Yuna Kim (Westerners reverse the two names) is the first South Korean skater with an international presence, and she won gold at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010. Yuna Kim broke records in the short program, long program and overall competition; in all cases she broke her own records. In the long program, she finished 18.34 points ahead of her nearest competitor, Mao Asada. Yuna Kim's overall score was 228.56. This is an enormous number, but the sport is progressing so fast it may be surpassed sooner rather than later.
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Shizuka Arakawa of Japan won the women's figure skating gold in the 2006 Turin Olympic Games.
Gold- Kim Yuna (Korea) Silver- Mao Asada (Japan) Bronze- Joannie Rochette (Canada)
Evan Lysacek won the gold
The ladies singles gold medalist at the 1964 Games in Innsbruck was Sjoukje Dijkstra of Netherlands.
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Yu-Na Kim
Dorthy Hamill for USA won in 1976.
Kim Yu-Na of South Korea.
It depends what year of the Olympics you're talking about. If you're talking about this year, 2010, then the woman's figure skating hasn't even happened yet, it happens tonight. (February 23, 2010)
Shen and Zhau of China had an absolutely incredible performance in pairs figure skating and walked away with a gold medal! woohoo! They were really incredible. Go to nbcolympics.com to see them.
Listing of Gold Medal winners for the ladies figure skating in the Olympics?