Oh Se-jong

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Oh Se-jong Short track
nation Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
birthday October 9, 1982
place of birth Seoul ,  South KoreaKorea SouthSouth Korea 
size 180 cm
Weight 69 kg
date of death June 27, 2016
Career
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 2 × gold 2 × silver 3 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold 2006 Turin 5000 m relay
ISU Short track world championships
silver 2000 The Hague team
bronze 2001 Minamimaki team
silver 2003 Sofia team
gold 2003 Warsaw 5000 m relay
gold 2006 Montreal team
bronze 2006 Minneapolis 1500 m
bronze 2006 Minneapolis 3000 m
 

Oh Se-jong ( kor. 오세종 ; born October 9, 1982 in Seoul ; † June 27, 2016 there ) was a South Korean short tracker and Olympic champion .

Life

Oh started the relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , but won no medal. In 2003 he became world champion with the relay and won the gold medal at the team world championships in 2006 . At the 2006 Winter Olympics , he started again with the relay and this time was able to win the gold medal. Oh was 33 years old in a motorcycle accident.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Ex-Olympic short track champ killed in motorcycle crash" , koreatimesus.com from June 27, 2016, accessed on June 29, 2016
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Oh is the family name here, Se-jong is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Oh, Se-jong
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 오세종 (Korean, Hangeul); 呉 世 種 (Korean, Hanja)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean short tracker
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Seoul , South Korea
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 2016
Place of death Seoul , South Korea