| Cha Min-kyu | |
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| Nationality: | South Korean |
| Birth Date: | 16 March 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea |
| Height: | 1.79 m |
| Weight: | 74 kg |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Event: | 500 m |
| Club: | Dongducheon City Hall |
Cha Min-kyu (born 16 March 1993) is a South Korean speed skater who competes internationally.
Cha participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics and won a silver medal in the 500 metres race.[1] He set the Olympic record for the event with a time of 34.42 seconds but had his record broken moments later by the eventual winner, Håvard Lorentzen who beat him by 0.01. He also competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics and won the silver in the 500 metres event with time of 34.39 seconds, which was only 0.07 seconds behind the gold medalist and new Olympic record holder, Gao Tingyu of China.[2]
Current South Korean record.