Kim Min Sun
Korea
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSKOR21606199901 | |
| NOC | Korea | |
| Born | 16 Jun 1999
in  Seoul | |
| Gender | Women |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | English, Korean |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 37.20 | 10 Dec 2021 |  Calgary |
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| 1000m | 1:14.16 | 04 Dec 2021 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1500m | 2:01.93 | 16 Sep 2017 | Calgary |
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| 3000m | 4:36.00 | 23 Jan 2013 | Seoul |
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Main Achievements |
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World Junior Championships
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| Team Sprint | 1 | 1 | ||||
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/minsun.kim.9256028 |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Uijeongbu City Hall: Korea | |
| Reason for choosing this sport | Her friend suggested she take up figure skating, but her father encouraged her to begin short track. Her coach later suggested she switch to speed skating. | |
| Name of coach | Jaegal Sung-Yeol [club], KOR; Lee Kang-Seok [national], KOR | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She took up the sport at age 11 in Gwacheon, Republic of Korea. She decided to focus on speed skating in grade six of primary school. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | Coach Lee Jun-Su, and her parents. (Sports KU Naver blog, 18 May 2019; Athlete, 17 Nov 2018) | |
| Hero / Idol | Korean speed skater Lee Sang-Hwa. (SBS Entertainment YouTube channel, 15 Feb 2021) | |
| Hobbies | Going to art galleries, watching films, cooking. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019; news.joins.com, 31 Jan 2018) | |
| Ambitions | To win a gold medal at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019) | |
| Other information | JUNIOR WORLD RECORD She set a junior world record in the 500m [37.50s] at the 2017 Fall Classic in Calgary, AB, Canada, but it was not approved by the International Skating Union [ISU] as the organising committee had not conducted her doping test. The Korea Skating Union [KSU] appealed to the ISU, but only received an apology letter from the organising committee. Later in the year she again set a junior world record in the 500m [37.78s] at the 2017 Junior World Cup event in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. "When I heard that it [the first junior world record] was not officially approved, I felt let down a little bit. However at the same time I also thought that I could break the record again next time." (news.hankyung.com, 29 Jan 2018; nocutnews.co.kr, 11 Oct 2017; hankookilbo.com, 12 Oct 2017) BREAK FROM STUDIES In 2018 she began studying international sports at Korea University in Seoul, Republic of Korea. However, after completing one semester she took a break from her studies to focus on her sporting career. (edaily.co.kr, 03 Dec 2019) |
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| Memorable sporting achievement | Setting a junior world record in the 500m [37.78s] at the 2017 Junior World Cup event in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Do your best in every moment." (Athlete, 17 Nov 2018) | |
| Injuries | Her training was disrupted by a back injury in February 2018. (Athlete, 17 Nov 2018) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 6 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | 500m | 7 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 15 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | 1000m | 16 | |||
| 2018 | Olympic Games | 500m | 16 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 17 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 18 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 23 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 23 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2019/2020 | World Cup Four Continents Championships | 500m | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Stavanger | Team Sprint | 1 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Four Continents Championships | Team Sprint | 2 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Heerenveen | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Heerenveen | 500m | 3 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup | 500m | 6 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 500m | 10 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup | 500m | 12 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup | 1000m | 16 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup | 500m | 17 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | 500m | 18 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 1000m | 21 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup | 500m | 21 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup | 1000m | 31 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup | 500m | 35 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup | 1000m | 43 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup | 1000m | 51 | |||