Kim Min-jung (speed skater)

Kim Min-Jung

Personal information
Born	(1985-03-20) March 20, 1985 (age 39)[1] Seoul, South Korea[2]
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight	106 lb (48 kg)[2]
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Short track speed skating
World championship wins	2010 3000 m relay 2009 1500 m 2008 3000 m relay 2007 3000 m relay,          Team 2003 Team
Medal record Women's short track speed skating Representing  South Korea World Championships 2007 Milan 3000 m relay 2008 Gangneung 3000 m relay 2009 Vienna 1500 m 2010 Sofia 3000 m relay 2009 Vienna 1000 m 2009 Vienna 3000 m 2009 Vienna Overall 2009 Vienna 3000 m relay World Team Championships 2003 Sofia Team 2007 Budapest Team 2010 Bormio Team 2008 Harbin Team 2009 Heerenveen Team Winter Universiade 2011 Erzurum 3000 m relay 2005 Innsbruck 3000 m 2011 Erzurum 1000 m Asian Winter Games 2007 Jangchun 3000 m relay

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Min-Jung (Korean: 김민정; Hanja: 金玟廷, born March 20, 1985, in Seoul) is a South Korean short track speed skater.

Kim won her first senior World Championship individual gold medal in the women's 1500 meter at the 2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships held in Vienna, edging out future 1500 meter Olympic champion Zhou Yang by 0.503 seconds.

In the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, she competed only in the women's 3000 meter relay, combining with Lee Eun-Byul, Park Seung-Hi and Cho Ha-Ri. The South Korean team finished first but was controversially disqualified due to contact between Kim and Sun Linlin of China.^[3]

See also

• South Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics

References

1. "Kim Min-Jung, Short Track". Athletes. Vancouver 2010. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
2. "Kim Min-Jung". Retrieved March 2, 2010.
3. "China wins controversial gold". UPI. 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2010-03-02.

External links

• Kim Min-Jung's biography on nbcolympics.com