Jin Sun-Yu

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Jin Sun-Yu (진선유)
Country	South Korea
Date of birth	December 17, 1988 (1988-12-17) (age 19)
Place of birth	Daegu, South Korea
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight	54 kg (120 lb/8.5 st)
Personal best	500 m: 44.420(2006) 1000 m: 1:30.037(2005) 1500 m: 2:20.411(2005) 3000 m: 5:04.798(2004)
Titles
World Cup wins	2006 Overall 2005 2nd Overall
World championship wins	2007 Overall 2006 Overall 2005 Overall

Olympic medal record
Women's Short track speed skating
Gold	2006 Turin	1000 meters
Gold	2006 Turin	1500 meters
Gold	2006 Turin	3000 meter relay
World Championships
Gold	2007 Milan	Overall
Gold	2007 Milan	1000 m
Gold	2007 Milan	3000 m
Gold	2007 Milan	3000 m relay
Gold	2006 Minneapolis	Overall
Gold	2006 Minneapolis	1000 m
Gold	2006 Minneapolis	1500 m
Gold	2006 Minneapolis	3000 m
Gold	2005 Beijing	Overall
Gold	2005 Beijing	1500 m
Silver	2007 Milan	1500 m relay
Silver	2005 Beijing	1000 m
Silver	2005 Beijing	3000 m

Jin Sun-Yu (진선유, born December 17, 1988 in Daegu, South Korea) is a Korean short-track speed skater.

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.

[edit] See also

• South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• NBC Olympics profile