Kim Cheol-min (

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: 김철민, ; born 29 November 1992) 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. ...

Career

Short track career

Kim started

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as a child. In 2010, Kim was selected for the South Korean national short track speed skating team to compete in the 2010-11 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup series, where he won gold in the 1500 metres at the fourth race in

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and had two podium finishes as part of the relay team. In March 2011, Kim won the gold medal at the World Team Championships held in

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, alongside overall world champions

Noh Jin-kyu Noh Jin-Kyu (Hangul: 노진규, Hanja: 盧珍圭, 20 July 1992 – 3 April 2016) was a South Korean short track speed skater. During his first season at the senior level at the age of 18, he became the 2011 Overall World Champion. He was the Wo ...

and

Lee Ho-suk Lee Ho-suk ( ko, 이호석, Hanja: 李昊錫, ; born June 25, 1986) is a South Korean short track speedskater. He won a gold medal as a part of 5000 m short-track relay team and four silver medals in 2006 Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy. H ...

Long track career

In early 2011, Kim turned to long track speed skating. After winning two medals at the 2012 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in

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, Kim was selected as a member of the South Korean national speed skating team for the 2012-13 season. He captured silver in the

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race at the 2013 World Single Distance Championships, alongside 2010 Olympic champion

Lee Seung-hoon Lee Seung-hoon (Hangul: 이승훈, Hanja: , ; born 6 March 1988) is a South Korean speed skater. He won a gold medal in the 10,000 metres, a silver medal in the 5000 meters at the 2010 Winter Olympics, becoming the first and only Asian man eve ...

and

Joo Hyong-jun Joo Hyong-jun (Hangul: 주형준, ; born 22 April 1991) is a South Korean speed skater. Career Short track career In 2010, Joo was selected for the South Korean junior national short track speed skating team and won the gold medal in the men' ...

2014 Winter Olympics

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,

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, Kim first competed on February 8, 2014 in the

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. In the 5000 m, Kim finished 24th among 26 skaters in 6:37.28. The South Korean pursuit team for the 2014 Olympics consisted of Kim, Lee Seung-hoon and Joo Hyong-jun. South Korea eliminated Russia in the quarterfinal, which advanced them to face reigning Olympic Champion Canada in the semifinal. South Korea then beat the Canadian team by 2.96 seconds, with a final time of 3:42.32. The South Korean team eventually won the silver medal, defeated by the Netherlands in the gold medal final by 3.14 seconds, with a final time of 3:40.85.

Personal life

He is the brother of short track speed skater Kim Dam-min.

Records

Personal records (long track)

References

External links

Profile from 2014 Olympic Games official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Cheol-min 1992 births Living people South Korean male speed skaters South Korean male short track speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for South Korea Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in speed skating Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists Universiade medalists in short track speed skating FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade