Sport | Speed Skating | |
FederationID | SSKOR11406199901 | |
NOC | Republic of Korea | |
Born | 14 Jun 1999 in Anyang | |
Gender | Men |
Languages | Korean |
Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
500m | 36.04 | 09 Mar 2018 | Salt Lake City, UT | |||
1000m | 1:08.18 | 05 Dec 2021 | Salt Lake City, UT | |||
1500m | 1:42.54 | 10 Mar 2019 | Salt Lake City, UT | |||
5000m | 6:19.79 | 22 Sep 2017 | Calgary |
Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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Olympic Games | Event | |||||
Olympic Games
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1500m | 2 | |||||
Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 1 | |||||
World Junior Championships | Event | |||||
World Junior Championships
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1000m | 1 | |||||
1500m | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
5000m | 1 | |||||
Mass Start 10 Laps | 1 | 1 | ||||
Team Pursuit | 3 | 1 | ||||
Team Sprint | 2 | |||||
Allround | 2 |
Other sports | He competed in national short track tournaments in the Republic of Korea during the 2012/13 season. (ohmynews.com, 17 Mar 2013) |
Reason for choosing this sport | The coach who discovered his talent encouraged him to become a skater. |
Hero / Idol | Korean speed skater Lee Seung-Hoon, Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer. (gonggam.korea.kr, 28 May 2017; yonhapnews.co.kr, 30 Oct 2014) | |
Awards and honours | He was presented with the Athletics Grand Award at the 64th Korean Sport and Olympic Committee Athletics Awards. (hani.co.kr, 28 Feb 2018) He was named Best Athlete at the 2017 National Winter Games in the Republic of Korea. (hani.co.kr, 12 Feb 2017) He received the Best Performance Award at the 2013 Gyeonggi Province Sports Awards Ceremony in the Republic of Korea. (joongboo.com, 06 Dec 2013) |
When and where did you begin this sport? | He began skating in 2006 in Anyang, Republic of Korea, and decided to focus on speed skating in grade three of primary school. |
Most influential person in career | His parents. (Athlete, 17 Nov 2018) | |
Sporting philosophy / motto | "No pain, no gain." (Athlete, 17 Nov 2018) |
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Milestones | He became the first speed skater representing the Republic of Korea to win a medal in the 1500m at the Olympic Winter Games by claiming bronze at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang. (SportsDeskOnline, 28 Sep 2018; huffingtonpost.kr, 13 Feb 2018) |
Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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2019/2020 | Four Continents Championships | 1500m | 1 | |||
2018 | Olympic Games | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 2 | |||
2019/2020 | Four Continents Championships | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 2 | |||
2021/2022 | Four Continents Championships | 1500m | 3 | |||
2022 | Olympic Games | 1500m | 3 | |||
2018 | Olympic Games | 1500m | 3 | |||
2016/2017 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 5 | |||
2022 | Olympic Games | Team Pursuit | 6 | |||
2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 7 | |||
2019/2020 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 15 | |||
2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 20 | |||
2016/2017 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 21 | |||
2022 | Olympic Games | 1000m | 24 |
World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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2021/2022 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | 1500m | 1 | |||
2017/2018 | Heerenveen | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 1 | |||
2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 2 | |||
2016/2017 | Nagano | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 2 | |||
2016/2017 | Harbin | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 3 | |||
2018/2019 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | 1500m | 3 | |||
2021/2022 | Stavanger | 1500m | 3 | |||
2018/2019 | Hamar | 1500m | 3 | |||
2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 8 | |||
2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 14 | |||
2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 16 | |||
2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 16 | |||
2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start 16 Laps | 20 | |||
2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 20 | |||
2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 23 | |||
2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | Overall | 42 | |||
2015/2016 | World Cup Classification | 5000/10000m | 46 |