Park Seung-hi (; born 28 March 1992) is a former South Korean short track and

long track speed skater 　 Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic sport, Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skat ...

. She is the 2010 Overall World Champion. She won two gold medals and three bronze medals at

2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...

and

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

. Her sister is Park Seung-ju, a long track speed skater, and her brother Park Se-yeong, a short track speed skater. She switched to long-track speed skating after the

2014 Sochi Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

. After the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics Park announced her retirement from speedskating.

Career

At the

, she competed in four events. In her first event, the 500 m, she was disqualified in the quarterfinals. Three days later, she competed in the 1500 m. Despite setting an Olympic record in the semifinals, she finished third in the final. In the 3000 m relay, her team finished first but was disqualified by one of the track judges. In the 1000 m, she won a bronze medal, finishing behind Wang Meng and

Katherine Reutter Katherine Reutter-Adamek ( ; born July 30, 1988) is an American short track speed skater. She is a two-time medalist (one silver, one bronze) in the Winter Olympics, 2011 overall world silver medalist and the 2010–2011 overall ISU Short Trac ...

. At the

, she won two gold medals and a bronze. After the 2014–15 season Park switched to long track speed skating where she qualified to represent South Korea at the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships. She had originally planned on retiring from speedskating altogether after Sochi but wanted to challenge herself to skate in long track and also have the honor of competing in her home country in the 2018 Winter Olympics. She became the first South Korean athlete to ever compete in short track and long track speedskating at the Olympics. At the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...

Pyeongchang Pyeongchang ( , ; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seo ...

, Park competed in the women's 1000 metres event for speed skating, finishing 16th overall.

Personal life

In July 2022, Park announced her first child's pregnancy via Instagram. In January 2023, Park's agency announced Park had given birth to their first daughter on January 12.

International competition podiums

Short track speed skating

References

External links

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at ShorttrackOnLine.info. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Seung-hi 1992 births Living people South Korean female short-track speed skaters Olympic short-track speed skaters for South Korea Short-track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating South Korean female speed skaters Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in short-track speed skating Short-track speed skaters at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for South Korea Sportspeople from Suwon Speed skaters from Gyeonggi Province World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists 21st-century South Korean sportswomen