Ko Gi-Hyun (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ...

: 고기현,

Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...

: 高基鉉) (born May 11, 1986) is a South Korean

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 ...

. Ko remains the second youngest individual gold medalist after

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in the history of the Olympic Winter Games, winning gold in women's 1500 m event at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

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, United States, at 15 years and 277 days old.

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* 1986 births Living people South Korean female speed skaters South Korean female short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters for South Korea Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Short track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Short track speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists South Korean Buddhists 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-speed-skating-bio-stub