Kim Iong-a (born 3 August 1992), also known as Aliya Kim, is a

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

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Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as a ...

. She competed in the women's 1000 metres and women's 1500 metres 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 ...

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* 1992 births Living people South Korean female short track speed skaters Kazakhstani female short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters for Kazakhstan Short track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Short track speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Winter World University Games medalists in short track speed skating South Korean emigrants to Kazakhstan Kazakhstani people of Korean descent FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade Place of birth missing (living people) {{Kazakhstan-speed-skating-bio-stub