Kim Yunmi (

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 l ...

: 김윤미,

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: 金潤美) (born December 1, 1980 in

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

) is a South Korean short track speed skater, who won gold medals in the 3000 m relay at the

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and

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in th ...

. Kim won her first Olympic gold medal at the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fr ...

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at the age of 13 years and 85 days, making her the youngest-ever Olympic gold medallist and breaking a record previously held by

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. Due to this, the ISU later set the minimum age limit to be 15-years-old. Since 2004 she has lived in

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, United States where she teaches speed skating.

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* * 1980 births Living people South Korean female short track speed skaters Short track speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic short track speed skaters for South Korea Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in short track speed skating South Korean female speed skaters Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating Short track speed skaters at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Short track speed skaters at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1999 Asian Winter Games 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub