Martin Jong-bum Hyun (born 4 May 1979) is a German writer and retired professional ice hockey player who played in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga.^[1] He was appointed technical coordinator and manager for the 2018 Winter Olympics by the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (POCOG) ^[2] in the field of ice hockey and ice sledge hockey.

After one season, Hyun retired from professional ice hockey to move to South Korea, where he worked with the National Assembly and the Ministry of Health and Welfare to promote Korean-German friendship. Though Hyun sometimes faced racism and exclusion in Germany, he stated that he felt even more like a stranger in South Korea; he returned to Germany to enroll in a doctoral programme at the University of Bonn, where he is writing his thesis on the experiences of the second-generation Korean youth in Germany.^[3] He also gained more experience in the political world with the German and European Parliament and the Ministry of Generations, Family, Women and Integration.^{[citation needed]}

He has published a book entitled Lautlos-JA Sprachlos-NEIN (Silent-YES Speechless-NO) on the social integration experiences of second-generation Koreans in Germany. The book was published in 2008 by EB-Verlag Hamburg ISBN 978-3-936912-84-5. Five years later Hyun published his second book, Ohne Fleiß kein Reis - wie ich ein guter Deutscher wurde.^{[4][better source needed]} The author explores issues central to the Asian German experience: the encounter of diverse cultures; the challenges of racism, discrimination, and exclusion. The author above all raises the question of becoming and being German with "slanted" eyes. His views on minorities and social integration led to him working at the radio station Deutschlandradio Kultur.^{[5][better source needed]}

In 2007 Hyun was selected among thirty young leaders with a foreign background to participate in the Bertelsmann-Foundation Leadership-Program in order to promote social integration of minorities in Germany.^{[citation needed]} As a professional ice hockey player Hyun initiated a mentoring-project for children from low income families and helped children with cancer.^{[citation needed]} On 10 October 2008 Hyun received a second invitation from German President Horst Köhler to talk about the demographic change and increasing diversity in Germany.^{[citation needed]} In 2008 Hyun was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the European Year of the intercultural dialogue, sponsored by the European Commission and European Parliament.^{[citation needed]} In 2010 Hyun founded "Hockey is Diversity ^[6]" an initiative to promote diversity outside the boundaries of sports.

In January 2015 Hyun with the recommendation of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) was appointed by the PyeongChang Organizing Committee of the Winter Olympics 2018 (POCOG) ^[2] as their new technical coordinator for their men's and women's ice hockey and ice sledge hockey games. Hyun was selected as Olympic torch runner for his contributions to the development of Korean-German relations.

• 1997: World U-17 Hockey Championships, Moncton, Canada^{[citation needed]}
• 2002: ECAC Division II Northeast Champion, USA^{[citation needed]}
• 2014: Integration Award for outstanding contributions in the field of social integration, awarded by SYNKO Synergie Köln e. V.(5 February 2014)

• Ice hockey in Germany
• Sport in Germany