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Lee Kang-seok

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Lee Kang-seok
Lee Kang-seok at the 2006 World Cup
Personal information
Born (1985-02-28) 28 February 1985 (age 39)
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
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin 500 m
World Sprint Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Obihiro Sprint
World Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Salt Lake City 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Vancouver 500 m
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2007 Torino 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Harbin 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Harbin 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Torino 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Innsbruck 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Harbin 1000 m
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Changchun 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Astana-Almaty 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Changchun 100 m

Lee Kang-seok (Korean이강석; 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

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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

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Event Time Date Venue
500 m 34.25 9 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[2]

References

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