Choe Un-song

Choe Un-song
Personal information
Nationality North Korean
Born (1992-12-07) 7 December 1992
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Sport
Sport Short track speed skating
Coached by Yun Chol

Choe Un-song (born 7 December 1992) is a North Korean short track speed skater.[1] He is coached by Yun Chol.[2]

Career

Choe is from Manpo, North Korea, where his father gave him a pair of skates, sparking his interest in speed skating. Choe first went to the Manpo Youth Sports School and continued training at the Ganggye-dong First Education University.[1]

2018 Winter Olympics

Choe competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in the men's 1500 metres discipline.[1] He finished last in his heat with a time of 2:18.213 and did not advance to the semifinal,[3] despite being enthusiastically cheered on by a group of 100 North Korean cheerleaders in the stands.[4] Before the heat, he had been injured during a training session in Pyeongchang.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Athlete Profile: CHOE Un Song - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com.
  2. 1 2 "[Olympics] North Korean short track skater injured in training". The Korea Times. Yonhap. 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  3. ↑ "Short Track Speed Skating - Results - Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Men - 1,500m - Heats". shorttrack.sportresult.com. ISU. 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  4. ↑ "Short-track speedskater Choe Un Song, North Korea's first Pyeongchang competitor, eliminated in 1,500-meter heats". The Japan Times. AFP-JIJI. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-11.


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