Kim Yoon-mi
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 South Korea
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 winter Olympics
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| gold | 1994 Lillehammer | 3000 m relay |
| gold | 1998 Nagano | 3000 m relay |
Kim Yoon-mi ( kor. 김윤미 ; born December 1, 1980 in Seoul ) is a former South Korean short tracker .
She is the youngest Olympic champion at the Winter Olympics. She won her gold medal in the relay competition over 3000 m at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. She was only 13 years and 83 days old when she won this Olympic gold medal. This also makes her the youngest participant in these Winter Games. She was able to successfully defend her Olympic victory four years later in Nagano .
Web links
- Kim Yoon-mi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Sports profile Nagano 1998 ( memento from June 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on www.sportsillustrated.cnn.com
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| SURNAME | Kim, Yoon-mi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 김윤미 (Korean, Hangeul); 金 潤 美 (Korean, Hanja); Gim, Yu-mi (Revised Romanization); Kim, Yunmi (McCune-Reischauer) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean short track runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st December 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seoul , South Korea |