Lee Yu Bin

Republic of Korea

Sport	Short Track
FederationID	STKOR22304200101
NOC	Republic of Korea
Born	23 Apr 2001 in Seoul
Gender	Women

Occupation	Student
Languages	Korean
Residence	Seoul, KOR

Personal Bests	Event	Record	Date	Location
Personal Bests
	Event	Record	Date	Location
	500m	43.141	05 Feb 2022	Beijing
	1000m	1:27.862	09 Feb 2022	Beijing
	1500m	2:16.112	21 Oct 2021	Beijing

Main Achievements
Main Achievements
Olympic Games	Event
Olympic Games
	3000m Relay	1	1
World Championships	Event
World Championships
	3000m Relay	1
World Junior Championships	Event
World Junior Championships
	3000m Relay		1
	Overall	1		1

Sport Specific Information

Club / Team	Yonsei University: Seoul, KOR
Reason for choosing this sport	She was encouraged by her brother Lee Jun-Seo. "Of course I thought that it would be figure skating, so that's why I decided to get involved in skating. However, I realised that it wasn't later. I always looked at figure skaters with envious eyes."
When and where did you begin this sport?	She took up the sport in 2008 in Goyang, Republic of Korea.

Social Media

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General Interest

Hobbies	Dancing. (Athlete, 29 Nov 2021; weeklytoday.com, 20 Jul 2022)
Injuries	In May 2021 she suffered a dislocated left shoulder after colliding with a fence at the national selection trials. However, she did not withdraw from the event and secured her spot in the relay team. She has continued to be troubled a shoulder injury since the incident. (imnews.imbc.com, 20 May 2021; Channel A 'Super DNA', 21 Mar 2022) She fractured her lower spine in 2016. (jobnjoy.com, 07 Jun 2018)
Famous relatives	Her mother Lee Youngju was a hurdle sprinter at national level. Her brother Lee Jun-Seo has competed in short track at national level in the Republic of Korea. (Channel A 'Super DNA', 21 Mar 2022; asansisa.com, 21 Feb 2020; Lee Jun-Seo Instagram profile, 16 Nov 2018; jobnjoy.com, 07 Jun 2018)
Hero / Idol	Korean short track skaters Sung Si-Bak, Park Seung-Hi and Shim Suk-Hee. (jobnjoy.com, 07 Jun 2018)
Awards and honours	She and her 3000m relay teammates Shim Suk-Hee, Kim Ye Jin, Kim A-Lang and Choi Min-Jeong received the Clean Award at the 2018 Coca-Cola Athletics Awards in Republic of Korea. (news.joins.com, 22 Mar 2018)
Memorable sporting achievement	Being part of the Korean team that won gold in the 3000m relay at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, and winning silver in the 3000m relay at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (Athlete, 29 Nov 2021; weeklytoday.com, 20 Jul 2022)
Most influential person in career	Her parents. (Athlete, 29 Nov 2021)
Sporting philosophy / motto	"Whatever will be, will be." (Athlete, 29 Nov 2021)

Championships results	Year	Competition	Event	Rank
Championships results
	2018	Olympic Games	3000m Relay	1
	2016/2017	World Junior Championships	Overall	1
	2017/2018	World Championships	3000m Relay	1
	2015/2016	World Junior Championships	3000m Relay	2
	2022	Olympic Games	3000m Relay	2
	2015/2016	World Junior Championships	Overall	3
	2022	Olympic Games	1500m	6
	2022	Olympic Games	1000m	6
	2022	Olympic Games	2000m Relay	9
	2016/2017	World Junior Championships	3000m Relay	10
	2022	Olympic Games	500m	26

World Cups	Year	Competition	Event	Rank
World Cups
	2021/2022	World Cup Classification	1500m	1
	2017/2018	Shanghai	3000m Relay	1
	2017/2018	Budapest	3000m Relay	1
	2019/2020	Dordrecht	1000m	1
	2021/2022	Beijing	1500m	1
	2021/2022	Dordrecht	1500m	1
	2021/2022	Debrecen	1500m	2
	2021/2022	Nagoya	3000m Relay	2
	2019/2020	Dordrecht	2000m Relay	2
	2017/2018	Dordrecht	3000m Relay	2
	2017/2018	Dordrecht	1000m	3
	2021/2022	Beijing	3000m Relay	3
	2017/2018	Seoul	3000m Relay	3
	2019/2020	Dordrecht	3000m Relay	3
	2019/2020	Dresden	1000m	4
	2017/2018	Shanghai	1000m	4
	2019/2020	Dresden	2000m Relay	5
	2017/2018	World Cup Classification	1000m	6
	2019/2020	World Cup Classification	1000m	10
	2021/2022	World Cup Classification	1000m	12
	2019/2020	World Cup Classification	500m	28
	2021/2022	World Cup Classification	500m	43
	2019/2020	Dresden	500m	45