Whimin SEO

Republic of Korea

Short Track Speed Skating

Date of Birth: 13 Mar 2002

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Place of birth: SEOUL

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Residence: ANYANG

Residence Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Short Track Speed Skating	Women's 3000m Relay KOR Republic of Korea	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
After Semifinal 1	Capital Indoor Stadium	Women's 3000m Relay - Semifinal 2	Finished
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Women's 3000m Relay - Final A	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's 500m	2020	Lausanne, SUI
1	Women's 1000m	2020	Lausanne, SUI
3	3000 metres Relay	2020	Lausanne, SUI

World Junior Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's 1500m	2019	Montreal, QC, CAN
1	Women's 3000m Relay	2019	Montreal, QC, CAN
4	Women's 1000m	2019	Montreal, QC, CAN
33	Women's 500m	2019	Montreal, QC, CAN

Four Continents Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women's 1500m	2020	Montreal, QC, CAN
2	Women's Overall	2020	Montreal, QC, CAN
3	Women's 3000m Superfinal	2020	Montreal, QC, CAN
4	Women's 1000m	2020	Montreal, QC, CAN
5	Women's 500m	2020	Montreal, QC, CAN

World Cup
Season	Women's 500m	Women's 1000m	Women's 1500m
2021/22	30	20	12
2019/20	30	3	15

Nickname:

Whim Ni

Hobbies:

Baking

Occupation:

Student

Education:

Korea University (Sejong)

Family:

Younger brother (2004)

Languages spoken:

Korean

Club name:

Korea University

Coach:

Personal: Baek Guk-Goon (KOR)

Other sports:

Athletics: Competed at the National Junior Sports Festival in 2013 and 2014.

Debut:

2019 World Cup in Salt Lake City (500m - 15th, 1000m - 5th, Relay - 2nd, Mixed Relay - 3rd)

Injuries:

2018: Back injury sidelined her for two months. Contemplated quitting.

National team:

2019

Start:

Started skating in 2010 at the Anyang Sports Complex. (isu.org)

Reason:

Initially involved in roller skating, she later took part in a speed skating class during the summer holidays. "I got sweaty when I trained roller skating outside, so I was fascinated by the sport as I could skate inside in icy wind." (isu.org)

Ambition:

Win a gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (kyeongin.com, 29 Jun 2020)

Memorable:

Finishing second in the 1000m at the 2019 World Cup in Montreal, her first podium finish. (isu.org)

Influence:

Family (isu.org)

Philosophy:

"Have courage and don't give up when you have a hard time." (isu.org)

Milestones

Won silver in the 3000m relay at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Won a medal in every event she contested at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games. After winning gold in the 500m and 1000m, she finished third in the Mixed NOC Relay alongside Olivia Weedon (GBR), Thomas Nadalini (ITA) and Ethan De Rose (NZL).

Seven podium finishes in her first World Cup season (2019/20). Finished third overall in the 1000m, after second-place finishes in Montreal and Shanghai, where she was 0.025 seconds behind Suzanne Schulting (NED).

Finished second overall at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Innsbruck, winning the 1500m and finishing second in the 1000m. Won the 1500m again two years later in Montreal, in addition to the relay.

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/whimin0_03

Legend

:: Silver
:: Gold Medal Event

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