Medal record | ||
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Men's short track speed skating | ||
Representing South Korea | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1994 Lillehammer | 1000m | |
1992 Albertville | 1000m | |
1992 Albertville | 5000m Relay | |
World Championships | ||
1992 Denver | Overall | |
1991 Sydney | Overall | |
1989 Solihull | Overall | |
Asian Games | ||
1990 Sapporo | 1000 m | |
1990 Sapporo | 1500 m | |
1990 Sapporo | 5000 m relay | |
1990 Sapporo | 500 m | |
1986 Sapporo | 1500 m |
Kim Ki-hoon | |
Hangul | 김기훈 |
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Hanja | 金琪焄 |
Revised Romanization | Gim Gi-hun |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Ki-hun |
Kim Ki-hoon (born July 14, 1967) is a retired short track speed skater and the first gold medalist in the Winter Olympics for Korea. Kim is a three-time Olympic Champion and 1992 Overall World Champion.
Kim first garnered attention when he participated in the short-track demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, winning the gold medal in the 1500 metres.
Kim swept all the gold medals available in short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, winning won the gold medal in the 1000 metres in a world record time of 1:30.76, and claiming another gold in the 5000 metre relay in a world record time of 7:14.02. Kim went on to win his first world overall champion at the 1992 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Denver. At the championships, Kim captured all five individual gold medals (overall, 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m), which made him become the second skater to sweep all five individual world championship gold medals available(Canada's Sylvie Daigle first achieved the feat at the 1983 World Championships), and the first male one.
Kim Kihoon defended his gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, winning the 1000 metres with a time of 1:34.57.