Choi Min-kyung
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nation | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | August 25, 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Seoul , South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 162 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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status | resigned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Choi Min-kyung ( kor. 최민경 ; born August 25, 1982 in Seoul ) is a French short tracker of South Korean descent.
Career
Choi started for South Korea until 2002, but then took on French citizenship.
As a South Korean
At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , she was fourth over 500 m. She took part in the 1999 Asian Winter Games in Gangwon and won silver over 500 m and bronze over 3000 m. Bronze at the Junior World Championships in Székesfehérvár in 2000 and a year later in Warsaw . At the Winter Universiade 2001 in Zakopane she won gold over 1000 and 1500 m and bronze over 3000 m. She won silver with the 3000 m relay at the 2000 World Championships in Sheffield , which she was able to repeat the following year . In 2002 she became world champion with the relay. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , she was Olympic champion with the relay.
As a French woman
Choi won bronze with the French relay at the 2005 World Championships in Beijing . At the European Championships in 2005 and 2006 , she won silver with the relay.
Web links
- Choi Min-kyung in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Choi, Min-kyung |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 최민경 (Korean, Hangeul); 崔敏敬 (Korean, Hanja) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean-French short tracker |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Seoul , South Korea |