Lee Kang-seok
 Lee Kang-seok at the 2006 World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 February 1985 Uijeongbu, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals | 2006 (500 m) 2009 (100 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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
[edit]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
[edit]| Event | Time | Date | Venue |
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| 500 m | 34.25 | 9 March 2007 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City |
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 이강석 음주운전, 빙상 국가대표 워크샵 이후 ‘면허 취소’. The Financial News (in Korean). Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- ^ "Lee Kang-seok". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
External links
[edit]- Lee Kang-Seok at the International Skating Union
- Lee Kang-seok at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Lee Kang-Seok at SpeedskatingResults.com
- Kang Seok Lee at Olympics.com
- Lee Gang-Seok at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Photos of Lee Kang-seok at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-03-11)
- Lee Kang-seok on Cyworld (in Korean)
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