Sin Eui-hyun (born April 1, 1980) is a South Korean male

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

and biathlete. He is the first South Korean Paralympic competitor to clinch a gold medal in Winter Paralympics as he achieved it in his home nation at the

2018 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 49 , athletes = 569 , events = 80 in 6 sports , opening = 9 March , closing = 18 March , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Eun-jung Seo Soon-seok , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic ...

Career

He made his Paralympic debut for South Korea during the 2018 Winter Paralympics and claimed the nation's first Paralympic medal during the

after clinching a bronze medal in the men's 20km sitting cross-country skiing event. Sin Eui-hyun created history after claiming South Korea’s first ever gold medal in their

Winter Paralympics The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete in snow and ice sports. The event includes athletes with mobility impairments, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. Th ...

history, during the

after emerging as the winner of the men's 7.5km classical sitting cross-country skiing event. He was also selected as the flagbearer for South Korea during the

opening ceremony as he represented the home nation, South Korea in the

2018 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations During the 2018 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, beginning at 20:00 KST (UTC+9) on 9 March 2018, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they p ...

. In 2022, he won the silver medal in the men's long-distance sitting cross-country skiing event at the

2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships The 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships was an international disability sport competition held in Lillehammer, Norway from 8 to 23 January 2022. It was the inaugural edition of the World Para Snow Sports Championships with para-alpine skiin ...

held in Lillehammer, Norway.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sin, Eui-hyun 1980 births Living people South Korean male biathletes South Korean male cross-country skiers Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Paralympic cross-country skiers for South Korea Paralympic biathletes for South Korea Paralympic gold medalists for South Korea Paralympic bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics People from Gongju Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing Sportspeople from South Chungcheong Province 20th-century South Korean people 21st-century South Korean people