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{{Infobox speed skater
| name           = Lee Ho-Suk | native_name = 이호석
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| country        = {{KOR}}
| club           = Goyang City
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1986|06|25}}<ref name="vancouver profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/athletes/index_cf-sN.html?cat6=&cat1=&q=Lee+Ho-Suk |title=LEE Ho-Suk |accessdate=17 February 2010}}</ref>
| birth_place    = [[Seoul]], South Korea<ref name="nbc 2010">{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=2179/index.html |title=Lee Ho-Suk |accessdate=17 February 2010}}</ref>
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| height         = {{convert|168|cm|ftin}}<ref name="vancouver profile" />
| weight         = {{convert|62|kg|lb}}<ref name="vancouver profile" />
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| retired        = April 12, 2015<ref>{{cite web |title=서이라·심석희, 쇼트트랙 2차 선발전 1위(종합) |url=http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2015/04/12/0200000000AKR20150412065251007.HTML?input=1195m}}</ref>
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| worldchamp     = [[2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|2010]] Overall<br />[[2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|2009]] Overall
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[short track speed skating]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}
{{MedalCount
| [[Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]] | 1|4|0
| [[World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|World Championships]]|9|7|3
| [[World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships|World Team Championships]]|3|0|1
}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]] | [[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Men's 5000m Relay|5000 m relay]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]] | [[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Men's 1000m|1000 m]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]] | [[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Men's 1500m|1500 m]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver]] | [[Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres|1000 m]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver]] | [[Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metre relay|5000 m relay]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|2008 Gangneung]] | 1000&nbsp;m }}
{{MedalGold | 2008 Gangneung | 5000&nbsp;m relay }}
{{MedalGold | [[2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|2009 Vienna]] | '''Overall''' }}
{{MedalGold | 2009 Vienna | 1000&nbsp;m }}
{{MedalGold | 2009 Vienna | 1500&nbsp;m }}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|2010 Sofia]] | '''Overall''' }}
{{MedalGold | 2010 Sofia | 1000&nbsp;m }}
{{MedalGold | 2010 Sofia | 3000&nbsp;m }}
{{MedalGold | 2010 Sofia | 5000&nbsp;m relay }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2006 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|2006 Minneapolis]] | '''Overall''' }}
{{MedalSilver | 2006 Minneapolis | 1000&nbsp;m }}
{{MedalSilver | 2006 Minneapolis | 1500&nbsp;m }}
{{MedalSilver | 2008 Gangneung | '''Overall''' }}
{{MedalSilver | 2008 Gangneung | 1500&nbsp;m }}
{{MedalSilver | 2009 Vienna | 3000&nbsp;m }}
{{MedalSilver | 2014 Montreal | 5000 m relay }}
{{MedalBronze | 2006 Minneapolis | 500&nbsp;m }}
{{MedalBronze | 2010 Sofia| 1500&nbsp;m }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2012 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|2012 Shanghai]] | 5000 m Relay }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships|World Team Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2006 Montréal | Team }}
{{MedalGold | 2009 Heerenveen | Team }}
{{MedalGold | 2010 Bormio | Team }}
{{MedalBronze | 2008 Harbin | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2003 Budapest | '''Overall''' }}
{{MedalGold | 2004 Beijing | '''Overall''' }}
{{MedalGold | 2005 Belgrade | '''Overall''' }}
}}

{{korean name|[[Lee (Korean name)|Lee]]}}

'''Lee Ho-Suk''' ({{lang-ko|이호석}}, Hanja: 李昊錫, {{IPA-ko|i.ɦo.sʌk̚}}; born June 25, 1986<ref name="vancouver profile" />) is a [[South Korea]]n [[short track speed skating|short track speedskater]]. He won a gold medal as a part of 5000 m short-track relay team and four silver medals in [[2006 Winter Olympics]] held in [[Turin]], [[Italy]]. He is the [[World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|overall world champion]] for 2009 and 2010.

==Career==
Known especially for his dynamic outside pass, Lee is regarded as one of the best young skaters in the world. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Lee made a thrilling move to pass [[Apolo Ohno]] on the final lap of the 1000 m, securing a 1-2 finish for Korea in the event.<ref name="chinatimes">{{cite news |url=http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2008-03/10/content_6523729.htm |title=Wang Meng takes women's, Lee Ho-Suk men's 1000 meters |date=10 March 2008 |publisher=China Times |accessdate=14 February 2010}}</ref>

Lee won three consecutive overall World Junior titles from 2003 to 2005. In 2006, his first full season on the World Cup circuit, Lee finished second behind [[Ahn Hyun-Soo]] in the overall standings. At the [[2006 Winter Olympics]], Lee earned two individual silver medals in the 1000 and 1500 meters behind his teammate, [[Ahn Hyun-Soo]] at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]], [[Italy]]. Lee also won gold in the 5000 meter relay along with countrymen [[Ahn Hyun-Soo]], [[Seo Ho-Jin]] and [[Song Suk-Woo]]. The Korean team defeated two-time defending Olympic champion Canada with a powerful pass by Ahn in the closing laps.<ref name="chinatimes" /> Lee also finished second overall at the 2006 Short Track World  Championships held in Minneapolis, MN.

At the [[2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships]] in [[Vienna]], Lee became the Overall World Champion<ref name="kortimes">{{cite news |url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2009/02/136_39227.html |title=Korea Dominates Short Track World Cup |last=Kim |first=Jae-won |date=9 February 2010 |publisher=Korea Times |accessdate=14 February 2010 |location=Seoul}}</ref> and went on to win his domestic Olympic Trials a few months later, becoming the leader of the Korean Short Track Team, as well as one of the top contenders to win gold in [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver, BC]].

At the [[2010 Winter Olympics]], South Korea was in position to sweep the 1500m until Lee accidentally crashed into [[Sung Si-Bak]] and took them both out of contention entering the final turn, giving the silver and bronze medals to Americans Apolo Ohno and [[J. R. Celski]], respectively. He was disqualified<ref name="2010 olympics 1500">{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/short-track/resultsandschedules/event=STM015000/phase=STM015100/doc=results.html |title=Men's 1500m |accessdate=17 February 2010}}</ref> because he caused the crash with Sung Si-Bak.<ref name="kansas">{{cite news |url=http://www.kansascity.com/495/story/1746788.html |title=Ohno makes history with lucky silver medal |date=13 February 2010 |publisher=Sports Network |accessdate=14 February 2010 |location=Kansas |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217032040/http://www.kansascity.com/495/story/1746788.html |archivedate=February 17, 2010}}</ref> He qualified for the final round of the quarter finals of the 1000m short track race with a time of 1:25.925.<ref name="vancouver profile" /> Lee won his second consecutive Overall World Championships after the Olympics.

== See also ==
* [[South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics]]
* [[South Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=2179/bio/index.html Lee Ho-Suk's biography on nbcolympics.com]

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