Kim swept all the gold medals available in short-track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, winning won the gold medal in the 1000 metres in a world record time of 1:30.76, and claiming another gold in the 5000 metre relay in a world record time of 7:14.02. Kim went on to win his first world overall champion at the 1992 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Denver. At the championships, Kim captured all five individual gold medals (overall, 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m), which made him become the second skater to sweep all five individual world championship gold medals available(Canada's Sylvie Daigle first achieved the feat at the 1983 World Championships), and the first male one.
Kim Ki-hoon defended his gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, winning the 1000 metres with a time of 1:34.57.[2]
Post career
In 2002, Kim was appointed as a coach of the Korean national short-track speed-skating team. He participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver as the head coach of the South Korean national team.[3] Kim is currently serving as a full professor at Ulsan College.[4]
hoon, film, director, screenwriter, hoon, athlete, athlete, this, korean, name, family, name, born, july, 1967, retired, short, track, speed, skater, first, gold, medalist, winter, olympics, south, korea, three, time, olympic, champion, 1992, overall, world, c. For the film director and screenwriter see Kim Kih hoon For the athlete see Kim Ki hoon athlete In this Korean name the family name is Kim Kim Ki hoon born July 14 1967 is a retired short track speed skater and the first gold medalist in the Winter Olympics for South Korea Kim is a three time Olympic Champion and 1992 Overall World Champion Kim Ki hoonPersonal informationBorn 1967 07 14 July 14 1967 age 55 SportCountry South KoreaSportShort track speed skatingRetired1998Achievements and titlesWorld finalsWorld Championship1992 OverallMedal record Event 1st 2nd 3rdOlympic Games 3 0 0World Championships 7 6 3World Team Championships 2 1 0Winter Universiade 7 0 1Asian Games 3 1 1Total 19 7 4Representing South KoreaOlympic Games1994 Lillehammer 1000 m1992 Albertville 1000 m1992 Albertville 5000 m relayOlympic Games Demonstration 1988 Calgary 1500mWorld Championships1989 Solihull 1000m1991 Sydney 500m1992 Denver Overall1992 Denver 500m1992 Denver 1000m1992 Denver 1500m1992 Denver 3000m SF1989 Solihul Overall1989 Solihul 1500m1989 Solihul 3000m SF1991 Sydney Overall1993 Beijing 1500m1993 Beijing 3000m SF1988 St Louis 5000 m relay1989 Solihull 5000 m relay1994 Gilford 500mWorld Team Championships1992 Minamimaki Team1994 Cambridgel Team1991 Seoul TeamWinter Universiade1989 Sofia 1000 m1989 Sofia 1500 m1989 Sofia 5000 m relay1991 Sapporo 500 m1991 Sapporo 1000 m1991 Sapporo 1500 m1991 Sapporo 3000 m1989 Sofia 500 mAsian Games1990 Sapporo 1000 m1990 Sapporo 1500 m1990 Sapporo 5000 m relay1990 Sapporo 500 m1986 Sapporo 1500 mKim Ki hoonHangul김기훈Hanja金琪焄Revised RomanizationGim Gi hunMcCune ReischauerKim Ki hun Contents 1 Career 2 Post career 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditKim first garnered attention when he participated in the short track demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary winning the gold medal in the 1500 metres 1 Kim swept all the gold medals available in short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville winning won the gold medal in the 1000 metres in a world record time of 1 30 76 and claiming another gold in the 5000 metre relay in a world record time of 7 14 02 Kim went on to win his first world overall champion at the 1992 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Denver At the championships Kim captured all five individual gold medals overall 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m which made him become the second skater to sweep all five individual world championship gold medals available Canada s Sylvie Daigle first achieved the feat at the 1983 World Championships and the first male one Kim Ki hoon defended his gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer winning the 1000 metres with a time of 1 34 57 2 Post career EditIn 2002 Kim was appointed as a coach of the Korean national short track speed skating team He participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver as the head coach of the South Korean national team 3 Kim is currently serving as a full professor at Ulsan College 4 References Edit 1988 Winter Olympics Roundup Thursday s Results Aiken Standard p 8 1988 02 26 Olympics History Men s short track ESPN 2001 12 25 Retrieved 2014 03 02 Kang Seung woo 2010 03 18 Korean Short Track Looks to Mend Reputation The Korea Times Archived from the original on 2014 03 03 Retrieved 2014 03 02 Kim Gi Hun Biography Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 2020 04 17 Retrieved 2014 03 02 External links EditKim Ki hoon at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Kim Ki hoon at International Skating Union Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kim Ki hoon amp oldid 1118813298, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
