Jin Sun-yu

Jin Sun-Yu (진선유)

Personal information
Born	(1988-12-17) December 17, 1988 Daegu, South Korea
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Short track speed skating
World Cup wins	2008 Overall 2006 Overall
World championship wins	2007 Overall 2006 Overall 2005 Overall
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 44.420(2006) 1000 m: 1:30.037(2005, Former WR) 1500 m: 2:20.411(2005) 3000 m: 5:04.798(2004)
Medal record Women's short track speed skating Representing South Korea Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 0 0 World Championships 10 3 1 World Team Championships 3 0 0 Olympic Games 2006 Turin 1000 m 2006 Turin 1500 m 2006 Turin 3000 m relay World Championships 2005 Beijing Overall 2005 Beijing 1500 m 2006 Minneapolis Overall 2006 Minneapolis 1000 m 2006 Minneapolis 1500 m 2006 Minneapolis 3000 m 2007 Milan Overall 2007 Milan 1000 m 2007 Milan 3000 m 2007 Milan 3000 m relay 2005 Beijing 1000 m 2005 Beijing 3000 m 2007 Milan 1500 m 2005 Beijing 3000 m relay World Team Championships 2005 Chuncheon Team 2006 Montréal Team 2007 Budapest Team

In this Korean name, the family name is Jin.

Jin Sun-Yu (Korean: 진선유; Hanja: 陳善有, born December 17, 1988, in Daegu, South Korea) is a South Korean short-track speed skater. She is a triple Olympic Champion from 2006 and a three-time Overall World Champion (for 2005–2007).

She was the winner of the gold medal in the 1500 meters and the silver medal in the 1000 meters at the 2005 World Championships, as she ended up as the overall champion. At the 2006 World Championships, Jin won the 1000, 1500, and 3000 meters on her way to a second consecutive overall championship. She also finished first in the overall World Cup standings for the 2005–2006 season.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won three gold medals, winning women's individual 1000 meters, and 1500 meters events, and as a member of the South Korean women's victorious 3000 meter relay team. In doing so, Jin became the first athlete (by less than half an hour) from Korea to win three gold medals in one Olympics. Ahn Hyun-Soo matched Jin's achievement later by helping Korea to win men's 5000 meters relay.

See also

• South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics

External links

• NBC Olympics profile Archived 2017-06-14 at the Wayback Machine