South Korea was the host nation and competed as Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 401 competitors,269 men and 132 women,took part in 218 events in 27 sports.
South Korea competed as Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona,Spain. 226 competitors,154 men and 72 women,took part in 134 events in 24 sports.
South Korea competed as Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,United States. 300 competitors,189 men and 111 women,took part in 160 events in 25 sports.
South Korea competed as Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,Australia. Athletes from North and South Korea marched together in the opening ceremony under the Korean Unification Flag. 281 competitors,175 men and 106 women,took part in 144 events in 26 sports.
Won Woo-young is a South Korean sabre fencer. He won gold at the Olympics,World Championships,Asian Games and Asian Championships and is the first Asian fencer to win gold in the men's individual sabre event at the World Championships.
Oh Eun-seok is a South Korean retired sabre fencer. He is an Olympic and Asian Games gold medalist in the team event.
Mo Tae-bum is a South Korean speed skater. He is the 2010 Olympic Champion and the 2012 and 2013 World Champion in 500 m. He started speedskating while in the third grade. Prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics,Mo won two distances at the 2006 World Junior Speed Skating Championships. He has competed on the national level since 2004 and has competed internationally since 2005.
Take Off is a 2009 South Korean sport comedy-drama film written and directed by Kim Yong-hwa. The film was the 2nd most attended film of the year in South Korea with 8,392,953 admissions.
South Korea competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,from July 27 to August 12,2012. This was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Olympics,having missed the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States boycott. The Korean Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1992. A total of 248 athletes,135 men and 113 women,competed in 22 sports.
Kim Eun-jung,nicknamed "Annie" is a South Korean curler from Uiseong. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. Kim skipped the national team from 2016 to 2018 and represented Korea on home ice at the 2018 Winter Olympics,where her team won a silver medal.
South Korea,officially the Republic of Korea,competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil,from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Olympics. The Korean Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest ever delegation to the Games in Olympic history since 1984. A total of 205 athletes,103 men and 101 women,competed in 24 sports.
Kim Chang-min is a South Korean curler. Kim was the skip of the South Korean men's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
South Korea competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro,Japan from 19 to 26 February. The country's goal for the games was a top two finish,and a record medal haul with at least 15 gold medals.
Kim Seon-yeong,nicknamed "Sunny" is a South Korean curler. She was the second,but now plays lead on Team Kim Eun-jung. The Kim team represented South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics,where they won a silver medal.
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.
Kim Cho-hi,nicknamed Chocho is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She was the alternate,but now plays second for Team Kim Eun-jung. The Kim team represented South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics,where they won a silver medal.
South Korea participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang,Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. It was the 18th appearance of the country at the Asian Games,except the first edition in Delhi. As one of the best competitors at the Games,South Korea's best achievement was in the 2002 Busan,with the acquisition of 96 gold,80 silver and 84 bronze medals. At the latest edition in 2014 Incheon,the country had collected 79 gold,71 silver,and 84 bronze medals.
Kim Su-jin is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She currently plays lead on the Chuncheon City Hall curling team,skipped by Ha Seung-youn. While playing with Kim Min-ji,she won a gold medal at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships and a silver medal at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships.
The men's team sabre event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July 2021 at the Makuhari Messe,with 27 fencers from 9 nations competing.
The 2021 Korean Curling Championships,Korea's national curling championships,were held from June 23 to July 3 at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung,South Korea. The winning teams on both the men's and women's sides became the Korean National Teams for the 2021–22 curling season. They represented Korea at the 2021 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships,2022 World Women's Curling Championship,2022 World Men's Curling Championship and the Olympic Qualification Event in attempts to reach the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing,China. The championship was held in two rounds.
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