Yun Sung-bin won the gold medal in men's skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and was a participant at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
12 Facts About Yun Sung-bin
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Still, as a child, Yun Sung-bin always enjoyed running around at the beach and excelled in many sports at school, including soccer, badminton, competitive running, and jumping, among others.
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Yun Sung-bin moved to Seoul when he was in middle school and continued playing sports at school, hoping to get into a sports university.
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Yun Sung-bin attended Korea National Sport University, who had recruited him from his teacher's recommendation.
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Yun Sung-bin is known for his exceptional agility and athleticism, enabling him to pick things up in the sport quickly.
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Yun Sung-bin is famous for his Iron Man-like helmet, which makes it appear that the Marvel comic hero is flying full-speed ahead when Yun Sung-bin is on the track.
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Yun Sung-bin started skeleton at the age of 18 in early 2012, and after three-month training, he won the national championship in September 2012.
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Yun Sung-bin finished his first Olympic competition with a disappointing 16th place in Sochi.
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Yun Sung-bin recorded his first World Cup podium with a bronze at Calgary in December 2014.
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Yun Sung-bin finished the season's overall World Cup rankings in second place with one gold, three silver, and two bronze.
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At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Yun Sung-bin captured a gold medal, becoming the first athlete from outside Europe and North America to win an Olympic sliding medal and the first athlete from South Korea to win a Winter Olympic medal in a non-ice skating event.
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Yun Sung-bin was a contestant in the 2023 Netflix reality competition Physical: 100.