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| Personal information | ||||||
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| Native name | 최하빈 | |||||
| Other names | Habin Choi Choi Habin | |||||
| Born | November 4, 2009 Seoul, South Korea | |||||
| Home town | Seoul, South Korea | |||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||
| Country |  South Korea | |||||
| Coach | Choi Hyung-kyung Kim Na-hyun Kim Min-seok | |||||
| Began skating | 2019 | |||||
| Medal record | ||||||
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Choi Ha-bin (Korean: 최하빈; born 4 November 2009) is a South Korean figure skater. He is the 2026 South Korean national bronze medalist. On the junior level, he is a three-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist and the 2023 South Korean junior national champion.[1]
He is the first South Korean to land a quadruple lutz in international competition.[2][3]
Personal life
[edit]Choi was born on 4 November 2009 in Seoul, South Korea.[4] His favorite skater is Nathan Chen.[5]
Competitive skating career
[edit]Early years
[edit]Choi was the 2023 South Korean junior national champion, after successfully landing a triple axel in both his short program and his free skate.
2023–24 season: Junior international debut
[edit]Choi made his junior international debut at the Denis Ten Memorial, where he placed first. At the senior level, he would go on to place seventh 2024 South Korean Figure Skating Championships.[4]
2024–25 season: Junior Grand Prix debut
[edit]Choi made his ISU Junior Grand Prix debut at 2024 JGP Thailand in Bangkok.[1] After a clean skate, he was third in the short program but placed seventh in the free skate, falling on three jumps, including on a quadruple salchow attempt.[6][7] He would go on to place sixth overall in the event.[8] His second Junior Grand Prix assignment was to 2024 JGP Slovenia in Ljubljana. Again, he was third after the short program and seventh in the free skate.[9] In the free skate, he landed his first quadruple salchow in international competition and placed fifth overall.[10]
Subsequently, he would place fifth at the 2025 South Korean Figure Skating Championships and was assigned to the 2025 World Junior Championships.[1] He was sixth in the short program and fourth in the free skate, placing fifth overall at his first World Junior Figure Skating Championship. "I made a mistake on the quad toe, but everything else went well, so I’m very happy about that," he said in an interview after his free skate. "I’m very glad I could be in the top six at my first Junior Worlds."[5]
2025–26 season: Junior Grand Prix Final, National bronze medal
[edit]Choi competed in 2025 JGP Italy in Varese, where he was first after the short program but fell to second overall behind Taiga Nishino after mistakes in his free skate.[11] Nevertheless, he successfully landed a quadruple lutz in the free, becoming the first South Korean to land one in international competition.[12] At 2025 JGP Poland in Gdańsk, he won his first Junior Grand Prix gold medal, which qualified him for the 2025–26 Junior Grand Prix Final.[13]
At the 2025–26 Junior Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Choi was fifth after the short program after missing his mandatory jump combination. "I was kind of nervous because there were a lot of audience and spectators in the stadium today," he shared following his short program.[14] Choi was sixth in the free skate and therefore finished sixth overall at the Junior Grand Prix Final.[15] At the 2026 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, he placed third in both the short program and the free skate to win the bronze medal, behind Cha Jun-hwan and Seo Min-kyu.[16]
Selected to compete at the 2026 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, he was ninth in the short and fourth in the free short to finish in fifth place overall.[17]
2026–27 season
[edit]Opening his international season at 2026 JGP Latvia in Riga, Choi was fifth after the short program after making a mistake on his combination jump. However, he came back from fifth to first in the free, scoring a personal best and winning his second JGP gold medal. With his free skate, he became the first South Korean to land three quadruple jumps—two quadruple lutzes, one in combination, and one quadruple toe loop—in a program in international competition.[18] Habin later won the bronze medal at the JGP in Turkey.[19]
Programs
[edit]| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2026–2027 [20][21] |
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| 2025–2026 [22][23][24] |
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| 2024–2025 [25][26] |
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| 2023–2024 [27][28] |
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| 2022–2023 [29][30] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- TBD – Assigned
- WD – Withdrew from competition
| Season | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | 2025–26 |
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| South Korean Championships | 7th | 5th | 3rd |
| Season | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | 2025–26 | 2026–27 |
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| World Junior Championships | 5th | 5th | |||
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 6th | ||||
| South Korean Championships | 1st | ||||
| JGP Thailand | 6th | ||||
| JGP Slovenia | 5th | ||||
| JGP Italy | 2nd | ||||
| JGP Poland | 1st | ||||
| JGP Latvia | 1st | ||||
| JGP Turkey | 3rd | ||||
| Denis Ten Memorial | 1st |
Detailed Results
[edit]| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 246.41 | 2026 JGP Latvia |
| Short program | TSS | 78.53 | 2025 JGP Poland |
| TES | 43.35 | 2025 World Junior Championships | |
| PCS | 36.45 | 2026 JGP Latvia | |
| Free skating | TSS | 170.20 | 2026 JGP Latvia |
| TES | 98.70 | 2026 JGP Latvia | |
| PCS | 71.93 | 2025 JGP Italy |
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
Senior level
[edit]| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Jan 4–7, 2024 | 2024 South Korean Championships |
9 | 64.41 | 5 | 151.02 | 7 | 215.43 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Jan 2–5, 2025 | 2025 South Korean Championships |
4 | 80.49 | 5 | 158.48 | 5 | 238.97 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Jan 3–6, 2026 | 2026 South Korean Championships |
3 | 85.96 | 3 | 172.22 | 3 | 258.18 |
Junior level
[edit]| 2026–27 season | ||||
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| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| September 17–19, 2026 | 2026 JGP Turkey | 3
69.66 |
4
125.23 |
3
194.89 |
| August 27–29, 2026 | 2026 JGP Latvia | 5 76.21 |
1 170.20 |
1 246.41 |
| 2025–26 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 3–8, 2026 | 2026 World Junior Championships | 9 75.78 |
4 148.58 |
5 224.36 |
| December 4–7, 2025 | 2025–26 Junior Grand Prix Final | 5 70.94 |
6 129.76 |
6 200.70 |
| October 1–4, 2025 | 2025 JGP Poland | 2 78.53 |
1 148.73 |
1 227.26 |
| September 3–6, 2025 | 2025 JGP Italy | 1 77.76 |
2 154.43 |
2 232.19 |
| 2024–25 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 25–March 2, 2025 | 2025 World Junior Championships | 6 77.22 |
4 150.06 |
5 227.28 |
| October 2–5, 2024 | 2024 JGP Slovenia | 3 70.97 |
7 129.79 |
5 200.7 |
| September 11–14, 2024 | 2024 JGP Thailand | 3 74.03 |
7 120.39 |
6 194.41 |
| 2023–24 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| November 1–4, 2023 | 2023 Denis Ten Memorial | 2 63.82 |
1 138.22 |
1 202.04 |
| 2022–23 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 5–8, 2023 | 2023 South Korean Championships | 1 71.83 |
1 142.81 |
1 214.64 |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "KOR–Habin Choi". SkatingScores.
- ↑ 김, 형열 (2025-10-03). "[D리포트] 피겨 유망주 15살 최하빈, 또 개인 최고기록...역전 금메달 도전". SBS NEWS (in Korean). Retrieved 2026-09-03.
- ↑ 송기성 (2025-09-11). "한국 피겨 첫 '쿼드러플 러츠' 성공.."점프 하면 최하빈!"". MBC 뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2026-09-03.
- 1 2 "ISU Bio: Habin Choi". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2026-09-03.
- 1 2 Slater, Paula (28 February 2025). "Japan's Rio Nakata captures Junior World men's title in Debrecen". Golden Skate.
- ↑ "2024 JGP Thailand in Bangkok Junior Men Short Program Protocols" (PDF). results.isu.org.
- ↑ "2024 JGP Thailand in Bangkok Junior Men Free Skate Protocols" (PDF). results.isu.org.
- ↑ "ISU JGP Bangkok 2024 - Junior Men". results.isu.org. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
- ↑ "ISU JGP Ljubljana Cup 2024 - Junior Men". results.isu.org. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
- ↑ "2024 JGP Slovenia in Ljubljana Junior Men Free Skate Protocols" (PDF). results.isu.org.
- ↑ "2025 JGP Italy in Varese Junior Men Free Skate Protocols" (PDF). results.isu.org.
- ↑ 김경윤 (2025-09-06). "피겨 최하빈, 한국 첫 4회전 러츠 점프 성공…주니어그랑프리 銀 | 연합뉴스". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2025-09-06. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
- ↑ 김경윤 (2025-10-05). "피겨 최하빈, 6차 주니어GP 우승...생애 첫 파이널 진출 | 연합뉴스". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2025-10-04. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
- ↑ "Golden Skate (@goldenskate) on X". X (formerly Twitter). 2025-12-04. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
- ↑ 기자, 최수현 (2025-12-05). "서민규, 피겨 주니어 그랑프리 파이널 우승...한국 남자 선수 최초". 조선일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2026-09-05.
- ↑ "'피겨 프린스' 차준환, 올림픽 3회 연속 출전 확정…체력-부츠 적응 관건". 동아일보 (in Korean). 2026-01-04. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
- ↑ 이영호 (2026-03-07). "피겨 서민규, 2026 세계주니어선수권 준우승…'3년 연속 시상대'". 연합뉴스 (in Korean).
- ↑ 김경윤. "피겨 최하빈, 2차 주니어 GP 우승...쿼드러플 러츠 두 차례 성공 | 연합뉴스". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2026-08-30. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
- ↑ "ISU JGP Ankara 2026 - Junior Men". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2026-09-19.
- ↑ Skating ISU (2026-08-27). Habin CHOI (KOR) | Junior Men Short Program | Riga 2026. Retrieved 2026-09-04 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Skating ISU (2026-08-29). Habin CHOI (KOR) | Junior Men Free Skating | Riga 2026. Retrieved 2026-09-04 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Skating ISU (2025-09-04). Habin CHOI (KOR) | Junior Men Short Program | Varese 2025. Retrieved 2026-09-04 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Skating ISU (2025-10-04). Habin CHOI (KOR) | Junior Men Free Skating | Gdansk 2025. Retrieved 2026-09-04 – via YouTube.
- ↑ 쿄쿄 2번째 채널 (2026-01-07). 260104 최하빈 Exhibition Gala 종합선수권대회. Retrieved 2026-09-04 – via YouTube.
{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Skating ISU (2025-02-26). Men Short Program | ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships | Debrecen 2025 | #WorldJFigure. Retrieved 2026-09-04 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Skating ISU (2025-02-28). Men Free Skating | ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships | Debrecen 2025 | #WorldJFigure. Retrieved 2026-09-04 – via YouTube.
- ↑ zzero (2023-11-02). 최하빈 Habin CHOI SP - 데니스텐 메모리얼 2023. Retrieved 2026-09-04 – via YouTube.
- ↑ zzero (2023-11-03). 최하빈 Habin CHOI FS - 데니스텐 메모리얼 2023. Retrieved 2026-09-04 – via YouTube.
- ↑ 65회 종별 선수권 대회 B조 남중부 최하빈 SP(20230408). 쿄쿄 2번째 채널. 2023-04-08. Retrieved 2026-09-04 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "[현장스케치] 귀엽지만 당찬 꼬마 '브루스리' 최하빈". 문화포커스 (in Korean). 2023-01-07. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
External links
[edit]- Choi Habin at the International Skating Union
- Choi Habin at Skating Scores
- Choi Habin on Instagram