Yebin Mok

Yebin Mok (born April 19, 1984) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2002 Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medalist, won two bronze medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, and placed fifth at the 2003 World Junior Championships.

Yebin Mok
Born	(1984-04-19) April 19, 1984 (age 39) Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Skating club	All Year FSC
Began skating	1994
Retired	2008

Personal life

Mok was born on April 19, 1984, in Seoul, South Korea.^[1] She emigrated to the United States with her parents when she was seven.^[2]

Career

Mok began skating in 1994 in Culver City, California.^[3] She won Junior Olympics in 1997 in Juvenile,^[4] and 1998 in Intermediate Ladies,^[5] which is equivalent to U.S Junior Nationals. A stress fracture in the summer of 1998 kept her off the ice for three months.^[3]

In October 2000, Mok made her Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut, placing fourth in Germany before winning bronze in the Czech Republic. In November, she won a senior international medal – silver at the Golden Spin of Zagreb. Around 2000, she developed a pinched nerve in her back.^[3] She was selected to compete at the 2001 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She placed tenth in her qualifying group but withdrew before the short program.

In the 2002–03 JGP series, Mok placed fourth in Montreal and won bronze in Beijing. She placed sixth on the senior level at the 2003 U.S. Championships and was sent to the 2003 World Junior Championships in Ostrava. She placed second in her qualifying group, fifth in the short program, sixth in the free skate, and fifth overall in the Czech Republic. Mok later missed five months of training due to a stress fracture in her lower back and then four months due to ganglion cysts on her ankles, which required surgery.^[3]

Mok did not compete in the 2005–06 season. She struggled with eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and depression.^[6][3] In 2008, she became a professional skater for Holiday on Ice.^[7]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2003–2004 ^[1]	Boléro by Maurice Ravel Hollywood Bowl Orchestra	Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven
2002–2003 ^[8]	The Swan (from The Carnival of the Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns	Spartacus
2000–2001 ^[9]	Don Juan DeMarco by Michael Kamen	Concerto No. 1 by Camille Saint-Saëns

Competitive highlights

International^[1]
Event	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	06–07	07–08
Golden Spin							2nd
International: Junior^[1]^[9]
Junior Worlds					WD		5th
JGP Canada							4th
JGP China							3rd
JGP Czech Rep.					3rd
JGP Germany					4th
National^[1]^[10]
U.S. Champ.			5th J.		10th	10th	6th	WD	16th
Junior Olympics	1st Jv.	1st I.
Pacific Coast			4th J.			2nd			3rd		6th
Southwest Pacific			2nd J.			2nd				8th	4th
Levels: Jv. = Juvenile, I. = Intermediate, J. = Junior JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix; QR: Qualifying round; WD: Withdrew

References

1. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007.
2. Mittan, Barry (October 19, 2004). "Twirling's Loss is Skating's Gain". Golden Skate.
3. Hawkins, Chelsea (August 10, 2012). "Yebin Mok Returns to the Ice After Struggling with Eating Disorder". iamkoream.com. from the original on October 1, 2015.
4. Aubert, Antoinette M. (1997). "Pennsylvania Skaters Earn Medals at Junior Olympics". Hearthstone Press. catslair.com. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
5. "The Figure Skating Corner: 1998 Junior Olympics". figure-skating-corner.com. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
6. "Yebin Mok". iamkoreanamerican.com. June 12, 2012. from the original on March 23, 2013.
7. Elfman, Lois (June 7, 2012). "Mok discovers bliss in professional skating". IceNetwork.com.
8. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 2, 2003.
9. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 24, 2001.
10. . U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on April 13, 2005.

External links

• Ye Bin Mok at the International Skating Union