Nagano, 19 February 1998, XVIII Olympic Winter Games. Women's short track speed skating 500m: CHUN Lee-Kyung of Korea, 3rd, is moved during the medals ceremony. Credit: Getty Images/DUNN StephenBorn: 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.
