Kim So-hee (speed skater)

Kim So-Hee (Hangul: 김소희, Hanja: 金昭希) (born September 16, 1976 in Daegu) is a retired female South Korean short track speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and in the 1994 Winter Olympics. She won one Gold medal and one Bronze medal from the Olympics. She is the 1992 Overall World Champion for Short-track speed skating, and is the first Woman from South Korea to have become one.

In 1992 she finished ninth in the 500 m competition.

Two years later she was a member of the Korean relay team which won the gold medal in the 3000 m relay event. In the 1000 m discipline she won the bronze medal and in the 500 m competition she finished fifth.

Kim retired soon after 1997 Winter Universiade, where she won Gold medal for 1000m Short-track speed skating.

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1976 births

Living people

South Korean female short track speed skaters

Olympic short track speed skaters for South Korea

Olympic gold medalists for South Korea

Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea

Olympic medalists in short track speed skating

Short track speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Short track speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics

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

Sportspeople from Daegu

Medalists at the 1990 Asian Winter Games

Medalists at the 1996 Asian Winter Games

Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea

Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea

Universiade medalists in short track speed skating

FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea

Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea

Competitors at the 1995 Winter Universiade

Competitors at the 1997 Winter Universiade

21st-century South Korean women