Born: 6 January 1976

Birthplace: Not available

Nationality: Korea (South Korea)

 

ATTENDANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Albertville 1992

Lillehammer 1994

Nagano 1998

AWARDS

Olympic medals:

Gold: 4

Bronze: 1

Details

Other results:

World Championships

Gold: 4 (95, 96, 97, 98)

Silver: 5 (93, 95, 97, 98)

Bronze: 3 (93, 94, 98)

Long On Short-Track Gold

Chun Lee-kyung was only 18 years old when she won two of the three short track speed skating events at the 1994 Winter Games : the 3,000m relay and the 1,000m. In the latter final she slid ahead of Canada's Nathalie Lambert entering the final lap and held on to win by one-tenth of a second. In Nagano, Chun repeated her victories in both events and added a bronze at 500m. Her 1,000m win was particularly thrilling as she edged ahead of China's Yang Yang in the final stride. Chun is one of only seven women to earn four or more career gold medals in the Winter Olympics.