Kim Yoon-man (born 25 February 1973) is a former

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. ...

from

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 ...

. 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 ...

, he won a silver medal in the 1000 m. He was the first South Korean person to win a medal in the Winter Olympic Games.

Education

Korea University Korea University (KU, ) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea, established in 1905. The university is included as one of the SKY universities, a popular acronym referring to Korea's three most prestigious universities. The ...

* Uijeongbu High School

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* * * * 1973 births Living people South Korean male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for South Korea Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in speed skating Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in speed skating Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Speed skaters at the 1990 Asian Winter Games Speed skaters at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Korea University alumni World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists 20th-century South Korean people 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub