Lee Kang-seok

Lee Kang-seok (Korean: 이강석, Hanja: 李康奭, born 28 February 1985) is a South Korean speed skater. He is the 2007 and 2009 World Champion for 500 m. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the 500 m. He is the second South Korean person to win a medal in an event outside of short track speedskating, and he has become a representative to show that South Korea is expanding towards cultivating their athletes to excel in sports other than short track speed skating.

Lee Kang-seok
Lee Kang-seok at the 2006 World Cup
Personal information
Born (1985-02-28) 28 February 1985
Uijeongbu, South Korea
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Sport
Country South Korea
SportSpeed skating
Achievements and titles
World finals2006 (500 m)
2009 (100 m)
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
2006 Turin500 m
World Sprint Championships
2010 ObihiroSprint
World Single Distance Championships
2007 Salt Lake City500 m
2009 Vancouver500 m
Winter Universiade
2007 Torino500 m
2009 Harbin100 m
2009 Harbin500 m
2007 Torino1000 m
2005 Innsbruck500 m
2009 Harbin1000 m
Asian Winter Games
2007 Changchun500 m
2011 Astana-Almaty500 m
2007 Changchun100 m
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

On 5 March 2006, Lee won his first World Cup title, winning the 2005–06 World Cup on the 500 m. A year later, Lee won gold at the World Single Distance Championships in the Utah Olympic Oval, setting a world record time of 34.25 seconds in the second race. The record has been broken since then by Jeremy Wotherspoon on 9 November 2007, with a time of 34.03 seconds. At the 2009 Winter Universiade in Harbin, China, Lee won the 500 m, beating Yu Fengtong with times of 35.00 and 34.82.

Controversies

Lee had his South Korean driving license revoked for driving while intoxicated on 16 June 2012. He had a blood alcohol content of 0.12%.[1]

World record
EventTimeDateVenue
500 m34.259 March 2007Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[2]

References
  1. 이강석 음주운전, 빙상 국가대표 워크샵 이후 ‘면허 취소’. 파이낸셜뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  2. "Lee Kang-seok". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.


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