Min Yura
| Yura Min | |
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Yura Min & Alexander Gamelin (KOR)
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| Personal information | |
| Native name | |
| Country represented |
 South Korea
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| Born |
August 15, 1995 Torrance, California, United States |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Partner | Alexander Gamelin |
| Former partner | Timothy Koleto, Igor Ogay |
| Coach | Igor Shpilband, Fabian Bourzat, Greg Zuerlein, Adrienne Lenda |
| Choreographer | Igor Shpilband |
| Training locations | Novi, Michigan |
| Began skating | 2001 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 151.35 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy |
| Short dance | 59.22 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy |
| Free dance | 92.13 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy |
Yura Min (born August 15, 1995) is a South Korean ice dancer. With partner Alexander Gamelin, she is the 2017 South Korean national champion and finished eighth in a field of sixteen teams at the 2016 Four Continents Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.
Yura Min was born on August 25, 1995, in Torrance, California to Hye Young Chu of Busan, South Korea and Harrison Min of Seoul, South Korea. She maintains citizenship in both the United States and South Korea.
Min started learning to skate in 2001. She teamed up with Igor Ogay in 2012. Competing on the junior level, they took silver at the Pacific Coast Sectionals and qualified for the 2013 U.S. Championships, where they finished 11th. Their partnership then came to an end.
Min began representing South Korea internationally in the 2013–14 season, skating with Timothy Koleto. The two placed tenth at the 2014 Four Continents Championships and eighth at an ISU Challenger Series event, the 2014 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Their last event together was the International Cup of Nice in October 2014; they finished fifth.
In 2015, Min teamed up with Alexander Gamelin. They are coached by Igor Shpilband, Fabian Bourzat, Greg Zuerlein, and Adrienne Lenda in Novi, Michigan.
Making their international debut, Min/Gamelin placed fifth at the 2015 CS Ice Challenge. After finishing fourth at the NRW Trophy and seventh at the 2015 CS Warsaw Cup, they were awarded silver behind Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov at the 2016 South Korean Championships. At the 2016 Four Continents Championships in Taipei, they placed ninth in the short dance, eighth in the free dance, and eighth overall, ending up as the top Korean dancers at the event.
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