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South Korean short-track speed skater
Yeo Soo-yeon
Personal information
Born (1985-11-19) 19 November 1985 (age 39)
Sport
Country South Korea
SportShort track speed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1000 m: 1:30.812 (2005)
1500 m: 2:22.329 (2005)
3000 m: 5:13.541 (2005)
Medal record
Women's short track speed skating
Representing  South Korea
World Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Chuncheon Team
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2005 Innsbruck 3000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2005 Innsbruck 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2005 Innsbruck 1500 m
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Budapest 3000 m relay
In this Korean name, the family name is Yeo.

Yeo Soo-yeon is a former South Korean short-track speed skater. She is a Team World champion as well as a champion and a two-time silver medalist of the Winter Universiade.

During the 2004–05 World Cup season, she won a 3000 m race and finished second in both 1000 m and 1500 m races at the last World Cup stage in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia. She also achieved several victories and podiums in relay during that season.

After retiring from competitive sports Yeo worked as a teenagers' coach in Middleburg, Virginia, US. In September 2013, she was also appointed as Sport Manager for the ISU disciplines within the Sports Operation Department for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

References

  1. Yeo Soo-yeon competing in a relay race, gettyimages.ae, 6 March 2005.
  2. Canadians win 3 short-track medals, cbc.ca, Feb 10, 2005 (in English).
  3. IT’S A LONG DRIVE FOR A GIFTED SHORT TRACK SKATER, middleburglife.com (in English).
  4. News of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (Fall 2013).

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