Chun Lee-kyung
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Born | January 6, 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World championship wins | 1995 Overall 1996 Overall 1997 Overall |
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Country | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chun Lee-kyung | |
Hangul | 전이경 |
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Hanja | 全利卿 |
Revised Romanization | Jeon Igyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏn Rigyŏng |
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Chun Lee-kyung (Hangul: 전이경, Hanja: 全利卿; born January 6, 1976 in Okcheon, Chungcheongbuk-do) is a retired South Korean short track speed skater. She is a four-time Olympic Champion [1] and three-time Overall World Champion for 1995–1997. She was a dominant force in International Short Track Speed Skating during the mid-1990s.
Chun took part in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, at the age of 15, but failed to win much attention. In 1994, however, Chun won two gold medals at the Lillehammer Winter Olympic Games. She won the women's 1000 m final, defeating the reigning World Champion Nathalie Lambert and former World Champion Kim So-hee, and was part of the team that won the 3000 m relay in a world record time along with Kim.
Between 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics, Chun won the Overall World Championship three times in a row, in 1995, 1996 and 1997 (becoming the second person to have won three consecutive Overall World Championships). She also won the Overall World Cup title for 1997–1998 season.
In 1998, at the Nagano Winter Olympics, Chun successfully defended both of her Olympic titles, by defeating China's Yang Yang (A) and Yang Yang (S) in the 1000 m final after trailing for most of the race. She led the relay team to another Olympic victory with world record time, completing the first "double-double" in Olympic short track history. She became the first quadruple Olympic Champion in Short Track Speed Skating and the first one from Korea. Chun retired shortly after the 1998 Olympics.
In 2002, Chun was elected to the Athletes' Committee of the International Olympic Committee.[citation needed]
References
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- South Korean short track speed skaters
- Short track speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Short track speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Short track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic short track speed skaters of South Korea
- Olympic gold medalists for South Korea
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
- Yonsei University alumni
- Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
- South Korean female speed skaters
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- People from North Chungcheong Province
- Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating
- Short track speed skaters at the 1990 Asian Winter Games
- Short track speed skaters at the 1996 Asian Winter Games