KB Financial Group Donates 50 Million KRW in Scholarships for Aspiring Figure Skaters

Scholarship Awarded for 8 Years Since 2015

Jinyoung Kim, Executive Director of Brand Management at KB Financial Group, is presenting a figure skating scholarship to Hongsik Kim, Standing Vice Chairman of the Korea Skating Union.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Sun-mi] KB Financial Group announced on the 10th that it has donated 50 million KRW for the ‘KB Financial Figure Skating Dream Scholarship’ to the Korea Skating Union to support young figure skating talents in Korea.

Since 2015, KB Financial has selected 10 promising young figure skaters (2 boys and 8 girls) annually and provided scholarships under the purpose of ‘developing figure skating through supporting youth prospects.’

The scholarships will be awarded to young figure skating talents, with recipients selected by the Korea Skating Union based on combined results from the ‘2021 KB Financial National Men’s and Women’s Figure Skating President’s Cup Ranking Competition’ held last December and the recently held ‘KB Financial Korean Figure Skating Championship 2022.’

A KB Financial representative stated, “KB Financial has established itself as a strong supporter of domestic sports by discovering and nurturing sports prospects such as Kim Yuna, Choi Min-jung (short track), Yun Sung-bin (skeleton), and Yeo Seo-jeong (gymnastics).” He added, “We will continue sincere support so that the next generation of sports prospects can challenge the world stage and achieve their dreams.”

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