13 Facts About Chun Lee-kyung

Chun Lee-kyung is a retired South Korean short track speed skater.

Chun Lee-kyung was a dominant force in International Short Track Speed Skating during the mid-1990s.

In 1994 Chun Lee-kyung won two gold medals at the Lillehammer Winter Olympic Games.

Chun Lee-kyung won the women's 1000 m final, defeating the reigning World Champion Nathalie Lambert and former World Champion Kim So-hee, and was part of the team that won the 3000 m relay in a world record time along with Kim.

Between 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics, Chun Lee-kyung won the Overall World Championship three times in a row, in 1995,1996 and 1997.

Chun Lee-kyung shared the 1997 title though with Yang Yang, her most significant career rival.

In 1998, at the Nagano Winter Olympics, Chun Lee-kyung successfully defended both of her Olympic titles, by defeating China's Yang Yang and Yang Yang in the 1000 m final after trailing for most of the race.

Chun Lee-kyung led the relay team to another Olympic victory with world record time, completing the first "double-double" in Olympic short track history.

Chun Lee-kyung added a 5th Olympic medal, a surprising bronze in the 500 metres, her weakest event and which she had never won a World Championship medal in.

Chun Lee-kyung was advanced to the bronze after winning the B final, due to a major fall in the A final leading to the disqualification of Isabelle Charest, and the refusal to finish of Wang Chunlu.

Chun Lee-kyung became the first quadruple Olympic Champion in Short Track Speed Skating and the first one from Korea.

One month later at the 1998 World Championships, her final major international meet, Chun Lee-kyung won 4 medals including her 3rd title at 3000 metres, but was still narrowly denied a 4th consecutive Overall World Championship by Yang Yang.

In 2002, Chun Lee-kyung was elected to the Athletes' Committee of the International Olympic Committee.