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Lee Sang-hwa

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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 was the 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 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Lee Sang-hwa is the 270th most popular skater (down from 246th in 2024), the 929th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 754th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South Korean Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Lee Sang-hwa ranks 270 out of 483. Before 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, Oleg Makarov, and Miki Ando.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Lee Sang-hwa ranks 464. Before her are Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Sarah Hegazi, Samanta Tīna, Rila Fukushima, Matthew Centrowitz Jr., and André André. After her are John-Patrick Smith, Selah Sue, Riisa Naka, Hong Un-jong, Antonia Iacobescu, and Ognjen Vranješ.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Lee Sang-hwa ranks 929 out of 1,128. Before her are Han Chae-ah (1982), Oh Ha-na (1985), Hwang In-beom (1996), Choi Jung-yoon (1977), Bibi (1998), and Kim Ye-won (1987). After her are Kim Dong-moon (1975), Yun Young-sook (1971), Lee Joo-yeon (1987), Kim Young-dae (1996), Hoya (1991), and Woozi (1996).

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Among SKATERS In South Korea

Among skaters born in South Korea, Lee Sang-hwa ranks 2. Before 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), Kim Yun-mi (1980), and Choi Min-jeong (1998).

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