Lee Kyou-hyuk

Lee Kyou-hyuk

Lee Kyou-hyuk at the 2008 World Cup in Hamar
Personal information
Born	(1978-03-16) 16 March 1978 (age 39) South Korea
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing  South Korea World Sprint Championships 2007 Hamar Sprint 2008 Heerenveen Sprint 2010 Obihiro Sprint 2011 Heerenveen Sprint 2012 Calgary Sprint World Single Distance Championships 2011 Inzell 500 m 2008 Nagano 500 m 2009 Richmond 500 m 2007 Salt Lake City 1000 m Winter Universiade 1997 Muju-Jeonju 500 m 1997 Muju-Jeonju 1500 m Asian Winter Games 2003 Aomori 1000 m 2003 Aomori 1500 m 2007 Changchun 1000 m 2007 Changchun 1500 m 1999 Gangwon 1000 m 2007 Changchun 500 m 2011 Astana-Almaty Team pursuit 2011 Astana-Almaty 1500 m

Lee Kyou-hyuk (Hangul: 이규혁; Hanja: 李奎爀; 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.

Lee made his debut in ISU events in 1992 at age 13, when he competed at the World Junior Championships in Warsaw. He did not qualify for the final distance, but his samalog total ranked him as 21st of 49 competitors and the second best from South Korea. He returned the following year but again failed to qualify, though he improved two places and was the best Korean after Bong Ju-hyeon got disqualified in the 1,500 meters.