Park Seung-hi

Park Seung-hi (Korean pronunciation: [pak̚.s͈ɯŋ.ɦi]; born 28 March 1992) is a former South Korean short track and long track speed skater. She is the 2010 Overall World Champion. She won two gold medals and three bronze medals at 2010 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Olympics.[1][2] Her sister is Park Seung-ju, a long track speed skater, and her brother Park Se-yeong, a short track speed skater. She switched to long-track speed skating after the 2014 Sochi Olympics. After the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics Park announced her retirement from speedskating.[3]

Park Seung-hi
Park Seung-hi at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Born (1992-03-28) 28 March 1992
Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight121 lb (55 kg)
Sport
Country South Korea
SportSpeed skating
ClubHwaseong City (ST)
Sports Toto (SS)
Coached byCho Nam-kyu (ST)
Lee Kyou-hyuk (SS)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Short Track
500m: 42.792 (2014)
1000m: 1:29.165 (2010)
1500m: 2:17.927 (2010)
3000m: 4:53.674 (2014)
Long Track
500m: 38,75 (2014)
1000m: 1.16,93 (2014)
1500m: 2.03,30 (2014)
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Women's short track speed skating
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 3
World Championships 7 5 1
World Team Championships 2 1 0
Asian Games 1 2 0
World Junior Championships 1 2 2
Olympic Games
2014 Sochi 1000 m
2014 Sochi 3000 m relay
2010 Vancouver1000 m
2010 Vancouver 1500 m
2014 Sochi 500 m
World Championships
2008 Gangneung 3000 m relay
2010 Sofia Overall
2010 Sofia 1500 m
2010 Sofia 3000 m
2010 Sofia 3000 m relay
2013 Debrecen 1500 m
2014 Montreal 500 m
2011 Sheffield 1500 m
2013 Debrecen Overall
2013 Debrecen 500 m
2014 Montreal 1000 m
2014 Montreal Overall
2014 Montreal 1500 m
World Team Championships
2010 Bormio Team
2011 Warsaw Team
2008 Harbin Team
Asian Winter Games
2011 Astana-Almaty1000 m
2011 Astana-Almaty1500 m
2011 Astana-Almaty3000 m relay
World Junior Championships
2007 Mladá Boleslav 2000 m relay
2007 Mladá Boleslav 1000 m
2007 Mladá Boleslav 1500 m SF
2007 Mladá Boleslav 1500 m
2007 Mladá Boleslav Overall
Park Seung-hi
Hangul
박승희
Hanja
朴勝羲
Revised RomanizationBak Seunghui
McCune–ReischauerPak Sŭnghŭi
In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

Career

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she competed in four events. In her first event, the 500 m, she was disqualified in the quarterfinals.[4] Three days later, she competed in the 1500 m. Despite setting an Olympic record in the semifinals, she finished third in the final.[5] In the 3000 m relay, her team finished first but was disqualified by one of the track judges.[6] In the 1000 m, she won a bronze medal, finishing behind Wang Meng and Katherine Reutter.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she won two gold medals and a bronze.

After the 2014–15 season Park switched to long track speed skating where she qualified to represent South Korea at the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships. She had originally planned on retiring from speedskating altogether after Sochi but wanted to challenge herself to skate in long track and also have the honor of competing in her home country in the 2018 Winter Olympics. She became the first South Korean athlete to ever compete in short track and long track speedskating at the Olympics.[7]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Park competed in the women's 1000 metres event for speed skating, finishing 16th overall.

International competition podiums

Short track speed skating
Date Competition Location Rank Event Result
12 Jan 20072007 World Junior Championships Mladá Boleslav1500 m2:19.990
14 Jan 20072007 World Junior Championships Mladá Boleslav1000 m1:32.507
14 Jan 20072007 World Junior Championships Mladá Boleslav1500m SF2:19.990
14 Jan 20072007 World Junior Championships Mladá BoleslavOverall55 points
14 Jan 20072007 World Junior Championships Mladá Boleslav2000m relay52:54.136
21 Oct 20072007/2008 ISU World Cup 1st Harbin500m43.925
21 Oct 20072007/2008 ISU World Cup 1st Harbin3000m relay4:13.374
27 Oct 20072007/2008 ISU World Cup 2nd Kobe1000 m1:33.723
26 Oct 20022007/2008 ISU World Cup 3rd Heerenveen500 m44.819
01 Dec 20072007/2008 ISU World Cup 4th Torino1500 m2:25.612
02 Feb 20082007/2008 ISU World Cup 5th Quebec City1000 m1:34.162
10 Feb 20082007/2008 ISU World Cup 6th Salt Lake City3000m relay4:09.938
21 Oct 20082007/2008 ISU World Cup 1st Harbin500m43.925
9 Mar 20082008 World Championships Gangneung3000m relay4:16.261
19 Oct 20082008/2009 ISU World Cup 1st Salt Lake City3000m relay4:09.930
26 Oct 20082008/2009 ISU World Cup 2nd Vancouver3000m relay4:12.752
30 Nov 20082008/2009 ISU World Cup 3rd Beijing3000m relay4:08.230
7 Dec 20082008/2009 ISU World Cup 4th Nagano3000m relay4:13.320
15 Feb 20092008/2009 ISU World Cup 6th Dresden3000m relay4:10.114
20 Sep 20092009/2010 ISU World Cup 1st Beijing3000m relay4:13.531
26 Sep 20092009/2010 ISU World Cup 2nd Seoul1000m1:31.320
15 Nov 20092009/2010 ISU World Cup 4th Marquette1000m1:30.206
15 Nov 20092009/2010 ISU World Cup 4th Marquette3000 m relay4:10.467
20 Feb 20102010 Winter Olympics Vancouver1500m2:17.927
26 Feb 20102010 Winter Olympics Vancouver1000m1:29.379
19 Mar 20102010 World Championships Sofia1500 m2:21.570
21 Mar 20102010 World Championships Sofia3000m SF5:04.070
21 Mar 20102010 World Championships SofiaOverall73 points
05 Dec 20102010/2011 ISU World Cup 3rd Changchun3000m relay4:14.116
12 Dec 20102010/2011 ISU World Cup 4th Shanghai1500m2:32.607
12 Dec 20102010/2011 ISU World Cup 4th Shanghai3000m relay4:16.795
31 Jan 20112011 Asian Winter Games Astana1500m2:38.621
2 Feb 20112011 Asian Winter Games Astana1000m1:33.343
2 Feb 20112011 Asian Winter Games Astana3000m relay4:30.010
20 Feb 20112010/2011 ISU World Cup 6th Dresden3000m relay4:12.735
11 Mar 20112011 World Championships Sheffield1500 m2:34.218
1 Dec 20122012/2013 ISU World Cup 3rd Nagoya1500 m2:27.692
2 Dec 20122012/2013 ISU World Cup 3rd Nagoya3000m relay4:11.570
8 Dec 20122012/2013 ISU World Cup 4th Shanghai1000m1:30.412
3 Feb 20132012/2013 ISU World Cup 5th Sochi1000m1:30.073
9 Feb 20132012/2013 ISU World Cup 6th Dresden1000 m1:30.834
8 Mar 20132013 World Championships Debrecen1500 m2:23.634
9 Mar 20132013 World Championships Debrecen500 m43.850
10 Mar 20132013 World Championships DebrecenOverall58 points
28 Sep 20132013/2014 ISU World Cup 1st Shanghai500m43.614
29 Sep 20132013/2014 ISU World Cup 1st Shanghai3000m relay4:07.143
6 Oct 20132013/2014 ISU World Cup 2nd Seoul1000m1:29.459
6 Oct 20132013/2014 ISU World Cup 2nd Seoul3000m relay4:06.824
9 Nov 20132013/2014 ISU World Cup 3rd Torino1500 m2:20.511
10 Nov 20132013/2014 ISU World Cup 3rd Torino1000 m1:59.828
17 Nov 20132013/2014 ISU World Cup 4th Kolomna3000m relay4:09.794
13 Feb 20142014 Winter Olympics Sochi500m54.207
18 Feb 20142014 Winter Olympics Sochi3000m relay4:09.498
21 Feb 20142014 Winter Olympics Sochi1000m1:30.761
14 Mar 20142014 World Championships Montreal1500 m2:34.838
15 Mar 20142014 World Championships Montreal500m42.792
16 Mar 20142014 World Championships Montreal1000m1:30.597
16 Mar 20142014 World Championships MontrealOverall73 points

References
  1. "China's Zhou Yang wins 1,500 short track gold". The Associated Press. 2010-02-20.
  2. "South Korea's Park Seung-Hi wins women's 1000m gold". NBC. 2014-02-21.
  3. http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2018/02/15/0200000000AEN20180215003800320.html . Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. "Ladies' 500 m quarterfinals". 2010-02-17. Archived from the original on February 18, 2010.
  5. "Ladies' 1500 m final". 2010-02-20.
  6. "Ladies' 3000 m Relay – final results". Archived from the original on February 19, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  7. http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2018/02/15/0200000000AEN20180215003800320.html . Retrieved 1 March 2018.
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