Kim Cheol-min
| File:Kim Chul-Min from acrofan.jpg | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 29 November 1992 |
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  South Korea |
| Sport | Speed skating |
Medal record | |
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| Kim Cheol-min | |
| Hangul | 김철민 |
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| Hanja | 金 哲民 |
| RR | Gim Cheolmin |
| MR | Kim Ch'ŏlmin |
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Kim Cheol-min (Korean: 김철민, Korean pronunciation: [kim.tɕʰʌl.min]; born 29 November 1992) is a South Korean speed skater.
Career
[edit | edit source]Short track career
[edit | edit source]Kim started short track speed skating as a child. In 2010, Kim was selected for the South Korean national short track speed skating team to compete in the 2010-11 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup series, where he won gold in the 1500 metres at the fourth race in Shanghai[1] and had two podium finishes as part of the relay team. In March 2011, Kim won the gold medal at the World Team Championships held in Warsaw, alongside overall world champions Noh Jin-kyu and Lee Ho-suk.[2]
Long track career
[edit | edit source]In early 2011, Kim turned to long track speed skating. After winning two medals at the 2012 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Obihiro, Kim was selected as a member of the South Korean national speed skating team for the 2012-13 season. He captured silver in the team pursuit race at the 2013 World Single Distance Championships, alongside 2010 Olympic champion Lee Seung-hoon and Joo Hyong-jun.
2014 Winter Olympics
[edit | edit source]At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Kim first competed on February 8, 2014 in the 5000 metres. In the 5000 m, Kim finished 24th among 26 skaters in 6:37.28.[3]
The South Korean pursuit team for the 2014 Olympics consisted of Kim, Lee Seung-hoon and Joo Hyong-jun.[4] South Korea eliminated Russia in the quarterfinal, which advanced them to face reigning Olympic Champion Canada in the semifinal. South Korea then beat the Canadian team by 2.96 seconds, with a final time of 3:42.32.[5] The South Korean team eventually won the silver medal, defeated by the Netherlands in the gold medal final by 3.14 seconds, with a final time of 3:40.85.[6]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He is the brother of short track speed skater Kim Dam-min.
Records
[edit | edit source]Personal records (long track)
[edit | edit source]| Personal records[7] | ||||
| Men's speed skating | ||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 500 m | 37.25 | 21 January 2013 | Seoul |
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| 1000 m | 1:24.75 | 22 February 2007 | Seoul |
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| 1500 m | 1:45.27 | 20 September 2013 |  Calgary |
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| 3000 m | 3:44.55 | 29 September 2012 | Calgary |
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| 5000 m | 6:23.62 | 22 September 2013 | Calgary |
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| 10000 m | 13:52.49 | 18 December 2013 |  Baselga di Pinè |
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External links
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- South Korean male speed skaters
- South Korean male short-track speed skaters
- Olympic speed skaters for South Korea
- Olympic silver medalists for South Korea
- Olympic medalists in speed skating
- Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
- Winter World University Games medalists in short-track speed skating
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
- 21st-century South Korean sportsmen