Cha Min-kyu (

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: 차민규, born 16 March 1993) is a South Korean

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

who competes internationally. Cha participated at 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 ...

and won a silver medal in the

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race. He set the Olympic record for the event with a time of 34.42 seconds but had his record broken moments later by the eventual winner,

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who beat him by 0.01. He also competed at the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

and won the silver in the

event with time of 34.39 seconds, which was only 0.07 seconds behind the gold medalist and new Olympic record holder,

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of China.

Personal records

Current South Korean record.

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* * 1993 births Living people South Korean male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of South Korea Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in speed skating Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea People from Anyang, Gyeonggi World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists Universiade gold medalists for South Korea Universiade medalists in speed skating Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province {{SouthKorea-speed-skating-bio-stub