Choe Un-song (born 7 December 1992) is a North Korean short track speed skater. He is coached by Yun Chol.

Career

Choe is from

Manpo Manpo () is a city of northwestern Chagang Province, North Korea. As of 2008, it had an estimated population of 116,760. It looks across the border to the city of Ji'an, Jilin province, China. History Manp'o was incorporated as a city in October ...

, North Korea, where his father gave him a pair of skates, sparking his interest in speed skating. Choe first went to the Manpo Youth Sports School and continued training at the Ganggye-dong First Education University.

2018 Winter Olympics

Choe competed in the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

in the men's 1500 metres discipline. He finished last in his heat with a time of 2:18.213 and did not advance to the semifinal, despite being enthusiastically cheered on by a group of 100 North Korean cheerleaders in the stands. Before the heat, he had been injured during a training session in

Pyeongchang Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seou ...

References

1992 births Living people North Korean male short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters for North Korea Short track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games 21st-century North Korean people {{NorthKorea-speed-skating-bio-stub