Lee Kyou-hyuk
Speed Skater, Olympic athlete
1978 –
Who is Lee Kyou-hyuk?
Lee Kyou-hyuk is a South Korean long track speed skater who specializes in the 500 and 1,000 meters. He was the 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 World Sprint Speed Skating Champion and the 2011 World Champion for 500 m. He is one of four men to have won the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships four times.
His first world sprint championship, in 2007, was his first International Championships medal after a 13-year top-level career. As well as his success in the World Sprint Championships, Lee has fourteen wins in individual World Cup races, a gold medal, two silver and one bronze from the World Single Distance Championships and four gold medals from the Asian Winter Games as well as numerous South Korean titles, including 10 successive National Sprint Speed Skating Championships. He has set two world records during his career.
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- Born
- Mar 16, 1978
Seoul - Siblings
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Profession
- Lived in
- South Korea
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on July 23, 2013
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