Yeo Sang-Yeop (; born 22 July 1984) 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. ...

. He represented his country 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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. In Salt Lake City where he finished in 42nd position at the 1500m. In his second Winter Olympics in 2006,

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, He competed at 5000m. He finished 28th at the 5000m. He won the bronze medal in

2003 Asian Winter Games The 5th Asian Winter Games ( ja, 第5回アジア冬季競技大会, Dai 5-kai Ajia tōkikyōgitaikai) took place from February 1 to 8, 2003 in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Mascot The 2003 Winter Asiad mascot is ''Winta'', a black woodpecker. Venu ...

at the 1500m, and won the silver medal in

2007 Asian Winter Games The 6th Asian Winter Games () were held in Changchun, Jilin, China from January 28 to February 4, 2007. The Winter Games are a celebration of Winter sports in Asia. This was the second time that China hosted the Asian Winter Games; the first wa ...

at the 5000m.

Personal records

* 500m — 37.35 (17 November 2002,

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

) * 1000m — 1:15.86 (27 December 2000,

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...

) * 1500m — 1:50.60 (8 November 2008,

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

) * 3000m — 3:55.03 (17 November 2002,

) * 5000m — 6:28.49 (19 November 2005,

) * 10000m — 13:55.11 (4 December 2005, Heerenveen)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yeo, Sang-Yeop Living people 1984 births South Korean male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for South Korea Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in speed skating Speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games FISU World University Games silver medalists for South Korea Winter World University Games medalists in speed skating Speed skaters at the 2007 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade