Ko Gi-Hyun (; born May 11, 1986) is a South Korean

short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating, 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 s ...

. Ko remains the second youngest individual gold medalist after

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in the history of the Olympic Winter Games, winning gold in women's 1500 m event at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

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, United States, at 15 years and 277 days old.

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* 1986 births Living people South Korean female speed skaters South Korean female short-track speed skaters Olympic short-track speed skaters for South Korea Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating Short-track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in short-track speed skating Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Short-track speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists South Korean Buddhists 21st-century South Korean sportswomen {{SouthKorea-speed-skating-bio-stub