Gim So-hui ( ko, 김소희, born August 19, 1996
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Gangwon Gangwon or Kangwŏn may refer to: * Gangwon Province (historical), the Goryeo, Joseon Dynasty and the Japanese Korean province * Gangwon Province (South Korea), a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. Before the division of Kore ...

, South Korea) is an alpine skier from South Korea.

Career

She competed for South Korea at the 2014 Winter Olympics and 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 ...

in the alpine skiing events.

Biography

At 1st grade in elementary school,her talent was noticed by her grandma on her mother's side who was a pastor and ski instructor 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 ...

. She was a student at . She went to Sangji Daegwallyeong High School. She went to

Cheonan Cheonan (; 천안시, ''Cheonan-si''), also spelled Ch'ŏnan, is a city in South Chungcheong, South Korea. Cheonan has a population of 666,417 (2018), making it the most-populous city or county in South Chungcheong, and the third most-populous ci ...

campus of Dankook University.

Personal life

She is a

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

References

1996 births Living people Olympic alpine skiers of South Korea Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics South Korean female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Sportspeople from Gangwon Province, South Korea 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-alpine-skiing-bio-stub