Choi Min Jeong
Korea
| Sport | Short Track | |
| FederationID | STKOR20909199801 | |
| NOC | Korea | |
| Born | 09 Sep 1998
in Seoul  |
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| Gender | Women |
| Residence | Seoul, KOR | |
| Occupation | Student | |
| Languages | Korean |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 42.422 | 13 Feb 2018 | Gangneung |
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| 1000m | 1:28.546 | 19 Nov 2017 | Seoul |
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| 1500m | 2:14.354 | 12 Nov 2016 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 3000m | 4:58.939 | 18 Mar 2018 |  Montreal |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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| Olympic Games | Event | |||||
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Olympic Games
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| 1500m | 1 | |||||
| 3000m Relay | 1 | |||||
| World Championships | Event | |||||
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World Championships
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| 500m | 1 | |||||
| 1000m | 2 | |||||
| 1500m | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 3000m Relay | 3 | |||||
| Overall | 3 | |||||
| World Junior Championships | Event | |||||
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World Junior Championships
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| 3000m Relay | 1 | |||||
| Overall | 1 | |||||
Social Media
Social Media
| instagram.com/chmj10021 |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Training Regime | She trains for 10 hours a day during the season, which includes three hours of weight training and skating 300 laps of the rink. | |
| Club / Team | Seongnam City Hall: Korea | |
| Reason for choosing this sport | Her father encouraged her to go to a skating class during the winter holidays. | |
| Name of coach | Son Sae-Won [club], KOR; Song Kyung-Taek [national], KOR | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She began skating in 2004 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Injuries | She sustained a knee injury in the early part of 2018 that troubled her into the 2018/19 season. (isu.org, 11 Nov 2018) She was bothered by an ankle injury after falling at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Erzurum, Turkey. (icenews.co.kr, 09 Sep 2014) |
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| Awards and honours | She and her 3000m relay teammates Shim Suk-Hee, Lee Yubin, Kim A-Lang and Kim Ye Jin received the Clean Award at the 2018 Coca-Cola Athletics Awards in Republic of Korea. (news.joins.com, 22 Mar 2018) She received an Excellence Award at the 2018 Coca-Cola Athletics Awards in Republic of Korea. (ajunews.com, 21 Mar 2018) She received the Top Player Award at the 2016 and 2017 Korean Women's Sports Grand Awards. (news.jtbc.joins.com, 14 Dec 2017; sports.news.naver.com, 19 Dec 2016) She was given the Best Athletics Award at the 62nd Korean Athletics Awards Ceremony by the Korean Olympic Committee. (news.donga.com, 23 Feb 2016) She received the Rookie of the Year Award at the 2015 Korean Women's Sports Grand Awards. (kyeonggi.com, 18 Nov 2015) She was named the 2014 Rookie of the Year at the Korean Sports Awards. She shared the award with shooter Kim Cheong-Yong. (yonhapnews.co.kr, 24 Feb 2015) |
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| Ambitions | To win multiple gold medals at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (news.sbs.co.kr, 28 Jul 2018) | |
| Most influential person in career | Her father, and coach Kim Sun-Tae (Athlete, 04 Nov 2018) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Becoming overall champion at the world championships in 2015, 2016 and 2018, and winning gold in the 1500m and the 3000m relay at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (Athlete, 04 Nov 2018) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2014/2015 | World Championships | Overall | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Championships | Overall | 1 | |||
| 2013/2014 | World Junior Championships | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Championships | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Championships | Overall | 1 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Championships | 1000m | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Championships | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2018 | Olympic Games | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Championships | 1000m | 1 | |||
| 2018 | Olympic Games | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Championships | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Championships | 500m | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Championships | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Championships | 1500m | 2 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Championships | 1500m | 3 | |||
| 2013/2014 | World Junior Championships | Overall | 3 | |||
| 2018 | Olympic Games | 1000m | 4 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Championships | 500m | 4 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Championships | 500m | 4 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Championships | 1000m | 4 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Championships | 1000m | 5 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Championships | 1500m | 5 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Championships | Overall | 6 | |||
| 2018 | Olympic Games | 500m | 6 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Championships | 500m | 7 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2015/2016 | World Cup | 1000m | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | Dresden | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Montreal, QC | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Salt Lake City, UT | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Nagoya | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Toronto, ON | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Toronto, ON | 500m | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Nagoya | 1000m | 1 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Shanghai | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Gangneung | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Budapest | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | Shanghai | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Salt Lake City, UT | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Calgary, AB | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Dordrecht | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Budapest | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Shanghai | 1000m | 1 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Gangneung | 500m | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Seoul | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Montreal, QC | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Shanghai | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Shanghai | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Toronto, ON | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Nagoya | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Seoul | 1000m | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Budapest | 1000m | 1 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Almaty | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2014/2015 | Dresden | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Salt Lake City, UT | 3000m Relay | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Budapest | 500m | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Montreal, QC | 1000m | 1 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Montreal, QC | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Shanghai | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Seoul | 3000m | 1 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Seoul | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Shanghai | 1000m | 1 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Calgary, AB | 1000m | 1 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Salt Lake City, UT | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Salt Lake City, UT | 1500m | 1 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup | 1000m | 2 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | 500m | 2 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | 1000m | 2 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Calgary, AB | 1500m | 2 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Seoul | 3000m Relay | 2 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Shanghai | 500m | 2 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Gangneung | 1000m | 2 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup Turin | 1000m | 2 | |||
| 2015/2016 | Dresden | 1500m | 2 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Montreal, QC | 1000m | 2 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Dordrecht | 500m | 2 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Almaty | 2000m Relay | 2 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Almaty | 3000m Relay | 2 | |||
| 2017/2018 | Shanghai | 1500m | 2 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Salt Lake City, UT | 500m | 2 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Salt Lake City, UT | 1000m | 2 | |||
| 2014/2015 | Erzurum | 3000m Relay | 2 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Dordrecht | 1000m | 2 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Calgary, AB | 3000m Relay | 2 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Seoul | 500m | 2 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Montreal, QC | 1000m | 2 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Dordrecht | 3000m Relay | 2 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup | 1500m | 3 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup | 1000m | 3 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Calgary, AB | 2000m Relay | 3 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Dresden | 3000m Relay | 3 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Seoul | 3000m Relay | 3 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Dresden | 2000m Relay | 4 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup | 500m | 5 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup | 500m | 5 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Almaty | 1500m | 5 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Calgary, AB | 1500m | 5 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Dresden | 1500m | 5 | |||
| 2014/2015 | Erzurum | 1000m | 6 | |||
| 2014/2015 | Dresden | 500m | 6 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup | 1500m | 7 | |||
| 2014/2015 | Erzurum | 1500m | 7 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Salt Lake City, UT | 500m | 8 | |||
| 2015/2016 | Dresden | 3000m Relay | 8 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Calgary, AB | 500m | 13 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup | 1000m | 14 | |||
| 2017/2018 | Shanghai | 500m | 16 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Dresden | 1000m | 20 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup | 500m | 25 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup | 500m | 27 | |||