and the Korean Nationals.

2011–2012 season

The 2011–2012 season was Lee's breakthout season. He included five different triple jumps in his program and improved jump consistency. In August, he was selected to represent Team Korea by placing second at the Korean Junior Grand Prix qualification trials. At the Asian Trophy, he took silver in the junior category.

Making his Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut, Lee placed 4th at the 2011 JGP event in Latvia. At his second assignment, in Milan, Italy, he won bronze and became the first South Korean male figure skater to medal at an ISU event. He won the Korean Ranking competition in November and placed 4th at the Winter Youth Olympics. He placed 18th at the World Junior Championships.

2012–2013 season

Lee started his season with a new free program, "Queen medley", but returned to his previous season's free program, "The Barber of Seville", at his first Junior Grand Prix event. He won South Korean Nationals, but could not compete at the senior World Championships because he did not meet the minimum technical score requirement for the event. He placed 13th at the World Junior Championships. In February, he landed a triple Axel jump during the short program segment at the Four Continents Championships.

2013–2014 season

In the middle of the season, he changed his free skating from "The Planets" to "The Phantom of the Opera", which was shown at the Korean Nationals. At the nationals, with total score of 206.88, Lee became the first Korean male skater who scored over 200 points in domestic competitions.[citation needed] In February, he placed 14th at the 2013 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei. In March, he placed 16th at the World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2014–2015 season

Competing in the 2014–15 JGP series, Lee won gold at his first event, JGP France, with overall score of 203.81. This accomplishment made him the first South Korean male figure skater to win an ISU event. By obtaining bronze at JGP Croatia, he became the first Korean male skater to qualify for an ISU Junior Grand Prix Final. In December, at the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final in Barcelona, Spain, he placed fifth in the short program and sixth in the free skating to place sixth place overall.

In January, Lee beat his rival, Kim Jin-seo, to win his second national title. He was nominated to the South Korean team for the 2015 Four Continents Championship. At the competition, he placed fifteenth in the short program and nineteenth in the free skate to place eighteenth overall. He placed 19th at the 2015 World Championships.

2015–2016 season

During the summer, Lee was involved in a traffic accident as a passenger. A car driven by his mother was struck from behind by another car. After this incident, Lee started having back problems.

Lee opened the 2015–16 figure skating season by placing 10th at the 2015 Finlandia Trophy. He participated in the 2015 Skate Canada International with his new coach Shin Hea-Sook and placed 12th.

During the later half of the season, he placed sixteenth at the 2016 Four Continents Championship and placed 24th at the 2016 World Championships.

2016–2017 season

Lee was still troubled by injuries during this season. He finished 16th at the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty, 18th at the 2017 Four Continents Championship in Gangneung, and 13th at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo.

2017–2018 season

Lee started his international season by placing 7th at the Philadelphia Summer International. He placed 5th at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, qualifying a ticket for South Korea in the men's singles category for the 2018 Winter Olympics, with a new set of personal best results.

Retirement

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lee could not participate in skating events during the 2020–2021 season. At the end of the season, he started a new career in musical theatre.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2019–2020I Put a Spell on You by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Herb Slotkin covered by Jeff Beck choreo. by Lee June-hyoungThe Artist choreo. by David Wilson
2018–2019Eternally by Charlie Chaplin covered by Il Volo choreo. by David WilsonPiano Concerto No. 2 - 3rd Movement by Sergei Rachmaninoff choreo. by David Wilson
2017–2018Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen choreo. by David WilsonRinascero (Frankenstein) by Astor Piazzolla performed by Erwin Schrott choreo. by Lee June-hyoung El Norte by Gotan Project Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars choreo. by Lee Kyu-hyun Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 by Muse choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle It's Me (Pick Me) from Produce 101 season 2
2016–2017Tosca by Giacomo Puccini choreo. by Kenji MiyamotoMoulin Rouge! choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2015–2016Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 by Muse choreo. by Jeffrey ButtleRomeo + Juliet by Craig Armstrong choreo. by Tom Dickson O Verona Escape from Mantua Balcony Scene눈 먼 사랑 (Blind Love) by Ensemble Sinawi choreo. by Lee June-hyoung Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars choreo. by Lee Kyu-hyun
2014–2015The Wild Party by Buddy Bregman choreo. by Jeffrey ButtleThe Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber choreo. by Cindy StuartMichael Jackson medley choreo. by Shin Yea-ji
2013–2014Para Tí by Joshua Bell, Tiempo Libre choreo. by Cindy StuartThe Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber choreo. by Cindy Stuart The Planets, Op. 32 by Gustav Holst choreo. by Tom Dickson
2012–2013Capone (from Celtic Tiger) by Ronan Hardiman choreo. by Christopher ConteThe Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini choreo. by Tom Dickson Who Wants to Live Forever Bohemian Rhapsody We Will Rock You by Queen choreo. by Christopher Conte
2011–2012Jelly and the Vamp by Luther Henderson choreo. by Cindy StuartThe Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini choreo. by Tom DicksonHard to Handle by Otis Redding choreo. by Cindy Stuart
2010–2011Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima choreo. by Cindy StuartDon Juan by Félix Gray choreo. by Cindy Stuart
2009–2010Love Story (1970 film) by Francis Lai choreo. by Cindy StuartHarbinger by Mike Oldfield choreo. by Cindy Stuart
2008–2009The Mission (1986 film) by Ennio Morricone choreo. by Cindy StuartAdiós Nonino by Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla choreo. by Cindy Stuart

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

2011–2012 to present

International
Event11–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–20
Worlds19th24th
Four Continents17th14th18th16th18th14th14th17th
GP NHK Trophy9th
GP Skate Canada12th
CS Finlandia10th
CS Lombardia11th
CS Nebelhorn5th
CS Ondrej Nepela8th
CS Warsaw Cup3rd
Asian Games13th
Asian Trophy3rd3rd3rd4th
Denis Ten Memorial7th
Philadelphia7th
Shanghai Trophy6th
Triglav Trophy5th2nd
Universiade16th13th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds18th13th16th
Youth Olympics4th
JGP Final6th
JGP Belarus5th
JGP Croatia3rd
JGP France1st
JGP Italy3rd
JGP Latvia4th
JGP Mexico6th
JGP Turkey9th
JGP U.S.5th
Asian Trophy2nd
National
South Korea2nd1st2nd1st1st5th3rd2nd3rd
TBD = Assigned, WD = Withdrew J = Junior level

2006–2007 to 2010–2011: Pre-international debut

National
Event06–0707–0808–0909–1010–11
South Korean Champ.1st N1st N2nd J1st J3rd
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

Senior level

2019–20 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
February 4 – 9, 20202020 Four Continents Championships14 72.7417 126.2117 198.95
4–5 January 20202020 South Korean Championships2 82.703 143.823 226.52
14–17 November 20192019 CS Warsaw Cup8 66.032 139.173 205.20
9–12 October 20192019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge8 61.587 124.577 186.15
3–5 October 20192019 Shanghai Trophy6 67.346 122.176 189.51
19–21 September 20192019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial9 59.498 119.758 172.24
2018–19 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
March 6–9, 20192019 Winter Universiade13 60.6812 126.5713 187.25
February 7–10, 20192019 Four Continents Championships16 64.1914 123.9114 188.10
January 11–13, 20182019 South Korean Championships3 64.412 129.922 194.33
November 9–11, 20182018 NHK Trophy11 66.169 122.109 188.26
September 12–16, 20182018 CS Lombardia Trophy8 68.5412 107.9911 176.53
2017–18 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
January 22–28, 20182018 Four Continents Championships16 69.9313 141.9314 211.86
January 5–7, 20182018 South Korean Championships2 76.803 146.183 222.98
September 27–30, 20172017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy4 74.374 148.525 222.89
August 3–5, 20172017 Philadelphia Summer International6 71.928 127.467 199.38
2016–17 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
February 23–26, 20172017 Asian Winter Games13 57.6711 126.7613 184.43
February 15–19, 20172017 Four Continents Championships16 67.5518 120.0318 187.58
February 1–5, 20172017 Winter Universiade16 65.0816 117.4516 182.53
January 6–8, 20172017 South Korean Championships3 64.196 114.375 178.56
September 28–October 2, 20162016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial10 58.26WD
August 4–7, 20162016 Asian Open Trophy4 61.084 122.514 183.59
2015–16 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
March 23–29, 20162016 World Championships18 70.0524 104.8324 174.88
February 16–21, 20162016 Four Continents Championships10 67.3519 113.5716 180.92
January 8–10, 20162016 South Korean Championships1 75.101 148.621 223.72
October 30–November 1, 20152015 Skate Canada International12 47.1912 104.8612 152.05
October 8–11, 20152015 CS Finlandia Trophy11 57.0710 115.9010 172.92
2014–15 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
April 15–19, 20152015 Triglav Trophy2 59.602 117.002 176.60
March 23–29, 20152015 World Championships24 64.5118 133.0119 197.52
February 9–15, 20152015 Four Continents Championships15 63.3519 116.7118 180.06
January 5–9, 20152015 South Korean Championships2 68.751 141.151 209.90
August 8–10, 20142014 Asian Open Trophy3 66.672 140.123 206.79

Junior level

Lee at the 2014–15 JGP Final.
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
2014–15 season
December 11–14, 20142014–15 JGP FinalJunior5 57.426 122.976 180.39
October 9–11, 20142014 JGP CroatiaJunior3 68.523 135.403 203.92
September 4–7, 20142014 JGP FranceJunior1 67.881 135.931 203.81
2013–14 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
March 12–14, 20142014 World Junior ChampionshipsJunior18 58.1115 111.8916 170.00
January 22–25, 20142014 Four Continents ChampionshipsSenior19 57.6512 126.4914 184.14
January 3–5, 20142014 South Korean ChampionshipsSenior4 67.301 139.582 206.88
September 25–28, 20132013 JGP BelarusJunior5 60.515 113.905 174.41
September 4–7, 20132013 JGP MexicoJunior5 62.276 108.126 170.39
August 8–11, 20132013 Asian Open TrophySenior3 60.653 118.313 178.96
2012–13 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
Feb. 25 – Mar. 3, 20132013 World Junior ChampionshipsJunior13 54.1513 112.0613 166.21
February 8–11, 20132013 Four Continents ChampionshipsSenior18 55.6316 120.7617 176.39
January 4–6, 20132013 South Korean ChampionshipsSenior1 60.801 122.881 183.68
September 19–22, 20122012 JGP TurkeyJunior11 44.048 102.059 146.09
Aug. 29 – Sep. 2, 20122012 JGP USAJunior5 53.385 103.075 156.45
August 8–12, 20122012 Asian Open TrophySenior2 51.043 92.163 143.20
2011–12 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
Feb. 27 – Mar. 3, 20122012 World Junior ChampionshipsJunior15 55.7418 103.1918 158.93
January 14–22, 20122012 Winter Youth OlympicsJunior7 50.934 110.064 160.99
January 7–8, 20122012 South Korean ChampionshipsSenior2 59.892 120.942 180.83
October 5–8, 20112011 JGP ItalyJunior4 57.984 118.503 176.48
Aug. 31 – Sep. 3, 20112011 JGP LatviaJunior3 58.065 113.694 171.75
August 23–25, 20112011 Asian Open TrophyJunior3 51.233 108.632 159.86
2010–11 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
January 14–16, 20112011 South Korean ChampionshipsSenior3 52.133 107.153 159.28
2009–10 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
January 9–10, 20102010 South Korean ChampionshipsJunior2 36.941 73.941 110.88
2008–09 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
January 9–10, 20092009 South Korean ChampionshipsJunior3 38.752 79.262 117.56
  • ISU personal bests highlighted in Bold.
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  • (in Korean and English). Korean Skating Union. Archived from on October 29, 2013.
  • (in Korean and English). Korean Skating Union. Archived from on October 29, 2013.
  • (in Korean and English). Korean Skating Union. Archived from on July 24, 2011.
  • (in Korean and English). Korean Skating Union. Archived from on October 29, 2013.
  • (in Korean and English). Korean Skating Union.
  • (in Korean and English). Korean Skating Union.

External links

Media related to Lee June-hyoung at Wikimedia Commons