Yoo Seon-Hee (

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...

: 유선희,

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 ...

: 劉仙姫, born 20 May 1967) is a retired

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 ...

n female

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. ...

. She represented her country at the

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and 1994 edition of Winter Olympics. At the 1994 games, she was a favourite leading up to the competition and had set the track record at the venue, but finished only fifth.

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Living people 1967 births South Korean female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for South Korea Speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in speed skating Speed skaters at the 1990 Asian Winter Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1990 Asian Winter Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea Universiade silver medalists for South Korea Universiade medalists in speed skating Competitors at the 1991 Winter Universiade 20th-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-speed-skating-bio-stub