Minjeong Choi

Choi Min-jung is a player who will lead the way for Korea’s glory.

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ISU #

He is Korea's best player of all time. No one can compare.

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Lee Kyung Jeon #

• 7-time Olympic medalist
• Olympic champion in the 1500m event (2 consecutive wins in 2018 and 2022)
• Setting a new Olympic record in the 500m event (2018)
• Establishing a new Olympic record in the 1500m event (2022)
• First gold medalist in three consecutive competitions in Korean Winter Olympics history (2026)
• Most gold medalist in Korean Winter Olympics history (2026)[26]
• Most medalist in Korean Winter and Summer Olympics history (2026)
• The first Asian athlete to achieve gold medals in three consecutive competitions in the history of short track at the Winter Olympics (2026)
• Korean Olympic Short Track Championships 3 consecutive medalist (2026)[27]
• The shortest time in the history of a Korean female short track speed skater in the 500m short track event at the Olympics.[28] Completed (2026)

olympic awards
Competition	gold	silver	dong	podium
olympic individual medals	2	2	0	4
olympic relay medal	2	1	0	3
Sum	4	3	0	7

Olympic detailed results
Competition	date	event	ranking	note
2018 PyeongChang	February 13, 2018	500m	6th place[PEN]	jeonOR42.422 (semi -final)
	February 17, 2018	1500m	gold medal
	February 20, 2018	3000m relay	gold medal
	February 22, 2018	1000m	4th place
Beijing 2022
	February 5, 2022	mixed relay	9th
	February 7, 2022	500m	14th
	February 11, 2022	1000m	silver medal
	February 13, 2022	3000m relay	silver medal
	February 16, 2022	1500m	gold medal	OR2: 16.831 (semi -final)
2026 Milan Cortina d'Ampezzo	February 10, 2026	mixed relay	6th place
	February 12, 2026	500m	7th
	February 16, 2026	1000m	8th place
	February 19, 2026	3000m relay	gold medal
	February 21, 2026	1500m	silver medal
500 M 2018 Olympic Records or Holders
1500 m 2022 Olympic record or holder

• The new Olympic record is set up within the Olympic Games and only recorded without being renewed.[30]

• 4-time world championship overall champion
• 20 World Championship titles (including 3 at 3000 m SF)
• 17 gold medals in the world championship (12 gold medals for private stocks, 5 relay gold medals)
• 12 wins in individual events at the World Championships (including 3000 m)

World Championship Awards
Competition	gold	silver	dong	podium
World Championships Individual Medal	12	5	1	18
World Championship Relay Medal	5	1	0	6
Sum	17	6	1	24

world championship record
season	overall ranking	point	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000 m	relay
2015	gold	89	4th place	gold	dong	1st	gold
	Championship		8	34	13	34	-
2016	gold	66	4th place	gold	silver	6th place	gold
	Championship		8	34	21	3	-
2018	gold	110	gold	4th place	gold	1st	gold
	Championship		34	8	34	34	-
2019	silver	76	-	silver	gold	2nd place	gold
	2nd place		-	21	34	21	-
2022	gold	107	5th place	gold	gold	1st	gold
	Championship		5	34	34	34	-
season	-		500 m	1000 m	1500 m	relay	mixed relay
2023	-		-	silver	silver	silver	-
2025	-		-	5th place	gold	-	-

World Championship Performance Event Statistics
medal	Synthesis	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000 m	relay	mixed relay	Sum
gold	4	1	3	4	3	5	-	20
silver	1	-	2	2	1	1	-	7
dong	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Sum	5	1	5	7	4	6	-	28

• Lists World Championship results for 7 of the 9 seasons in which he played as a member of the national team. Seasons with no awards or participation in the World Championships are not recorded.[31] The 2020 World Championships in the 19-20 season were not held due to COVID-19 , and the entire Korean national team did not participate in the 2021 World Championships due to COVID-19 .[32]

• Ahn Sang-mi , who was a commentator at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, said, “There is a monster worse than Shim Suk-hee, but there was an athlete who could not participate in the Olympics because of his age,” and that athlete was none other than Choi Min-jeong. Choi Min-jeong, who was unable to compete for just a few months,[39] It was a top-level performance that could also aim for an Olympic medal. Coach Jeon Yi-kyung said that all the leaders she met at the Sochi Winter Olympics all said, 'The world short track speed track will turn around next year when Choi Min-jeong appears.' Choi Min-jeong, who dominated the junior stage and joined the national team immediately after the Sochi Winter Olympics, won the overall championship at the 2015 World Championships, just one season after her debut, as expected.[40] In 2016, he also won the title for the second time in a row, and as soon as he debuted, he rose to the top of the world and literally changed the game. From Pyeongchang 2018 to the 2026 Milan Olympics, he broke the first record of winning 7 Olympic medals, the most in Korean sports history.

• This is also evident in out-course overtaking.[41] , His physical abilities are beyond imagination. Even during national team training, she sometimes raced with male athletes, and in a physical fitness test, she was said to be in the top three among both men and women . Just looking at the women's 1500m final at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, in the second half of the race when other athletes were slowly losing stamina and could barely maintain a speed in the late 30s to early 40s, she ran for a long time on the out-course in a sprint of close to 50km/h, which is typical of a male athlete's sprinting, and overtook several athletes and came into the lead.

• After his senior debut, he advanced to the finals in almost all of the 1000m and 1500m events he competed in for a total of 5 seasons until the 2018-19 season.[42]

• His education was Bundang Elementary School - Seohyeon Middle School - Seohyeon High School, so he was born in Gyeonggi-do . Many people misunderstand it as Seongnam City , but the place of birth is Seoul . According to the interview, the school went to school in Seongnam City, but moved a total of 7 times to various areas from Seoul to Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, and Gwangju, Gyeonggi -do. He appears to be living in Seoul now.

• It is a representative non-Han Sports University and Vision Myeong-gyu line.[43] He is also a typical victim of factionalism. She started off by going to Yonsei University , but unlike many short track athletes who go on to Korea National Sport University, Choi Min-jung chose a private university where she could play on a business team due to personal reasons, even though she received an offer to become a special student at Hansports University.[44] , Jeon Myeong-gyu , who was at the top of the Hansports University cartel at the time, put all kinds of pressure on Choi Min-jeong by manipulating records and match-fixing to produce a star at Hansports University . Nevertheless, he survived the pressure of Jeon Myeong-gyu only with his overwhelming skills. Now, with Jeon Myeong- gyu leaving for China, he and his lines have almost disappeared, but if you think about his position and influence at the time, when he stepped down from all positions after the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and returned three years later as Vice President of the Korea Skating Federation ahead of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and was in charge of all ice skating events, you can see how great his position and influence were.

• In 2018 , there were rumors floating around that the two were dating among fans who captured the scene of her holding hands with Dae-heon Hwang at the players' night event. However, in Seo-ra 's Instagram live, Dae-heon Hwang explained that it was because they had been close friends for a long time and told her not to misunderstand. Even when the two appeared together on All the Butlers, they drew a line saying no.

• 2018 On March 28th , he appeared on ‘ Let’s Eat Dinner Together’ with Shim Suk-hee . On the broadcast, he revealed that he had already completed all his pension points and would now receive a lump sum. When asked about how he felt about receiving his pension, he answered that he felt honored and had a greater sense of responsibility when he received his country's pension.

• 2018 On March 31 , he threw out the first pitch in KT Wiz 's home game against the Doosan Bears . On this day, KT Wiz was losing 0:8 until the top of the third inning, but soon turned around and won by an overwhelming score of 20:8. Baseball fans commented on this, saying, "This game resembles Choi Min-jung's playing style of turning it around with a last-minute spurt." ' and called her 'victory fairy.'

• 2018 April 6 , Witness: The Tour at Gocheok Sky Dome I attended a concert in Korea .

• 2018 April 15th K League 2 He gave a thumbs up at Seongnam FC’s home game. On this day, Seongnam FC won 2-1 against Bucheon FC 1995, the league's top team . Before the kick-off, Choi Min-jeong left a short comment saying, "I am honored to participate in the Seongnam FC kick-off, and I hope Seongnam FC will also have the energy of victory." That was exactly right. Before the game on this day, Choi Min-jung held an autograph session with Kim Min-seok, the national speed skating team, and it is said that so many fans came that they could not get all the autographs due to time constraints. Considering that its popularity has not waned even several months after the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics ended, it appears that the impact of the Olympics was significant.

• 2018 May 10th Happy Together When he appeared on Tray Karaoke , he proved that he was tone deaf , deaf, and insensitive to lyrics. Lee Gwang-gi performed a great performance , getting wrong 4 times on his own , and as a result, among the guests who appeared together, Jo Se-ho and Min Yu-ra , who were in charge of bars 8 and 9, could not sing even once during the regular attempt, and Lee Sang-hwa , who was in charge of 6 measures , also sang 2 and 5 measures. Shim Seok- hee, who was in charge , was only able to call three times.

• There are very few bronze medals in one's career. There are two in the World Championships and the Asian Games, and there is only one bronze medal in total in the World Cup that is not listed in the table above. Once they advance to the finals, most of them are in first or second place, and the games that do not make it into the rankings are almost always pushed out of the rankings due to collisions. It is very rare for a player to finish fourth or lower in a normal race without falling.

• In 2007 , when I was 10 years old , due to difficult family circumstances, my parents told me to choose between studying and exercising. Choi Min-jung asked for a week and chose to exercise.

• In the interview, MBTI revealed that he is ISTJ .

• Nickname is God Minjeong[45] , Minjeong Choi, Choi Minjeong, Ferrari Minjeong, Ice Princess[46] , Pretty Girl[47] , Living Legend, etc.

• The fan nickname is Choice. On Kwak Yoon-gi 's YouTube channel, Hold on Yoongi, viewers wrote down Choi Min-jung's fan nicknames and decided on their favorite fan nickname. Hold on tight Yoongi posted on the community that he had chosen a nickname for his fans called Choice.

• He is one of the Korean athletes ( Jeon Yi-kyung , Lee Ho-seok , Park Seung-hee , Lee Seung- hoon , Shim Seok-hee , and Hwang Dae-heon ) who have won more than five medals in previous Winter Olympics, and holds the most medals with seven.

• Among the previous winners of the Olympic limited edition watch presented by Olympic timekeeper Omega , Hong Il -jeom achieved more than three Olympic gold medals ( Jin Jong-oh , Kim Woo-jin , Oh Sang-wook ) , and became the only athlete at the Winter Olympics.[48]

• I used to wear glasses, but had Smile LASIK surgery. #

• Unlike in the past when she did not receive much attention due to her unique appearance, many people responded that she was pretty at the 2026 Winter Olympics, where she competed with Kim Gil-li.

• He announced plans to retire from the Olympics at the 2026 Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics , to retire from the national team at the 2027 Seoul World Championships , and then to play for his domestic team (Seongnam City Hall) before finally retiring . Appearing on Kim Yeon-kyung 's YouTube channel Slice of Bread, she revealed that she was inspired by Kim Yeon-kyung to decide to end her career as a player. # Afterwards, he had an interview where he reflected on his career as a player and his retirement plans. #1 #2 #3 #4

• After winning gold and silver medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, a live interview was held in the JTBC newsroom .

• Appearing on Radio Star , he confessed an episode in which he sat next to chef Jong-won Son and was so nervous that he couldn't make eye contact while filming JTBC's Request for a Refrigerator . #

• Seongnam FC in the K League 2 4R Seongnam FC vs. Chungnam Asan FC match held at Tancheon Sports Complex on March 21, 2026.[49] We celebrated the home game. # And in this game, Seongnam became the victory fairy by winning its first win in 2026 with a score of 2:1.