Lim Ju-heon explained

Lim Ju-heon (; born September 22, 2005) is a South Korean figure skater. He is a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist and the 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge champion.

Personal life

Lim was born on September 22, 2005, in Seoul, South Korea. He moved to Ontario, Canada as a young child, before moving back to South Korea in 2020. Due to having spent most of his childhood in Canada, Lim is bilingual and able to communicate in both Korean and English fluently.

Career

Early career

Lim began skating in 2014 while still living in Canada. Originally, Lim was interested in trying ice hockey, however, while attending a Canadian learn-to-skate program, CanSkate, one of the coaches convinced Lim to pursue figure skating as he appeared to be far more suited for the sport. Lim would then begin training at the Hamilton Skating Club, where he was coached by Bryce Davison and Jennifer Jackson.

He competed at the 2020 Canadian Junior Championships, where he finished sixth. Following the event, Lim broke his ankle and the COVID-19 pandemic had begun spreading to Canada. Due to the pandemic, all hospitals in Ontario had closed down and Lim was unable to access any rehabilitation centers. This prompted him to return to South Korea, where he would be able to receive medical treatment for his injury. Lim would ultimately decide to permanently remain in South Korea and represent the country. Choi Hyung-kyung would become his new coach.

Lim first began skating for South Korea during the 2021–22 figure skating season, finishing fourth at the 2022 South Korean Annual Ranking Competition and eighth at the 2022 South Korean Championships.

The following season, Lim placed eighth at the 2023 South Korean Annual Ranking Competition and ninth at the 2023 South Korean Championships. He was unable to compete internationally due to sustaining another broken ankle. Following the 2022–23 season, Lim switched coaches from Choi Hyung-kyung to Chi Hyun-jung and Kim Jin-seo became his new coaches.

2023–2024 season

Competing at the 2023 South Korean ISU Junior Grand Prix Qualifiers, Lim finished third. Due to this placement, Lim was assigned to two events on the 2023–24 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. He won the silver medal at 2023 JGP Japan and gold at 2023 JGP Poland. These results allowed Lim to qualify for the 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final in Beijing, China. He then went on to compete on the senior level at the 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, where he won the gold medal. He subsequently competed at the South Korean Annual Ranking Competition, placing fifth.

At the Junior Grand Prix Final placed second in the short program but fourth in the free skater, dropping to fourth place overall. Going on to compete at the 2024 South Korean Championships, Lim placed eighth.

Getting selected as one of the three men's singles skaters to represent South Korea at the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, China, Lim would finish thirteenth.

2024–2025 season

Lim started the season by competing at the 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy, where he finished eighth. Making his senior Grand Prix series debut, Lim finished twelfth at the 2024 NHK Trophy. Two weeks following that event, he would finish ninth at the annual South Korean Ranking Competition.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2024–2025	Waves	Interstellar (Original Score)
2023–2024	Your Song	Game of Thrones Arrival at Winterfell Game of Thrones Jenny of Oldstones Game of Thrones (Kshmr & The Golden Army Remix)
2022–2023		The Shawshank Redemption Shawshank Redemption So Was Red End Title
2021–2022		The Matrix Revolutions Tetsujin Trinity Definitely Navras
2020–21	Did not compete this season
2019–20	The Last Tango	Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra

Competitive highlights

For South Korea

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

International: Senior
Event	21–22	22–23	23–24	24–25
align=left				13th
align=left					12th
align=left				bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left					8th
International: Junior
align=left				4th
align=left				bgcolor=silver	2nd
align=left				bgcolor=gold	1st
National
	8th	9th	8th
align=left	Ranking Competition	4th	8th	5th	9th

For Canada

1	National
Event	2019–20
align=left		6th J

Detailed results

Senior results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

2024–25 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 8–10, 2024	2024 NHK Trophy	align=center	12 74.31	align=center	12 121.74	align=center	12 196.05
September 13–15, 2024	2024 CS Lombardia Trophy	align=center	10 66.26	align=center	8 149.28	align=center	8 215.54
2023–24 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 30–February 4, 2024	2024 Four Continents Championships	align=center	13 70.27	align=center	12 141.13	align=center	13 211.40
January 4–7, 2024	2024 South Korean Championships	align=center	4 77.72	align=center	8 136.84	align=center	8 214.56
November 1–4, 2024	2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	align=center	2 76.52	align=center	1 158.34	align=center bgcolor=gold	1 234.86
2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 5–8, 2023	2023 South Korean Championships	align=center	6 72.33	align=center	10 123.09	align=center	9 195.42
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 7–9, 2023	2022 South Korean Championships	align=center	8 64.39	align=center	5 134.28	align=center	8 198.67

Junior results

2023–24 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 7–10, 2023	2023–24 JGP Final	align=center bgcolor=silver	2 73.72	align=center	4 136.27	align=center	4 209.99
September 27–30, 2023	2023 JGP Poland	align=center	1 76.08	align=center	1 145.47	align=center bgcolor=gold	1 221.55
September 13–16, 2023	2023 JGP Japan	align=center	1 75.38	align=center	2 142.57	align=center bgcolor=silver	2 217.95
2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 13–19, 2020	2020 Canadian Junior Championships	align=center	5 60.76	align=center	5 115.80	align=center	6 176.56

External links

• • Juheon Lim at SkatingScores.com