Men
USA
Brandon KIM
USA- Date of birth30 Aug 2001
- Height172 CM
- ProfessionAthlete, Student
- HometownFairfax
- Place of birthN/A
- Start skatingHe took up the sport at age 10.
- Club Potomac Speed Skating Club: United States
- HobbiesSupporting American football team the Philadelphia Eagles, computer science. (teamusa.org, 06 Jan 2021)
- LanguagesEnglish
- CoachN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
In 2016 he was named US Male Junior Developmental Skater of the Year for short track. (teamusa.org, 07 Oct 2018, 04 Dec 2016)
"I think my best quality is probably explosiveness. I can pick up speed quickly, and make passes quickly." (isu.org, 27 Jul 2022)
Russian short track skater Victor An. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2018)
US short track skater Thomas Insuk Hong. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2018)
Kim broke the US national 500m record by recording a time of 39.83 in September 2025. He eclipsed the mark held for more than a decade by three-time Olympian J.R Celski. “It was crazy because when I was a kid I watched the video of him breaking that record, so now that’s it’s me is pretty awesome,” said Kim. (www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/news/us-short-track-championships-2026-corinne-stoddard-brandon-kim-records, 21 November 2025)
"I've always trained Korean style, with lots of dry land work – jumps, imitations, belts. Doing those drills really helps my technique on the ice. I've always done more of that than bike rides or the gym, but it's worked well for me."
"My passion for short track started when I was watching the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. The electric speed of the racers and their blindingly quick passes stopped me in my tracks and drew me in. I knew instantly, 'That's what I want to do'."
