{{Short description|South Korean snowboarder (born 2008)}} {{family name hatnote|Yu||lang=Korean}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Yu Seung-eun | nickname = | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2008|1|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Seoul, South Korea | hometown = | country = South Korea | sport = Snowboarding | event = Big air, Slopestyle | height = | weight = | club = | website = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's snowboarding}} {{MedalCountry|{{KOR}}}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalBronze|2026 Milano Cortina|Big air}} }} '''Yu Seung-eun''' ({{Korean|hangul=유승은}}; born 28 January 2008) is a South Korean snowboarder.
==Career== During the 2025–26 FIS Snowboard World Cup, Yu earned her first career World Cup podium on 13 December 2025, finishing in second place in big air.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20251214/teen-snowboarder-captures-1st-career-world-cup-medal |title=Teen snowboarder captures 1st career World Cup medal |newspaper=The Korea Times |date=14 December 2025 |access-date=8 February 2026}}</ref> She became the first South Korean snowboarder to win a World Cup medal in the big air event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chosun.com/english/sports-en/2025/12/15/W5D3I65AFBGSPER52ZBQ75E574/ |title=17-Year-Old Yoo Seung-eun Wins South Korea's First Big Air Medal |newspaper=The Chosun Daily |first=Tae-dong |last=Lee |date=14 December 2025 |access-date=8 February 2026}}</ref>
In January 2026, she was selected to represent South Korea at the 2026 Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.segye.com/newsView/20251216519419|title=승리의 함성 준비됐나요?... 우리가 뛴다 [2026 신년특집-슈퍼 스포츠]|website=Segye Ilbo|date=1 January 2026 |access-date=4 April 2026|language=ko}}</ref> She won a bronze medal in the big air event with a score of 171.00. She became the first South Korean woman to win a medal in snowboarding.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260210/snowboarder-yu-seung-eun-grabs-bronze-in-womens-big-air |title=Snowboarder Yu Seung-eun grabs bronze in women's big air |newspaper=The Korea Times |date=9 February 2026 |access-date=9 February 2026}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== <!-- name as spelled at each website --> * {{FIS snowboarder|261339|Yu Seungeun}} * [https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/athlete-details/42181 Yu Seungeun] at Milano Cortina 2026 * {{Olympics.com|seungeun-yu|Yu Seungeun}} * {{Olympedia|name=Yu Seung-Eun}} * {{Instagram|seungeun._yu|유승은 Seungeun Yu}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Seung-eun}} Category:2008 births Category:Living people Category:South Korean female snowboarders Category:Sportspeople from Seoul Category:Snowboarders at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics Category:Snowboarders at the 2026 Winter Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2026 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic medalists in snowboarding Category:Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Category:Olympic snowboarders for South Korea Category:21st-century South Korean sportswomen
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