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| show-medals = no }} Lee Seung-hoon (Hangul: 이승훈, Hanja: 李承勳〔(이승훈 ) (Korean National Team official website )〕) (born 6 March 1988)〔 is a South Korean speed skater. He won a gold medal in the 10000 metres and a silver medal in the 5000 meters at the 2010 Winter Olympics, becoming the first Asian man to ever achieve these feats. He was a short track speed skater, winning the 2008 World Championship 3000 m super-final and three gold medals at the 2009 Winter Universiade. Lee converted to long track in September 2009, as he failed to earn his spot on the South Korea national short track team in the national trials. ==Early life== Lee Seung-hoon started skating when he was in first grade at Lila Elementary School. However, when the Asian Financial Crisis hit South Korea, his father's business failed in 1998 when he was in the fourth grade. Lee's parents tried to get their son to give up skating because they could not afford the training fee any more. Although they sold their car, Lee insisted on continuing skating and went to the ice rink by bus. Lee was a short track speed skater at Sinmonk High School and Korea National Sport University, but the competition between skaters was very high. Lee was evaluated as a rising rookie, but could not surpass Ahn Hyun-Soo and Lee Ho-Suk.〔(2010-2-24) (<가난ㆍ시련도 이승훈 `빙상의지' 못 꺾어>(종합) ) Yonhap.〕〔(2010-2-25) (“상화 까칠녀” “승훈 품절남” “태범 모터범” ) The Hankyoryeh.〕 Lee faced a wall after he was not selected as a national player in the South Korean national competition held in April 2009. Since Lee was expected to become one of the national skaters, his frustration over the result could have led him to give up skating. However, after a long consideration, Lee declared in front of his family that he would switch to long track speed skating. Lee assumed he could at least become a candidate in the other genre even though Choi Geun-won was considered the long track speed skater going to represent South Korea. Lee excelled, skating a record of 6 minutes 48 seconds and defeating Choi to become a South Korean national skater.〔 Lee has been close friends with gold medalists Mo Tae-bum and Lee Sang-hwa since they were in grade school. In speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Mo won the gold medal at the men's 500 meter race and took silver at the 1000 meter race, while Lee Sang-hwa won the women's 500 meters. All of them are currently juniors at Korea National Sport University.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lee Seung-hoon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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