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Clare Seo
Native name서희원 (Korean)
Other namesSeo Hee-won
Heewon Seo
Born (2006-10-17) October 17, 2006 (age 18)
Claremont, California,
United States
HometownColorado Springs, Colorado
Height1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
(since 2020)
 South Korea (2019–20)
DisciplineWomen's singles
CoachEddie Shipstad
Skating clubBroadmoor Skating Club
Began skating2010

Clare Seo or Seo Hee-won (Korean: 서희원; born October 17, 2006) is an 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.

Seo is also the 2020 South Korean junior national champion.

Personal life

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Seo was born on October 17, 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

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Early years

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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

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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

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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

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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]

At the 2024 U.S. Championships, Seo placed third in the short program but sixth in the free skate, dropping to eighth place overall.[14]

2024–25 season

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Seo started the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing eighth at the 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International and twelfth at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup.[12]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–25
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2023–24
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2022–23
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2020–22
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Competitive highlights

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Single skating (for the United States)

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Competition placements at senior level [14]
Season 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
U.S. Championships 7th 5th TBD
GP Skate America 10th
CS Budapest Trophy 3rd
CS Cranberry Cup 7th 8th
CS Ice Challenge 8th
CS Warsaw Cup 12th
Competition placements at junior level [14]
Season 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
World Junior Championships 6th 8th
U.S. Championships 3rd 1st
JGP France 3rd 5th
JGP Poland 4th 8th

Single skating (for South Korea)

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Competition placements at junior level [18]
Season 2019–20
South Korean Championships 1st

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the 5/-5 GOE System [14]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 182.81 2022 World Junior Championships
Short program TSS 63.43 2021 JGP France I
TES 36.60 2021 JGP France I
PCS 29.46 2023 CS Budapest Trophy
Free skating TSS 122.20 2022 World Junior Championships
TES 66.83 2022 World Junior Championships
PCS 58.34 2023 CS Budapest Trophy

Single skating (for the United States)

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Senior level

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Results in the 2022–23 season [14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 9–13, 2022 Austria 2022 CS Ice Challenge 16 46.73 4 111.76 8 158.49
Jan 23–29, 2023 United States 2023 U.S. Championships 7 61.48 9 114.12 7 175.60
Results in the 2023–24 season [14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 9–13, 2023 United States 2023 Cranberry Cup International 4 56.48 9 91.99 7 148.47
Oct 13–15, 2023 Hungary 2023 CS Budapest Trophy 2 63.55 4 108.59 3 171.94
Oct 20–22, 2023 United States 2023 Skate America 11 58.14 10 105.63 10 163.77
Jan 22–28, 2024 United States 2024 U.S. Championships 3 67.41 6 120.15 5 187.56
Results in the 2024–25 season [14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 8–11, 2024 United States 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International 6 56.92 9 90.74 8 147.66
Nov 20–24, 2024 Poland 2024 CS Warsaw Cup 10 52.45 11 95.25 12 147.70

Junior level

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Results in the 2020–21 season [14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 11–21, 2021 United States 2021 U.S. Championships (Junior) 3 60.27 3 113.24 3 173.51
Results in the 2021–22 season [14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 18–21, 2021 France 2021 JGP France I 1 63.43 4 111.37 3 174.80
Aug 29 – Sep 2, 2021 Poland 2021 JGP Poland 2 62.19 4 112.67 4 174.86
Jan 3–9, 2022 United States 2022 U.S. Championships (Junior) 1 67.38 2 118.15 1 185.53
Apr 13–17, 2022 Estonia 2022 World Junior Championships 10 60.61 5 122.20 6 182.81
Results in the 2022–23 season [14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 24–27, 2022 France 2022 JGP France 5 54.23 5 114.11 5 168.34
Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2022 Poland 2022 JGP Poland I 10 57.23 9 113.10 8 170.33
Feb 27 – Mar 5, 2023 Canada 2023 World Junior Championships 9 58.41 9 114.21 8 172.62

Single skating (for South Korea)

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Results in the 2019–20 season [18]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 3–5, 2020 South Korea 2020 South Korean Championships (Junior) 1 54.59 1 102.47 1 157.06

References

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  1. ^ Feigenbaum, Paige (April 12, 2022). "U.S. Junior Champion Clare Seo Sets Sights on Clean Routines at World Junior Championships". U.S. Figure Skating.
  2. ^ a b Martinez, Jillian L. (August 17, 2022). "Clare Seo Preparing for Senior Level". U.S. Figure Skating.
  3. ^ a b c "2022–23 Figure Skating Roster: Clare Seo". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on March 4, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Clare SEO: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 3, 2023.
  5. ^ "2021 JGP Gdansk Women Results". ISU. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  6. ^ "2021 JGP Courchevel Women Results". ISU. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  7. ^ "Junior Ladies Results". U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  8. ^ "2022 Junior Worlds Women Results". ISU. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  9. ^ "2022 JGP Courchevel Women Results". ISU. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  10. ^ "2022 JGP Gdansk Women Results". ISU Results. ISU. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  11. ^ "2022 CS Ice Challenge". International Skating Union. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Clare SEO: Competition Results". International Skating Union. August 25, 2022.
  13. ^ Slater, Paula (October 23, 2023). "Belgium's Hendrickx clear winner at Skate America". Golden Skate. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "USA–Clare Seo". SkatingScores.
  15. ^ "Clare SEO: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 22, 2024.
  16. ^ "Clare SEO: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 23, 2023.
  17. ^ "Clare SEO: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022.
  18. ^ a b "KOR–Heewon Seo". SkatingScores.
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