Kim Ki-hoon (born July 14, 1967) is a retired short-track speed skater and the first gold medalist in the Winter Olympics for South Korea. Kim is a three-time Olympic Champion and 1992 Overall World Champion.

Career

Kim first garnered attention when he participated in the short-track demonstration event at the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts� ...

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, winning the gold medal in the

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. Kim swept all the gold medals available in short-track speed skating at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

in Albertville, winning won the gold medal in the

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in a world record time of 1:30.76, and claiming another gold in the 5000 metre relay in a world record time of 7:14.02. Kim went on to win his first world overall champion at the 1992 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Denver. At the championships, Kim captured all five individual gold medals (overall, 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m), which made him become the second skater to sweep all five individual world championship gold medals available(Canada's

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first achieved the feat at the 1983 World Championships), and the first male one. Kim Ki-hoon defended his gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in

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, winning the

with a time of 1:34.57.

Post career

In 2002, Kim was appointed as a coach of the Korean national short-track speed-skating team. He participated in the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

in Vancouver as the head coach of the South Korean national team. Kim is currently serving as a full professor at

Ulsan College Ulsan College () is a private college with two campuses in Ulsan, South Korea. The East Campus is in Dong-gu and the West Campus in Nam-gu. It was founded on 8 April 1960 as the Ulsan Industrial Technology Institute. Hyundai Heavy Industries ...

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at International Skating Union {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Ki-Hoon 1967 births Living people South Korean male short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters of South Korea Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Short track speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Short track speed skaters at the 1986 Asian Winter Games Short track speed skaters at the 1990 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Winter Games Dankook University alumni Medalists at the 1990 Asian Winter Games South Korean male speed skaters Universiade medalists in short track speed skating Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea Competitors at the 1989 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1991 Winter Universiade South Korean Buddhists