Lee Kyu-hyeok

Lee Kyu-hyeok
nation	South Korea
birthday	March 15, 1978
place of birth	Seoul
Career
status	resigned
Medal table
World Cup medals 5 × 3 × 1 ×
Sprint World Championships gold 2007 Hamar sprint gold 2008 Heerenveen sprint gold 2010 Obihiro sprint gold 2011 Heerenveen sprint silver 2012 Calgary sprint  Individual distance world championships bronze 2007 Salt Lake City 1000 m silver 2008 Nagano 500 m silver 2009 Vancouver 500 m gold 2011 Inzell 500 m Individual Distance Asian Championships bronze 1997 Obihiro 1500 meters silver 1998 Obihiro 1000 meters
Placements in the speed skating world cup
Debut in the World Cup 1993/94  World Cup victories 15th  Total toilet 500 2. ( 2010/11 )  Total toilet 1000 2. ( 2006/07 , 2010/11 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  500 meters 9 6th 13  1000 meters 6th 10 10
last change: April 8, 2013

Korean spelling
Hangeul	이규혁
Hanja	李奎 爀
Revised Romanization	I Gyu-hyeok
McCune- Reischauer	I kyu-hyŏk
See also : Korean name

Lee Kyu-hyeok (born March 15, 1978 in Seoul ) is a former South Korean speed skater who specialized in sprint routes.

Lee Kyu-hyeok competed in the 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics . In 2002 he reached fifth place over the 500 meter course in Salt Lake City . In 2006 he finished fourth over the 1000 meter course. At the individual distance world championship in 2001 he was able to achieve a fourth place over the 1000 meters and a fifth place over the 500 meters. At the Asian Championships he won the bronze medal in 1998 (over 1500 meters) and 1998 (over 500 meters), and even silver over the 1000 meters in 1997. He achieved his best placement in the overall World Cup in 2006 over the sprint distance with fourth place. He won world cup races three times. There are also 13 national titles between 2000 and 2005.

In 1996 Lee set a junior world record over 500 meters, in 1997 over 1000 meters in the senior category and in 2001 over 1500 meters.

At the 2011 World Championships in Inzell , he was world champion over 2 × 500 m.

In April 2014, Lee announced his resignation. He was a member of the national team for 23 years and the first South Korean athlete to compete in six Olympic Games in a row.

Web links

• Results at SkateResults.com
• Statistics at speed skating news
• Pictures by Lee Kyu-hyeok at DESGphoto

Individual evidence

1. Jump up ↑ Speed ​​skater Lee Kyu-hyuk ends his active career . KBS World (April 8, 2014).

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, Kyu-hyeok is the first name.