Kim_Dong-hyun_(bobsleigh)

Kim Dong-hyun (bobsledder)

Kim Dong-hyun (bobsledder)

South Korean bobsledder (born 1987)

Kim Dong-hyun (Korean: 김동현; born 12 November 1987) is a South Korean bobsledder who has competed since 2008. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 19th in the four-man event.

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Career

Kim finished 30th in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York. His best World Cup finish was 26th in the two-man event at Whistler, British Columbia in 2009.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the South Korean four-man team of Seo Young-woo, Won Yun-jong, Jun Jung-lin, and Kim Dong-hyun won a surprising silver medal in the four-man event, tying with a German team led by Nico Walther. With the silver medal, South Korea became the first Asian nation to claim an Olympic medal in a bobsleigh event.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Silver Win for S. Korea 4-Man Bobsleigh". Korean Broadcasting System. February 25, 2018.


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