Shim Suk-hee
Shim Suk-hee | |
Hangul | 심석희 |
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Revised Romanization | Sim Seokhui |
McCune–Reischauer | Sim Sŏkhŭi |
Shim Suk-hee (Hangul: 심석희; Korean pronunciation: [ɕim.sʌ.kʰi]; born 30 January 1997) is a South Korean short track speed skater. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she won gold in the 3000-metre relay as part of the South Korean relay team, silver in the 1500 metres, and bronze in the 1000 metres.[1][2][3]
Early life
At the age of 6, Shim started short track speed skating in her hometown Gangneung as a hobby.[4]
Career
2011–2012
Youth Olympic Games
In late 2011 Shim made South Korea's World Junior Championships Team at age 14. In January 2012, she participated in the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics held in Innsbruck, where she swept both individual events (500 m, 1000 m).[5] She also earned the bronze medal in the 3000 m mixed-country/gender relay as a member of the mixed team made up of skaters representing different nations.[6]
2012 Winter Youth Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | 500 m | 1000 m | Relay | |||||||||||||||
2012 |
World Junior Championships
A month after the Youth Olympics, Shim competed in the 2012 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships held in Melbourne, where she won gold in all events available (overall, 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, relay) except for the 1500-metre super final. In the 500 metres, Shim won gold in dominating style, recording a time of 44.113. That time was 0.652 seconds faster than runner-up Agnė Sereikaitė of Lithuania.[7][8] In the 1000 metres, Shim broke the 9-year-old world junior 1000-metre record of 1:30.483 established by Byun Chun-sa of South Korea in 2003, finishing 1000 m in 1:30.266 in the semifinal race.[9][10] Shim set a world junior record again in the 1000 m final race with a time of 1:30.208, beating South Korean fellow Hwang Hyun-sun, a member of the senior national team, by 0.106 seconds.[11] Shim also won the 1500 metres with a time of 2:21.987, beating Hwang again by 0.082 seconds.[12]
2012 World Junior Championships – Overall Champion | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Overall | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | Super Final | Relay | ||||||||||||
2012 | Winner |
2012–2013
World Cup
Shim was selected for the 2012–2013 South Korean national team at age 15 by capturing first place at the national trial competition in April 2012.[13] She won the 1500 metres and 1000 metres at the first race of the 2012–2013 World Cup in Calgary, her first senior level world competition. She also set a 1000 m world record of 1:26.661 in the semifinals on 21 October 2012, which was almost a second faster than the previous world record (1:27.653) set by Valérie Maltais two days ago.[14][15] Shim continued her successful run at the second 2012–2013 World Cup race in Montreal, where she won her second 1500 m gold medal. At the third race in Nagoya, Shim archived a podium finish in the 500 metres for the first time and won another gold in the 1500 metres. She eventually became the 1500 metres champion for the 2012–13 World Cup season clinching 1500 m gold at all six races, and became the runner-up behind Elise Christie in the 1000 metres with three gold medals. She also finished first in the overall 2012–2013 World Cup standings.
2012–2013 World Cup - Overall Champion | ||||||||||||||||||
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Season | Place | Overall* | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | Relay | ||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Calgary | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Montreal | – | DQ | 5th | |||||||||||||||
Nagoya | – | |||||||||||||||||
Shanghai | – | 5th | ||||||||||||||||
Sochi | – | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
Dresden | — | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
Final | Winner | 17th | Runner-up | Winner | Third |
* The overall World Cup titles have not been officially awarded by the ISU since the 2006–07 season.
World Championships
From March 8–10, 2013, she competed at the 2013 World Championships held in Debrecen, Hungary, winning her first world championship in the 3000-metre super final. She won a silver medal, taking second behind fellow South Korean skater Park Seung-hi in the 1500 metres. Because of her wins, she became the overall bronze medalist, behind silver medalist Park Seung-hi and Wang Meng, who became a three-time overall world champion.
2013 World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Overall | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 3000 m | Relay | ||||||||||||
2013 | Third | 42nd | 8th | 4th |
2013–2014
World Cup
At the first race of the 2013–2014 World Cup in Shanghai, Shim won both the 1000 metres and 1500 metres. Shim won gold in the 1000 metres and silver in the 1500 metres at the second race in Seoul, South Korea. Her wins on home soil began to garner considerable media attention and put her into the national spotlight.[16] At the third race of the 2013–2014 World Cup in Turin, Shim won both the 1000 metres and 1500 metres again. After winning gold in the 1500 metres and bronze in the 500 metres at the last race in Kolomna, Shim clinched her second straight overall World Cup title.[17] She also became the 1000 metres and 1500 metres champion for the 2013–14 World Cup season.[18]
2013–2014 World Cup - Overall Champion | ||||||||||||||||||
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Season | Place | Overall* | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | Relay | ||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Shanghai | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Seoul | – | |||||||||||||||||
Turin | – | |||||||||||||||||
Kolomna | – | |||||||||||||||||
Final | Winner | 5th | Winner | Winner | Winner |
* The overall World Cup titles have not been officially awarded by the ISU since the 2006–07 season.
Olympic Games
Shim went into her first Winter Olympics in Sochi with the declared aim of winning multiple gold medals. On 13 February 2014, she first competed in the 500 metres but surprisingly failed to advance out of the quarterfinals placing fourth in her heat.
Two days later, Shim won silver in the 1500 metres. Shim started the 1500 m final race at the back of the pack. Then she first made a move with 10 laps to go, charging out to first place with Arianna Fontana right behind her. After Kim A-lang and Li Jianrou got tangled up midway through, Shim was comfortably in the lead. Shim stayed in first place until the final stretch, but Zhou Yang, the reigning Olympic 1500 m champion, zipped past Shim with two laps to go and did not relinquish the lead.[19]
On 18 February, Shim claimed gold in the 3000 metre relay as part of the South Korean relay team. With three laps to go in the final race, South Korea trailed China by a substantial margin and seemed headed toward an inevitable second place. However, the 17-year-old anchor for the relay team reached deep and conjured up every bit of energy. She zipped past Li Jianrou on the outer side of the track in the final lap, a daring move that stunned the Chinese in a nail-biting finish.[20]
On 21 February, Shim won the bronze medal in the 1000 metres with a total time of 1:31.027, which was 0.266 seconds behind winner Park Seung-hi and 0.216 seconds behind runner-up Fan Kexin.[21]
2014 Winter Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | Relay | ||||||||||||||
2014 | 14th |
World Championships
From March 14–16, 2014, Shim competed at the 2014 World Championships held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, winning her first overall title with 102 points, placing first place in the 1000 metres, 1500 metres and 3000 metres.[22] She defeated South Korean Park Seung-hi, silver medalist and Canadian Valérie Maltais who finished third in points.[23]
2014 World Championships - Overall Champion | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Overall | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 3000 m | Relay | ||||||||||||
2014 | Winner | 5th | 4th |
2014-2018
World Championships
She participated in the 2015 World Championships and the 3,000-meter relay, the 1500 meter and the 3000 meter super final. and won the gold medal in the 3,000-meter relay.[24] She won silver medals in the 1,500-meter[25] and 3,000-meter super finals. She only competed in the 3,000-meter relay of the World Championships in 2016 [26] and won the gold medal. She participated in the 3000m Super Final, 1500m, and won gold[27] and bronze medals[28] in 2017. She won the gold medal in the 3,000-meter relay,[29] the 1,000-meter,[30] and the silver medal in the 1,500-meter relay in 2018.[31]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
- List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals
References
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- ^ "[소치] 심석희 `값진 동메달 땄어요~`". mk.co.kr. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ Kim, Jin-hee (25 February 2014). "[Sochi] Shim's father said "She's a reserved but lovely daughter"" (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ Joensson, Kirstin (19 January 2012). "Korea's gold medal winner Shim Suk Hee competes at the women's …". Yahoo. Associated Press. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ "Athletes relish Short Track Mixed-NOC Team Relay". Youth Olympic Games - Innsbruck 2012. 21 January 2012. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
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- ^ "Canada's Charles Hamelin wins short track silver in Calgary". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. 21 October 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ "Maltais, Valérie". Speed Skating Canada. 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ Kim, Young-rok (6 October 2013). "(Short Track World Cup) "Empress" Shim Suk-hee wins 1000 m gold" (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ "2013-2014 SEASON". International Skating Union. 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
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- ^ "Short tracker Shim Suk-hee wins silver in women's 1,500 meters". The Korea Times. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ "(Olympics) Women's relay team puts together golden race in short track". Yonhap. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
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- ^ "An titré" (in French). L'Équipe. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ Kim, Tong-hyung (17 March 2014). "Her time has come". The Korea Times. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "쇼트트랙세계선수권, 여자 계주 3000m 금메달!! - 국제뉴스" (in Korean). 16 March 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "[쇼트트랙] 심석희, 세계선수권 1500m 銀". 뉴스1 (in Korean). 15 March 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "여자 쇼트트랙 계주 세계선수권 우승...2연패 쾌거". www.womennews.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "'Go 평창' 서이라-심석희, 男女 올림픽 직행권 획득". sports.chosun.com. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ NEWSIS. "[세계쇼트트랙]서이라, 남자부 개인종합 우승…심석희 3위". newsis (in Korean). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Short Track Speed Skating - Results". shorttrack.sportresult.com. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "[쇼트트랙 세계선수권] 여자 1000m - 금메달 거머쥐는 심석희". sbssports.sbs.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "2018 쇼트트랙 세계선수권 1500m 최민정 심석희 나란히 금·은메달 획득". 글로벌이코노믹 (in Korean). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
External links
- Shim Suk-hee at sochi2014.com
- Shim Suk-hee on Instagram Template:Ko
- 1997 births
- Living people
- South Korean female speed skaters
- South Korean short track speed skaters
- Female short track speed skaters
- Olympic short track speed skaters of South Korea
- Olympic gold medalists for South Korea
- Olympic silver medalists for South Korea
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
- Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
- Short track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Short track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
- Short track speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Competitors at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
- World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists
- People from Gangneung