At the Winter Universiade 2009 in Harbin he won a silver medal over 1500 and 3000 m and bronze with the relay. Kim became world champion in 2010 with the team and the relay. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , he only appeared in the semi-finals with the 5000 m relay. Lee Jung-su was then used in the final , so that five Koreans received a silver medal. In addition, he started over 1500 m, got a penalty in the final and ended up in 13th place. At the Winter Universiade 2011 in Erzurum he was third over 1000 and 1500 m.
He started in the 2009/10 season in the Short Track World Cup and was able to win a World Cup competition three times in the relay. In individual disciplines, he achieved a podium finish twice in third place. Over 1500 m he achieved sixth place in the overall standings and twelfth place over 1000 m.
Personal best
Kim Seoung-il set the following personal bests on the short track:
500 m: 41.487 s (Team World Championship in Bormio , Italy, March 28, 2010)
1,000 m: 1: 25.160 min (Team World Championship in Bormio, Italy, March 28, 2010)
1,500 m: 2: 14.052 min (World Cup in Seoul , South Korea, October 26, 2009)
3,000 m: 4: 43.195 min (Team World Championship in Bormio, Italy, March 27, 2010)
Web links
Kim Seoung-il in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Kim Seoung-il in the database of ShorttrackOnLine.info (English)
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Seoung-il is the first name.