Three students from Jeju international schools earn spots on South Korea’s national cheerleading team ... to compete at the Asian Championships on the 18th

【Financial News, Jeju—Reporter Jeong Yong-bok】 Three students from Jeju international schools have been selected for South Korea’s national cheerleading team and will take the stage at the Asian Championships on the 18th. They attend different schools but have trained together on a local Jeju team.
According to the Korea Cheerleading Association on the 15th, Ryu Da-hyun, a Year 10 student at North London Collegiate School Jeju (NLCS Jeju), and Kim Ji-a and Choi Ye-dam, Grade 8 students at Korea International School Jeju Campus (KIS Jeju), have been selected for South Korea’s Youth All Girl national cheerleading team.
The three students are members of the Jeju-based cheerleading team Black Eagles. The team is led by coach Jang Jin-woo, chair of the Korea Cheerleading Association’s Performance Enhancement Committee, and the three athletes have joined South Korea’s Youth All Girl national team, led by coach Yoo Jin-woo.
The competition is the “2026 International Cheer Union (ICU) Asian Cheerleading Championships,” taking place in Malaysia from the 16th to the 18th. It is an international competition where national teams from across Asia test their skills by age group and event category.
According to the local organizing committee, South Korea will compete in the “Youth All Girls Median” division on the 18th. Its entry number is ACC116, and the venue is the IOI Grand Exhibition and Convention Centre in Putrajaya, Malaysia.

Youth All Girl Median is a team event for female athletes aged 12 to 15. It corresponds to Level 3, the International Cheer Union’s technical difficulty standard. Athletes combine stunts and pyramids, in which they lift and support one another, with tumbling, which includes rotational movements.
Cheerleading is a competitive sport that evolved from activities designed to encourage audience participation. In team events in particular, success depends not only on individual athletes’ skills but also on precision of movement, coordination among teammates, balance, and stability in executing skills.
Nineteen athletes are registered on South Korea’s Youth All Girl team for this competition. The three students from Jeju international schools will also compete against athletes from across Asia as members of the team.
It is also notable that students who trained together on a local Jeju team have been selected for the national team. Their selection is an example of how training experience gained with a local sports team while attending school in Jeju has led to participation in an international competition.
The three athletes are scheduled to compete in the Youth All Girl Median event on the 18th as members of South Korea’s national team.


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