Bae Ki-tae (, born 3 May 1965 in

Uijeongbu Uijeongbu (; ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is the tenth-most populous city in the province and a suburb of Seoul within the greater Seoul Metropolitan Area. History Uijeongbu was estab ...

Gyeonggi-do Gyeonggi Province (, ) is the most populous administrative divisions of South Korea, province in South Korea. Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a list of provinc ...

) is a former

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from

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. In 1990, he became the first Korean speed-skater to win a senior championship, winning gold at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships held in

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. In addition, Kim participated in the

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and won the 500 metres 3 times (1987, 1988 and 1990).

References

Skateresults.com

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* * * 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Uijeongbu Speed skaters from Gyeonggi Province South Korean male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for South Korea Speed skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in speed skating Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Speed skaters at the 1986 Asian Winter Games Speed skaters at the 1990 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Winter Games World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists 20th-century South Korean sportsmen {{SouthKorea-speed-skating-bio-stub