Goddess of Rhythmic Gymnastics As Son Yeon-jae’s efforts to nurture his younger children were exposed, he made a surprise retirement announcement that attracted a lot of attention.
‘Goddess of rhythmic gymnastics’ Son Yeon-jae.. Currently training juniors
Former gymnast Son Yeon-jae’s past and present have been aired. On MBC’s ‘Point of Omniscient Interfere’, which aired on January 14, Son Yeon-jae was revealed preparing for the Challenge Cup and introduced herself as “Son Yeon-jae’s Spouse”.
Son Yeon-jae is currently working hard to nurture younger children, and as part of this, she is holding the ‘Challenge Cup’, the biggest rhythmic gymnastics competition in Korea, at her own expense. Son Yeon-jae drew attention with her meticulous care from one to ten, befitting a competition she held herself.
Son Yeon-jae said about profit. “I try not to be negative as much as possible, but I’m not getting any profit at all.I confessed.
Son Yeon-jae, who was going to the venue with the manager, suddenly said, “I turned 30 this year. I will retire. today is the final stepAll. It was the last rhythmic gymnastics step in my life.”
However, the manager always says, “It’s a stage for retirement.” After pouring everything into preparations, I talk about retirement with the mindset of ‘I’ll work hard this time and I won’t do it next year’. I’ll say this again next year,” and he laughed.
On this day, there were a total of about 300 young friends who were walking on the path of gymnasts following Son Yeon-jae’s footsteps. The young rhythmic gymnasts did not hide their admiration for Son Yeon-jae, constantly queuing up and asking for photos. Son Yeon-jae took pictures with everyone despite his busy schedule.
Even Park Joo-ho’s daughter Naeun-i dreams of becoming Yeon-jae’s ‘second Son’
In the Challenge Cup, the student taught by Son Yeon-jae, the new challenge of the player who throws tears in the last broadcast, and the talented stage Na Na-eun, the daughter of the soccer player Joo-ho Park, were drawn.
After the competition started, Son Yeon-jae watched the players with loving eyes, admiring them when they did well and regretting when they made mistakes. Son Yeon-jae said, “I hope this will become an experience. I hope I won’t get discouraged when I go to an international competition.”
In particular, the students taught by Son Yeon-jae also participated in the competition, but the player who shed tears because he forgot the choreography in the past has grown up and finished the stage perfectly.
Park Na-eun, daughter of soccer player Park Joo-ho, also took part in the competition. Park Joo-ho’s wife, Anna, was watching from the audience to see Naeun’s stage, but Son Yeon-jae said she was completely unaware of it.
On this day, Son Yeon-jae performed at the gala show. Son Yeon-jae, who became a black swan back in ‘Swan Lake’, recreated the choreography he showed during his active career.
Son Yeon-jae also expressed his wonderful feelings, saying, “I want to enjoy rhythmic gymnastics and keep doing it, so I’m ranking up to 7th place, but from now on, I’ll have to go to r 10th place. .”
“I ate more because I was told not to eat” The reason I was full during active duty
On this day, Son Yeon-jae revealed various behind-the-scenes stories about his active career. After a simple meal of yogurt and apple, he said, “I retire and rather lose my appetite.”
He said, “I think it’s because there’s no one who can’t eat it now. Before, I was told not to eat it, so I wanted to eat more. As a result, I became bigger than now. “
He then explained about the tears during the Rio Olympics in the past. She revealed the reason for her tears when speaking to her mother who came after finishing the competition schedule. Yeon-jae’s son said, “I thought the result was irrelevant, but when I met my mother in the stands, there were tears.
At the time, Son Yeon-jae’s mother admitted that she couldn’t watch her daughter’s game properly because she was nervous. In the broadcast, during the Olympics, Son Yeon-jae’s mother wished for a successful performance with her eyes tightly closed, making everyone cry.
Regarding Son Yeon-jae’s mother, the manager said, “Even when Yeon-jae was a player in Russia, she personally went there and took care of everything. Just like Son Heung-min’s father went to the Germany with him and take care of him “Great players seem to have great parents by their side.” he said.
Then, the mother admitted, “I am sorry to my daughter that she only acted as a manager.” She said, “I think I’m rare as a mother. As I started getting good grades, the expectations and burdens of the people around me grew. I also became a coach. With my mother’s heart, I wonder what it would have been like if I had pampered you a little more gently then.” I admitted.
Yeon-jae’s son said,I agree. “I feel like I’m going to die because it’s hard” and then “Let’s die together” “Let’s stop. Pack your bags” was my mother.”he laughed.
Son Yeon-jae’s husband, ‘the youngest son of a conglomerate family’
Son Yeon-jae, known as the ‘rhythmic gymnastics fairy’, held a private wedding ceremony with a non-famous man on August 21, 2022, with the blessings of family, friends and close acquaintances. Son Yeon-jae announced the news of her first relationship in April 2022.
Son Yeon-jae, who unexpectedly announced the news of her marriage in May after revealing the fact that they were dating, attracted attention by revealing, “In August, I will have a wedding with a non-celebrity for 9 years older.” As a result, attention was focused on the identity, occupation, company, and age of Mab Yeon-jae’s husband.
Son Yeon-jae’s husband, Lee Jun-hyo, turned out to be the manager of the Korean branch of Ulysses Capital, an American hedge fund.
Lee Jun-hyo is a representative of an investment company that represents a whopping 170 billion won. According to the Korea Startup Investment Database (theVC), US hedge fund Ulysses Capital, run by Son Yeon-jae’s husband, invested hundreds of millions of won money in Terraform Labs in 2019.
However, the investment was placed in ‘Terapintech’, a separate investment-only corporation, not Terraform Labs. The amount of investment raised by Terra Fintech is 32 billion won by 10 institutions, including Ulysses Capital.
At the moment, Mr. Lee serves as CEO of Ulysses Capital. In addition to ‘Tera’, Ulysses Capital is implementing a ‘seed money’ or ‘series A’ investment of KRW 300 million in 9 domestic startups.
I became the ‘CEO of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy’ following my husband… How much is the tuition?
Meanwhile, Son Yeon-jae opened a rhythmic gymnastics academy called ‘Reef Studio’ which saved her career. She explained, “I started a studio that teaches the public, so I teach adults and children.”
He also revealed that there are currently around 100 students, saying, “I was in the red for the first year, but now I’ve settled down a bit.”
As a result, many people wondered how much it would cost to take a lecture directly from Son Yeon-jae. “I looked into it, and it was about 265,000 won three times,” he explained of the training. This is about 90,000 won per episode.As a result, it is relatively cheap compared to the cost of listening to national instructors, but it is known to be a group lecture rather than a private lesson.
In addition, on the Leaf Studio website, currently available lectures are announced. The training for Son Yeon-jae’s lecture is not specified correctly, but for other general trainers, there is a group class program which n run for 50 minutes once a week in about 160,000 have won for 4 weeks
