Lee Kyou-hyuk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Lee Kyou-hyuk

South Korean speed skater

Date of Birth: 16-Mar-1978

Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea

Profession: speed skater

Nationality: South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Lee Kyou-hyuk

  • Lee Kyou-hyuk (Korean: ???; Hanja: ???; RR: Lee Gyu-hyeok, born 16 March 1978) is a South Korean long track speed skater who specializes in the 500 and 1,000 meters.
  • He was the 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 World Sprint Speed Skating Champion and the 2011 World Champion for 500 m.
  • He is one of four men to have won the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships four times. His first world sprint championship, in 2007, was his first International Championships medal after a 13-year top-level career.
  • As well as his success in the World Sprint Championships, Lee has fourteen wins in individual World Cup races, a gold medal, two silver and one bronze from the World Single Distance Championships and four gold medals from the Asian Winter Games as well as numerous South Korean titles, including 10 successive National Sprint Speed Skating Championships (2001–2010).
  • He has set two world records during his career.

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