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Lee Sang-hwa

1989 - Today

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Lee Sang-hwa (Korean: 이상화; Hanja: 李相花, Korean pronunciation: [i.saŋ.ɦwa]; born 25 February 1989) is a South Korean retired speed skater who specialises in the sprint distances. She is a two-time Olympic champion in 500 metres (2010 and 2014) and the 2010 World Sprint champion. She is the current world record holder in women's 500 metres with the time of 36.36 seconds set in Salt Lake City on 16 November 2013, and held the South Korean record on 1000 metres from March 2009 until January 2024. She has also won three World Championships medals in 500 metres, and has placed in the top three in World Cup events four times in this distance. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Sang-hwa is the 265th most popular skater (down from 246th in 2019), the 837th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 755th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South Korean Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Lee Sang-hwa ranks 265 out of 483Before her are Francesca Lollobrigida, Chad Hedrick, Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt, Nathalie Péchalat, Júlia Sebestyén, and Marianne Timmer. After her are Pang Qing, Cindy Klassen, Olivier Schoenfelder, Tessa Virtue, Miki Ando, and Denis Petrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Lee Sang-hwa ranks 454Before her are Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Sarah Hegazi, Samanta Tīna, Rila Fukushima, Matthew Centrowitz Jr., and André André. After her are John-Patrick Smith, Selah Sue, Hong Un-jong, Antonia Iacobescu, Ognjen Vranješ, and Emilio Nsue.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Lee Sang-hwa ranks 837 out of 1,128Before her are Pyo Ye-jin (1992), Jung Ji-so (1999), Park Cho-rong (1991), Oh Ha-na (1985), Hwang In-beom (1996), and Bibi (1998). After her are Kim Dong-moon (1975), Lee Joo-yeon (1987), Hoya (1991), Jeon Ji-yoon (1990), Jung Jin-sun (1984), and Jung Yoo-jin (1989).

Among SKATERS In South Korea

Among skaters born in South Korea, Lee Sang-hwa ranks 2Before her are Yuna Kim (1990). After her are Chun Lee-kyung (1976), Lee Kang-seok (1985), Mo Tae-bum (1989), Lee Jung-su (1989), Jin Sun-yu (1988), Lim Hyo-jun (1996), Lee Seung-hoon (1988), Kim Dong-sung (1980), Choi Min-jeong (1998), and Lee Kyou-hyuk (1978).