Cho Ha-Ri (

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: 조해리,

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: 趙海利, ; born 29 July 1986) is a short track speed skater who competes for

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 ...

. She is the 2011 Overall World Champion.

Career

At the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy Greene Wayne G ...

, Cho finished 4th in the women's 1000 metres and 5th in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...

. Later that same season, she placed third in the standings for the overall title at the

2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships The 2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 19 and 21 March 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating. R ...

, capturing silver in the 1000 m and 3000 m races, and third in the 1500 m. At the

2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships The 2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 11 and 13 March 2011 at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England. The World Championships were organised by the ISU which also runs world cups and championships in spe ...

, Cho won the overall World Championship title, winning the 1000 m and 3000 m races, and finished third in the 1500 m race to capture the overall title. In the following week, Cho helped Korea to win the 2011 World Team Championships (last one to be scheduled into foreseeable future) held in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

.She was part of the Short Track Speed Skating team in the '3000m relay' that won a gold medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics.

References

1986 births Living people South Korean female short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters for South Korea Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Short track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Short track speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Short track speed skaters at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade Universiade medalists in short track speed skating Universiade silver medalists for South Korea Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade Speed skaters from Seoul 20th-century South Korean women 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-speed-skating-bio-stub