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| Country |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Short track speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals | World Championship 1992 Overall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kim Ki-hoon | |
| Hangul | 김기훈 |
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| Hanja | 金琪焄 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Gi-hun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Ki-hun |
Kim Ki-hoon (born July 14,1967) is a retired short-track speed skater and the first gold medalist in the Winter Olympics for South Korea. Kim is a three-time Olympic Champion and 1992 Overall World Champion.
Kim first garnered attention when he participated in the short-track demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary,winning the gold medal in the 1500 metres. [1]
Kim swept all the gold medals available in short-track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville,winning won the gold medal in the 1000 metres in a world record time of 1:30.76,and claiming another gold in the 5000 metre relay in a world record time of 7:14.02. Kim went on to win his first world overall champion at the 1992 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Denver. At the championships,Kim captured all five individual gold medals (overall,500 m,1000 m,1500 m,3000 m),which made him become the second skater to sweep all five individual world championship gold medals available(Canada's Sylvie Daigle first achieved the feat at the 1983 World Championships),and the first male one.
Kim Ki-hoon defended his gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer,winning the 1000 metres with a time of 1:34.57. [2]
In 2002,Kim was appointed as a coach of the Korean national short-track speed-skating team. He participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver as the head coach of the South Korean national team. [3]
Kim Ki-hoon is known as the leader who helped Viktor An (Ahn Hyun-soo) to become a world-class player. [4] [5]
In addition,the Korean national team won two gold,four silver and two bronze medals at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics,while he headed the team. However,in March 2010,the match-fixing between the two Olympic medalists,Lee Jung-su and Kwak Yoon-gy,and the deal for the right to participate in the Olympics and the World Championships became a big issue in the Korean society,and they received a three-years suspension from the Korea Sports Council after it was confirmed that it took place under the instructions and supervision of the coaches. [6] [7] The Korean Sport &Olympic Committee did not pay Kim the reward that successfully led the Olympics at the time. In August 2012,Kim filed a lawsuit with the Korean Sport &Olympic Committee and won a court lawsuit and was able to receive his Olympic reward three years later. [8]
He was the head of the Gangneung Athletes' Village during the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. [4]
Kim is currently serving as a full professor at Ulsan College. [9]
Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics was held from 18 to 22 February. Four events were contested at La halle de glace Olympique,located next to the Théâtre des Cérémonies,a couple of kilometers west of downtown Albertville. This was the first time short track speed skating was contested at the Winter Olympics.
Viktor An,is a South Korean-born Russian short-track speed skating coach and retired short-track speed skater. With a total of eight Olympic medals,six gold and two bronze,he is the only short track speed skater in Olympic history to win gold in every distance,and the first to win a medal in every distance at a single Games. He has the most Olympic gold medals in the sport,three of which he won in the 2006 Winter Olympics and the other three in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Considered to be the greatest short track speed skater of all time,he is a six-time overall World champion,two-time overall World Cup winner,and the 2014 European champion. He holds the most overall titles at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships,and is the only male short track skater to win five consecutive world titles.
Lee Ho-suk is a South Korean short track speedskater. He won a gold medal as a part of 5000 m short-track relay team and four silver medals in 2006 Winter Olympics held in Turin,Italy. He is the overall world champion for 2009 and 2010.
Lee Jung-su is a South Korean short track speed skater. He is a two-time Olympic Champion from 2010 Winter Olympics.
Lee Seung-hoon is a South Korean speed skater. He won a gold medal in the 10,000 metres,a silver medal in the 5000 meters at the 2010 Winter Olympics,becoming the first and only Asian man ever to achieve these feats,a gold medal in mass-start at the 2018 Winter Olympics,a gold medal in the mass start at the 2016 World Championships in Kolomna,and a bronze medal in mass-start at the 2022 Winter Olympics. He was a short track speed skater,winning the 2008 World Championship 3000 m super-final and three gold medals at the 2009 Winter Universiade. Lee converted to long track in September 2009,as he failed to earn his spot on the South Korea national short track team in the national trials.
Kwak Yoon-Gy is a South Korean short track speed skater. He is the 2012 Overall World Champion. He is also the two-time Olympics silver medalist in the 2010 and 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
Kim Dong-Sung is a South Korean former short track speed skater. He won a gold medal in 1000m race and silver medal in 5000m relay at the 1998 Winter Olympics. He has been a two-time Overall World Champion in 1997 and in 2002 and two-time Overall World Cup Champion.
South Korea participated in the 2011 Asian Winter Games held in Almaty and Astana,Kazakhstan,from 30 January to 6 February 2011.
Shim Suk-hee is a South Korean short track speed skater. She is a two-time Olympic Champion and a World Champion (2014).
Kim A-lang is a South Korean short track speed skater. Kim made her debut on the international stage with two gold medals and one silver medal at the 2013 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships,placing second in the overall ranking. Kim was part of the short track speed skating team in the 3000 m relay that won a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Four years later,she won another gold in the relay at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Kong Sang-jeong is a South Korean short track speed skater who won a gold Olympic medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the 3000 metre relay.
Kim Cheol-min is a South Korean speed skater.
Joo Hyong-jun is a South Korean speed skater.
Choi Min-jeong is a South Korean short track speed skater. She is a three-time Olympic Champion,a four-time World Champion,Four Continents Champion (2020),and the current world record holder for 1500m. Along with Chun Lee-kyung and Jin Sun-yu,Choi is widely regarded as one of the best female Korean short track speed skaters of all time.
Lin Xiaojun,born Lim Hyo-jun,is a South Korean-born Chinese short track speed skater. He is the 2018 champion of the Men's 1500 m event in short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics,and also set the new Olympic record for the event. Originally starting as a swimmer,Lim took up skating at a young age. Despite multiple injuries early on in his career,he notably won gold at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics upon his international debut in the Boys' 1000 m event. He would later win the 1000 m and 1500 m events in the Budapest leg of the 2017–18 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup and earn selection for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Upon his Olympic debut,Lim won the gold medal,setting a new Olympic record of 2:10.485 in the process,beating Lee Jung-su's previous record set at the 2010 games.
Hwang Dae-heon is a South Korean short track speed skater. He also currently holds the world record in men's 1000 metres short track speed skating.
Stijn Desmet is a Belgian short track speed skater.
The Korea Skating Union is the national governing body for the sports of figure skating,speed skating and short-track speed skating in South Korea,recognised by the International Skating Union and the Korean Sport &Olympic Committee.
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