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Un Song Choe

flagPRK
  • Date of birth07 Dec 1992
  • Height170 CM
  • ProfessionAthlete
  • HometownKanggye
  • Place of birthN/A
  • Start skating Club He initially joined the Manpo Youth Sports School, before continuing his training at the Ganggye-dong First Education University. Jangjasan Sports Club: DPR Korea
  • HobbiesN/A
  • LanguagesKorean
  • CoachN/A
  • ChoreographerN/A
  • Former CoachN/A
  • Practice low seasonN/A
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  • General Interest
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"Short track speed skating requires not only technique but also physical strength." (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
Chinese short track speed skater Wu Dajing. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
Coach Kim Gwang Ho. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
He crashed heavily into safety padding during his first training session at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. He was stretchered off the ice and taken to hospital with an injury to his right leg. He was still able to compete in the 1500m event at the Games. (Yonhap News Agency, 02 Feb 2018; Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
Finishing first in the 500m at the 2013 Slovak Open. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
He began skating in Manpo, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, after his father gave him a pair of skates.