Kim Bok-soon
Kim Bok-soon (; born 6 January 1950) is a North Korean speed skater. She represented her nation between 1968 and 1979 at international competitions. Kim Bok-soon participated at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1968, finishing 29th overall. In April 1970 she started in two events at the 1970 Winter Universiade, with her best result in the 1500m finishing 5th. She competed in two events at the 1972 Winter Olympics. After no international competitions in the years after the Olympics, she competed at a friendly international competition in Zakopane Zakopane ( Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the extreme south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has been par ..., Poland in February 1979. Records Personal records References External links * 1950 births Living people North Korean female speed skaters ...
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Speed Skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just "speed skating", while short-track speed skating is known as "short track". The International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of competitive ice sports, refers to long track as "speed skating" and short track as "short track skating". An international federation was founded in 1892, the first for any winter sport. The sport enjoys large popularity in the Netherlands, Norway and South Korea. There are top international rinks in a number of other countries, including Canada, the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Belarus and Poland. A Speed Skating World Cup, World Cup circuit is held with events in those coun ...
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