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'''Lee Jung-Su''' ([[Hangul]]: 이정수) (born November 30, 1989) is a South Korean [[short track speed skating|short track speed skater]]. He won one distances and became second overall at the 2008 World Junior Championships in [[Bolzano]].
'''Lee Jung-Su''' ([[Hangul]]: 이정수) (born November 30, 1989) is a South Korean [[short track speed skating|short track speed skater]]. He won one distances and became second overall at the 2008 World Junior Championships in [[Bolzano]].


At the [[2010 Olympic Winter Games]] in [[Vancouver]], Lee won a gold medal in the 1500m skating competition, in front of [[Apolo Anton Ohno]] and [[J. R. Celski]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Neil Maidment |url=http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news;_ylt=Aksco1VT.NNCUZyJ6z2s_0V.sbV_?slug=reu-shorttracklee_factbox&prov=reuters&type=lgns |title=Short track-Gold medallist Lee Jung-su |publisher=[[Yahoo! Sports]] |date=2010-02-13 |accessdate=2010-02-21}}</ref> He also won the 1000 m gold medal.
At the [[2010 Olympic Winter Games]] in [[Vancouver]], Lee won a gold medal in the 1500m skating competition, in front of [[Apolo Anton Ohno]] and [[J. R. Celski]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Neil Maidment |url=http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news;_ylt=Aksco1VT.NNCUZyJ6z2s_0V.sbV_?slug=reu-shorttracklee_factbox&prov=reuters&type=lgns |title=Short track-Gold medallist Lee Jung-su |publisher=[[Yahoo! Sports]] |date=2010-02-13 |accessdate=2010-02-21}}</ref> He also won the 1000m gold medal.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==

Revision as of 13:13, 7 March 2010

Template:Korean name

Lee Jung-Su
Personal information
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Sport
Country South Korea
SportShort track speed skating
Medal record
Men's short track speed skating
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver 5000 m relay
World Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Heerenveen Team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Miercurea-Ciuc Overall
Silver medal – second place 2007 Mladá Boleslav Overall
Silver medal – second place 2008 Bolzano Overall
Korean name
Hangul
이정수
Hanja
李政洙
Revised RomanizationI Jeong-su
McCune–ReischauerI Chŏng-su

Lee Jung-Su (Hangul: 이정수) (born November 30, 1989) is a South Korean short track speed skater. He won one distances and became second overall at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bolzano.

At the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Lee won a gold medal in the 1500m skating competition, in front of Apolo Anton Ohno and J. R. Celski.[1] He also won the 1000m gold medal.

Early life and education

Lee was born in 1989 as the 25th generation of the Injegong branch in the Hansan Lee clan.[2] Lee's father, Lee Do-won is a department manager at the Kyunghyang Sinmun newspaper. Lee's family members are devoted Christians.[3] Lee started skating as a hobby in 2002 when he was in fourth grade at Seongok Elementary School. The school in the neighborhood of Wolgye-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul is located next to the ice rink at Kwangwoon University. Lee's older sister, Lee Hwa-yeong was a figure skater regarded as a rising rookie, who won an elementary competition at the Korean National Sports Festival when she was in 6th grade.[4] During the time, Lee's coach recommended Lee to be a professional skater. As Lee's school established a skating team, Lee joined it. Two years later, He switched from long track speed skating to short track speed skating.[5]

On the other hand, Lee's parents had a financial difficulty in supporting their children's dream. They had to spend over 2,00,000 won (approximately 1,736 dollars) per month for the fees of skating lessons, purchasing skating tools and renting exercising locations. Although Lee's parents worked together, spent all savings and even sold paddy fields in a countryside to support their children, that was not enough to cover all. They finally had to loan mortgages on their house where the family was living.[4] However, Lee's sister eventually gave up due to the financial situation and tried to seek her future in other sport genres that cost less money for training such as inline skating and wakeboarding. The fact that his sister had to drop her dream has stimulated Lee Jung-Su to focus on the skating training.[6]

Lee graduated from Gwangmun High School, and is, as of 2010, attending Dankook University.[5]

Career highlights

ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
2008 – Bolzano, 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd overall classification
1st at 500m
Winter Olympic Games
2010 – Vancouver, 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold at 1000m and 1500m

See also

References

  1. ^ Neil Maidment (2010-02-13). "Short track-Gold medallist Lee Jung-su". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
  2. ^ "이정수 아버지 "날 발 좋아 메달 딸것 같다더니"" (in Korean). Seoul Sinmun. 2010-02-21. Retrieved 2010-02-21. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "<올림픽> 이정수ㆍ이호석 부모 `환호ㆍ안도'(종합)" (in Korean). Yonhap. 2010-02-21. Retrieved 2010-02-21. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b Jo, Mi-deop (조미덥) (2010-02-21). "이정수 선수 부친 "아파도 훈련장에 가던 아들 좋은 결실 맺어 자랑스럽다"" (in Korean). Kyunghyang Sinmun. Retrieved 2010-02-21. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b "쇼트트랙 1500m 금빛 질주 펼친 이정수는?" (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 2010-02-14. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  6. ^ Jang, Min-seok (장민석) (2010-02-16). "<밴쿠버 동계올림픽> 난 이제 시작일 뿐이야!" (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved 2010-02-21. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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