Choi Ji-hyun (born March 9, 1994) is a South Korean

short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as a ...

Career

Choi won four distances and the overall classification at the 2010 World Junior Championships in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

. She was the first South Korean ever to win a gold medal in the women's 500 metres in the World Junior Championships.

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ISU profile
1994 births Living people South Korean female short track speed skaters Yonsei University alumni People from Cheongju Universiade medalists in short track speed skating Universiade gold medalists for South Korea Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from North Chungcheong Province 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-speed-skating-bio-stub