Choi Min-jeong
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| Born | 9 September 1998 Seongnam, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Choi Min-jeong | |
| Hangul | 최민정 |
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| Hanja | 崔珉禎 |
| Revised Romanization | Choe Minjeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Minjŏng |
Choi Min-jeong (Hangul: 최민정; born 9 September 1998) is a South Korean short track speed skater. Choi was awarded her first senior individual gold medal ahead of Arianna Fontana and Shim Suk-hee, passing through the finish line of the women's 1500 m final for second ISU Short Track World Cup of the 2014-2015 seasons held in Montreal, Canada. At age 16, she became the 2015 Overall Ladies World Champion. She is the current 500m short track speed skating Olympic record holder after breaking the previous record set by Elise Christie by 0.45 seconds.[1] She was penalised in the final of the 500 m event at the 2018 Winter Olympics for interference,[2] but won a gold medal in the following 1500 m race. She also won Gold in the 3000m Relay. In the 1000m Finals, she collided with another South Korean skater and crashed, ultimately finishing 4th.
References
- ^ "Watch Winter Olympics: Day one highlights". BBC Sport. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ "Winter Olympics: DQ drama hits South Korea's star skater Choi as veteran Fontana grabs Italy's 1st Pyeongchang gold". The Straits Times. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
External links
- Profile from The-Sports.org
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- South Korean short track speed skaters
- Female short track speed skaters
- Olympic short track speed skaters of South Korea
- Short track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- People from Seongnam
- Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating
- Short track speed skaters at the 2017 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 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for South Korea
- Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
- World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists
- South Korean speed skating biography stubs