Yeo Sang-Yeop (; born 22 July 1984) is a South Korean

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marath ...

. He represented his country 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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. In Salt Lake City where he finished in 42nd position at the 1500m. In his second Winter Olympics in 2006,

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, He competed at 5000m. He finished 28th at the 5000m. He won the bronze medal in

2003 Asian Winter Games The 5th Asian Winter Games (), also known as Aomori 2003 (), took place from February 1 to 8, 2003 in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Mascot The 2003 Winter Asiad mascot is ''Winta'', a black woodpecker. Venues The venues for the 2003 Winter Asiad w ...

at the 1500m, and won the silver medal in

2007 Asian Winter Games The 6th Asian Winter Games (), also known as Changchun 2007 ( zh, , s=长春2007, labels=no), were held in Changchun, Jilin, China from January 28 to February 4, 2007. The Winter Games are a celebration of Winter sports in Asia. This was the sec ...

at the 5000m.

Personal records

* 500m — 37.35 (17 November 2002,

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) * 1000m — 1:15.86 (27 December 2000,

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

) * 1500m — 1:50.60 (8 November 2008,

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

) * 3000m — 3:55.03 (17 November 2002,

) * 5000m — 6:28.49 (19 November 2005,

) * 10000m — 13:55.11 (4 December 2005,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yeo, Sang-Yeop Living people 1984 births South Korean male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for South Korea Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in speed skating Speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games FISU World University Games silver medalists for South Korea Winter World University Games medalists in speed skating Speed skaters at the 2007 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade 21st-century South Korean sportsmen