Kim Min-jung (speed skater) explained

Sport:Short track speed skating
Kim Min-Jung
Birth Date:20 March 1985[1]
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea[2]
Height:160 cm
Weight:106 lb
Worldchamp:2010 3000 m relay
2009 1500 m
2008 3000 m relay
2007 3000 m relay,          Team
2003 Team

Kim Min-Jung (born March 20, 1985, in Seoul) is a South Korean short track speed skater.

Kim won her first senior World Championship individual gold medal in the women's 1500 meter at the 2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships held in Vienna, edging out future 1500 meter Olympic champion Zhou Yang by 0.503 seconds.

In the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, she competed only in the women's 3000 meter relay, combining with Lee Eun-Byul, Park Seung-Hi and Cho Ha-Ri. The South Korean team finished first but was controversially disqualified due to contact between Kim and Sun Linlin of China.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kim Min-Jung, Short Track . Athletes . Vancouver 2010 . 2010 . 2010-03-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100301083641/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/athletes/min-jung-kim_ath1006294cl.html . 2010-03-01 .
  2. Web site: Kim Min-Jung. March 2, 2010.
  3. News: China wins controversial gold . 2010-02-24 . UPI . 2010-03-02.