Clare Seo

Clare Seo or Seo Hee-won (Hangul: 서희원; born 17 October 2006) is a Korean-American figure skater. Competing for the United States, she is the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy bronze medalist, 2021 JGP France I bronze medalist, and the 2022 U.S. junior national champion. She has placed within the top ten at two World Junior Championships, finishing sixth in 2022 and eighth in 2023.

Clare Seo
Native name서희원 (Korean)
Other namesSeo Hee-won
Heewon Seo
Born (2006-10-17) 17 October 2006
Claremont, California, USA
HometownColorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Height1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
CoachTammy Gambill
Skating clubBroadmoor Skating Club
Began skating2010

Seo is also the 2020 South Korean junior national champion.

Personal life

Seo was born on 17 October 2006 in Claremont, California, to Korean parents who were studying in the United States at the time. The family returned to South Korea when Seo was five years old and remained there until 2020, after which Seo moved back to the U.S. with her mother and her younger sister, Clara.[1] As of 2022, she is a student at Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[2] She intends to pursue a career in sports psychology once she retires from competitive skating.[3]

Career

Early years

Seo began learning to skate in 2010.[4] She won gold in the junior women's event at the 2020 South Korean Championships. She was the junior women's bronze medalist at the 2021 U.S. Championships.

2021–22 season: U.S. junior national champion

Seo made her junior international debut on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit in August at the 2021 JGP France I, the first of two JGP events held in Courchevel, France. She placed first in the short program, but fell to fourth in the free skate to finish third overall behind compatriot Lindsay Thorngren and Canadian competitor Kaiya Ruiter.[5] At her second JGP assignment, the 2021 JGP Poland held in September, Seo was third in the short program and, again, fourth in the free skate to finish just off the podium in fourth overall.[6]

Seo did not compete again until January, when she won the junior national title at the 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, besting domestic rivals Ava Ziegler, Josephine Lee, and Katie Shen. Due to her placement at junior nationals, Seo was named to the American team for the 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships alongside Isabeau Levito and Lindsay Thorngren, both of whom competed at the senior level at nationals.[7]

At Junior Worlds in April, Seo was 10th in the short program, but climbed to fifth in the free skate to finish sixth overall.[8]

2022–23 season

Seo opened her season back in Courchevel, France at the 2022 JGP France in late August. She placed fifth in both the short program and free skating segments of the competition, and finished fifth overall.[9] At Seo's second Grand Prix event, 2022 JGP Poland, she finished in eighth place after placing tenth in the short program and ninth in the free skate.[10]

Making her international senior debut at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge, Seo finished sixteenth in the short program after falling on two jump elements, but rebounded with a fourth-place free skate and finished eighth overall.[11] Also competing as a senior, she finished seventh at the 2023 U.S. Championships. She was assigned to the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, where she placed eighth, the highest placement of the three American girls at the event.

2023–24 season

Seo began the season with a seventh-place finish at the 2023 Cranberry Cup International, before going on to win the bronze medal at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy.[12] Invited to make her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2023 Skate America, she came tenth.[13]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[14]
  • Libertango
  • Oblivion
    by Astor Piazzolla
    choreo. by Sonja Hilmer
2022–2023
[3][4][2]
2020–2022
[3][15]

Competitive highlights

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

For the United States
International [12]
Event 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
GP Skate America10th
CS Budapest Trophy3rd
CS Ice Challenge8th
Cranberry Cup7th
International: Junior [12]
Junior Worlds6th8th
JGP France3rd5th
JGP Poland4th8th
National[3]
U.S. Championships3rd J1st J7th
Championship Series2nd J
USCS Nevada1st J
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled
Levels: J = Junior

For South Korea
National
Event 19–20
South Korean Championships1st J
J = Junior level

Detailed results
ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system [16]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS182.812022 Junior Worlds
Short program TSS63.432021 JGP France I
TES36.602021 JGP France I
PCS29.462023 CS Budapest Trophy
Free skating TSS122.202022 Junior Worlds
TES66.832022 Junior Worlds
PCS58.342023 CS Budapest Trophy

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Senior results
2023–2024 season
Date Event SP FS Total
October 20–22, 2023 2023 Skate America 11
58.14		 10
105.63		 10
163.77
October 13-15, 2023 2023 CS Budapest Trophy 2
63.55		 4
108.59		 3
171.94
August 9–13, 2023 2023 Cranberry Cup International 4
56.48		 9
91.99		 7
148.47
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
23–29 January 2023 2023 U. S. Championships 7
61.48		 9
114.12		 7
175.60
9–13 November 2022 2022 CS Ice Challenge 16
46.73		 4
111.76		 8
158.49

Junior results
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
27 February–5 March, 2023 2023 World Junior Championships 9
58.41		 9
114.21		 8
172.62
28 September–1 October 2022 2022 JGP Poland I 10
57.23		 9
113.10		 8
170.33
24–27 August 2022 2022 JGP France 5
54.23		 5
114.11		 5
168.34
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
13–17 April 2022 2022 World Junior Championships 10
60.61		 5
122.20		 6
182.81
3–9 January 2022 2022 U. S. Junior Championships 1
67.38		 2
118.15		 1
185.53
11–16 October 2021 2021 USCS Nevada 2
57.04		 2
122.80		 1
179.84
29 August–2 September 2021 2021 JGP Poland 2
62.19		 4
112.67		 4
174.86
18–21 August 2021 2021 JGP France I 1
63.43		 4
111.37		 3
174.80
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
11–21 January 2021 2021 U. S. Junior Championships 3
60.27		 3
113.24		 3
173.51
28 December 2020 2021 U. S. Championship Series – 2
105.33		 2
105.33
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
3–5 January 2020 2020 South Korean Junior Championships 1
54.59		 1
102.47		 1
157.06

References
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  2. Martinez, Jillian L. (August 17, 2022). "Clare Seo Preparing for Senior Level". U.S. Figure Skating.
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  13. Slater, Paula (October 23, 2023). "Belgium's Hendrickx clear winner at Skate America". Golden Skate. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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