Boreum KIM

6 Feb 1993
29
Female
1.63/5'4''
DAEGU
 
Republic of Korea
 
Republic of Korea

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SSK Speed Skating Women's Mass Start 5

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
National Speed Skating Oval
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
2Women's Mass Start2018PyeongChang, KOR
8Women's Team Pursuit (6 laps)2018PyeongChang, KOR
8Team Pursuit (6 laps)2014Sochi, RUS
13Women's 3000m2014Sochi, RUS
18Women's 3000m2018PyeongChang, KOR
21Women's 1500m2014Sochi, RUS
World Single Distance Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1Women's Mass Start2018Gangneung, KOR
2Women's Mass Start2020Salt Lake City, UT, USA
2Women's Mass Start2016Kolomna, RUS
3Women's Team Pursuit2013Sochi, RUS
5Women's Team Pursuit2017Gangneung, KOR
5Women's Team Pursuit2015Heerenveen, NED
6Women's 3000m2018Gangneung, KOR
6Women's Team Pursuit2012Heerenveen, NED
7Women's 3000m2016Kolomna, RUS
9Women's 3000m2013Sochi, RUS
11Women's 1500m2013Sochi, RUS
11Women's 3000m2012Heerenveen, NED
12Women's 5000m2015Heerenveen, NED
12Women's Mass Start2015Heerenveen, NED
19Women's 3000m2015Heerenveen, NED
24Women's Mass Start2019Inzell, GER
Four Continents Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2Women's Mass Start2020Milwaukee, WI, USA
World Allround Championships
RankEventYearLocation
18Women's Allround2015Calgary, AB, CAN
World Cup
SeasonWomen's 1500mWomen's Mass StartWomen's Long DistancesWomen's Team Pursuit
2019/20438
2018/193918
2017/18611134
2016/1731116
2015/16401534
2014/1521813
2013/142726
2012/1313110
2011/1222725
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Athlete

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Physical Education - Korea National Sport University (Seoul, KOR)

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Korean

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Gangwon Province

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National: Baek Chul-Gi (KOR)
Club: Kim Min-Seob (KOR)

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Short track: National-level junior. Won a bronze medal at the 2009 National Winter Sports Festival.

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2011 Asian Winter Games in Nur-Sultan (3000m - 2nd, 5000m - 4th)
2011 World Cup in Chelyabinsk (1500m - 20th, 3000m - 20th)

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December 2018: Back injury causing her to withdraw from the World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki.

November 2017: Back injury but recovered quickly.

February 2014: Tore anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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2011

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A short track skater until her sophomore year in high school, she switched to speed skating in 2010. "I wasn't a very promising short track speed skater. There was a limit to the short track." (sbs.co.kr, 24 Dec 2014)

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Watching Lee Seung-Hoon, a former short track skater, win Olympic speed skating gold at Vancouver 2010 inspired her to switch. (naver.com, 17 Apr 2017)

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Winning mass start gold at the 2017 World Single Championships in front of a home crowd in Gangneung. (isu.org)

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Speed skater Martina Sablikova (CZE), three-time Olympic gold medallist and 21-time world champion. (Info 2018)

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Family and coach. (Info 2018)

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Ambassador for the Gangwon Province Olympic Participation Promotion Team (2017-18)
Korea Skating Union Best Athlete Award (2017)
MBN Women's Sports Awards Excellence Award (2017)

General Interest

PRESSURE
During the team pursuit quaterfinals at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, teammate Noh Seon-Yeong dropped the pace. This was not noticed by Kim and fellow teammate Park Ji Woo, resulting in the second-slowest time and elimination from medal contention. In post-race interviews, Noh also claimed to have been bullied by her teammates, notably Kim. More than 600.000 Koreans then signed a petition to have Kim and Park removed from the team, and a sponsor terminated their contract with Kim.

Although Kim countered by winning a silver in the mass start, the public anger did not waver. This caused severe psychological issues for Kim, who was admitted to a hospital in March 2018. In 2021, she announced a lawsuit against Noh for her allegedly false remarks, claiming damages to the extent of 200 million Korean won. (ad.nl, 14 Mar 2018, chosun.com, 20 Jan 2021)

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