Kim Ki-hoon

Personal information
Born	(1967-07-14) July 14, 1967 (age 56)
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Short track speed skating
Retired	1998
Achievements and titles
World finals	World Championship 1992 Overall
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 0 0 World Championships 7 6 3 World Team Championships 2 1 0 Winter Universiade 7 0 1 Asian Games 3 1 1 Total 19 7 4 Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 1994 Lillehammer 1000 m 1992 Albertville 1000 m 1992 Albertville 5000 m relay Olympic Games (Demonstration) 1988 Calgary 1500m World Championships 1989 Solihull 1000m 1991 Sydney 500m 1992 Denver Overall 1992 Denver 500m 1992 Denver 1000m 1992 Denver 1500m 1992 Denver 3000m SF 1989 Solihul Overall 1989 Solihul 1500m 1989 Solihul 3000m SF 1991 Sydney Overall 1993 Beijing 1500m 1993 Beijing 3000m SF 1988 St. Louis 5000 m relay 1989 Solihull 5000 m relay 1994 Gilford 500m World Team Championships 1992 Minamimaki Team 1994 Cambridgel Team 1991 Seoul Team Winter Universiade 1989 Sofia 1000 m 1989 Sofia 1500 m 1989 Sofia 5000 m relay 1991 Sapporo 500 m 1991 Sapporo 1000 m 1991 Sapporo 1500 m 1991 Sapporo 3000 m 1989 Sofia 500 m Asian Games 1990 Sapporo 1000 m 1990 Sapporo 1500 m 1990 Sapporo 5000 m relay 1990 Sapporo 500 m 1986 Sapporo 1500 m

Kim Ki-hoon (born July 14, 1967) is a retired short-track speed skater and the first gold medalist in the Winter Olympics for South Korea. Kim is a three-time Olympic Champion and 1992 Overall World Champion.

Career

Kim first garnered attention when he participated in the short-track demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, winning the gold medal in the 1500 metres.^[1]

Kim swept all the gold medals available in short-track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, winning won the gold medal in the 1000 metres in a world record time of 1:30.76, and claiming another gold in the 5000 metre relay in a world record time of 7:14.02. Kim went on to win his first world overall champion at the 1992 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Denver. At the championships, Kim captured all five individual gold medals (overall, 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m), which made him become the second skater to sweep all five individual world championship gold medals available(Canada's Sylvie Daigle first achieved the feat at the 1983 World Championships), and the first male one.

Kim Ki-hoon defended his gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, winning the 1000 metres with a time of 1:34.57.^[2]

Post career

In 2002, Kim was appointed as a coach of the Korean national short-track speed-skating team. He participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver as the head coach of the South Korean national team.^[3]

Kim Ki-hoon is known as the leader who helped Viktor An (Ahn Hyun-soo) to become a world-class player.^[4][5]

In addition, the Korean national team won two gold, four silver and two bronze medals at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, while he headed the team. However, in March 2010, the match-fixing between the two Olympic medalists, Lee Jung-su and Kwak Yoon-gy, and the deal for the right to participate in the Olympics and the World Championships became a big issue in the Korean society, and they received a three-years suspension from the Korea Sports Council after it was confirmed that it took place under the instructions and supervision of the coaches.^[6][7] The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee did not pay Kim the reward that successfully led the Olympics at the time. In August 2012, Kim filed a lawsuit with the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee and won a court lawsuit and was able to receive his Olympic reward three years later.^[8]

He was the head of the Gangneung Athletes' Village during the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.^[4]

Kim is currently serving as a full professor at Ulsan College.^[9]