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Kim Ki-hoon

South Korean short-track speed skater who won Korea’s first Winter Olympic gold in the 1000 m at Albertville in 1992 and retained the title at Lillehammer in 1994

Born in Seoul, he was a speed skater until, at his coach’s urging, he entered Korea’s first national short-track trials in 1984 and made the team. At the 1992 Albertville Games, where short track became an Olympic sport, he won the men’s 1000 m in world-record time for South Korea’s first Winter Olympic gold, and also won the men’s 5000 m relay. Retaining the 1000 m title at Lillehammer in 1994 brought his Olympic golds to three. After retiring he became a coach.

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19921992 Albertville Winter Olympicsparticipant
The last Winter Olympics held in the same year as the Summer Games; short track became an Olympic sport and Kim Ki-hoon won South Korea’s first Winter Olympic gold.
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19941994 Lillehammer Winter Olympicsparticipant
The first Winter Olympics held two years after the last, out of step with the Summer Games; Lillehammer, Norway, became known for its environmentally minded Games.

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Winter Olympics1924 – 2026
From the “International Winter Sports Week” at Chamonix to PyeongChang and Milano Cortina — a century on snow and ice, with Korea’s first appearance and first gold