Cho Ha-ri explained

Sport:Short track speed skating
Cho Ha-Ri
Birth Date:29 July 1986
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Height:1.67 m
Weight:54 kg
Club:Goyang City Hall
Worlds:2011 Overall

Cho Ha-Ri (pronounced as /ko/; born 29 July 1986) is a short track speed skater who competes for South Korea. She is the 2011 Overall World Champion.

Career

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Cho finished 4th in the women's 1000 metres and 5th in the 1500 metres. Later that same season, she placed third in the standings for the overall title at the 2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, capturing silver in the 1000 m and 3000 m races, and third in the 1500 m.

At the 2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Cho won the overall World Championship title, winning the 1000 m and 3000 m races, and finished third in the 1500 m race to capture the overall title.[1] In the following week, Cho helped Korea to win the 2011 World Team Championships (last one to be scheduled into foreseeable future) held in Warsaw.She was part of the Short Track Speed Skating team in the '3000m relay' that won a gold medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Notes and References

  1. News: Short trackers win titles at world championships . 2011-03-14 . . 2011-03-14.