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{{Korean name|[[Lee (Korean name)|Lee]]}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name          = Lee Seung-hoon
| image         = Lee Seung-Hoon from acrofan.jpg
| headercolor   = #d7ecff
| country       = {{KOR}}
| sport         = [[Speed skating]]<br>[[Short track speed skating]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1988|3|6|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]
| height        = {{height|m=1.77}}<ref name="VancouverProfile">{{Cite web| title = Seung-Hoon Lee, Speed Skating | publisher = Infostrada Sports  | year = 2010  | url = http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-speed-skating/athletes/seung-hoon-lee_ath1055253BU.html  | accessdate = 2010-02-13}}</ref>
| weight        = {{convert|70|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}<ref name="VancouverProfile"/>
| pb            = 
| website       =  
| titles        = No
| worldcup      = 
| medaltemplates = 
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[speed skating]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Speed skating at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver]]|[[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres|10000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver]]|[[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2014 Winter Olympics|2014 Sochi]]|[[Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Speed Skating Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2016 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2016 Kolomna]]|[[2016 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's mass start|Mass start]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2011 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2011 Inzell]]|[[2011 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2013 Sochi]]|[[2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2015 Heerenveen]]|[[2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Speed skating at the Asian Winter Games|Asian Winter Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Astana-Almaty]]|[[Speed skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|5000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Astana-Almaty]]|[[Speed skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|10000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Astana-Almaty]]|[[Speed skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|Mass start]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2017 Asian Winter Games|2017 Sapporo]]|[[Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games|5000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2017 Asian Winter Games|2017 Sapporo]]|[[Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games|10000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2017 Asian Winter Games|2017 Sapporo]]|[[Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games|Mass start]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2017 Asian Winter Games|2017 Sapporo]]|[[Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games|Team pursuit]]}}
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[short track speed skating]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|2008 Gangneung]]|3000 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|2008 Gangneung]]|5000 m relay}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2005 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|2005 Beijing]]|5000 m relay}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2005 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|2005 Beijing]]|1500 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships|World Team Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships|2005 Chuncheon]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships|2008 Harbin]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Speed skating at the Winter Universiade|Winter Universiade]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2009 Winter Universiade|2009 Harbin]]|1000 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2009 Winter Universiade|2009 Harbin]]|1500 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2009 Winter Universiade|2009 Harbin]]|3000 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2007 Winter Universiade|2007 Torino]]|5000 m relay}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2007 Winter Universiade|2007 Torino]]|1000 m}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2007 Winter Universiade|2007 Torino]]|3000 m}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2009 Winter Universiade|2009 Harbin]]|5000 m relay}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2007 Winter Universiade|2007 Torino]]|1500 m}}
| show-medals   = no
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul  = 이승훈
| hanja   = 李 承勲
| rr      = 
| mr      = 
}}
'''Lee Seung-hoon''' ([[Hangul]]: 이승훈, [[Hanja]]: 李承勳,<ref>[http://210.117.202.170:25000/2/21/share/item_pop.jsp?no=200409015768&div=P&gameCode=129 이승훈] {{ko}} [http://www.sports.or.kr/intergames/2010_vancouver/ Korean National Team official website]</ref> {{IPA-ko|i.sɯŋ.ɦun}}; born 6 March 1988)<ref name="VancouverProfile"/> is a South Korean [[speed skater]]. He won a gold medal in the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres|10000 metres]], a silver medal in the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 meters]] at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]], becoming the first Asian man to ever achieve these feats, and a gold medal in the [[2016 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's mass start|mass start]] at the [[2016 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2016 World Championships]] in [[Kolomna]]. He was a [[short track speed skating|short track speed skater]], winning the 2008 World Championship 3000 m super-final and three gold medals at the [[2009 Winter Universiade]]. Lee converted to long track in September 2009, as he failed to earn his spot on the South Korea national short track team in the national trials.<ref name="2010Gold">{{cite news | url = http://www.ctvolympics.ca/speed-skating/news/newsid=51223.html | title = Kramer and Kemkers will continue to work together | publisher = Canadian Television | date = 2010-02-24 | accessdate = 2010-02-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.ctvolympics.ca/speed-skating/news/newsid=40479.html#kramer+captures+gold+000m?cid=sbctv | title = Kramer captures gold in 5,000m | publisher = Canadian Television | date = 2010-02-13 | accessdate = 2010-02-13}}</ref><ref name="WangMeng">{{cite news| url = http://www.chinadaily.cn/sports/2008-03/10/content_6523729.htm| title = Wang Meng takes women's, Lee Ho-Suk men's 1000 meters| publisher = China Daily | date = 2008-03-10| accessdate = 2010-02-14}}</ref><ref name="ReutersFacts">{{Cite web| title = FACTBOX-Olympics-Speedskating-Gold medallist Lee Seung-hoon  | publisher = Reuters  | date = 2010-02-23  | url = http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE61M2RV20100223  | accessdate = 2010-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.worldshorttrack.com/features/news/news.asp?id=185| title = World Championships Begin in Beijing| publisher = World Short Track | date = 2005-03-11| accessdate = 2010-02-14}}</ref><ref name="TripleKorea">{{cite news | url = http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2009/09/136_40204.html | title = Lee Seung-hoon Becomes Triple Gold Medallist | publisher = Korea Times | date = 2009-02-24 | accessdate = 2010-02-13
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://english.sina.com/sports/p/2009/0219/219895.html | title = Lee Seung Hoon wins South Korea's second gold | publisher = SINA | date = 2009-02-20 | accessdate = 2010-02-13
}}</ref>

==Early life==
Lee Seung-hoon started skating when he was in first grade at Lila Elementary School. However, when the [[1997 Asian Financial Crisis|Asian Financial Crisis]] hit South Korea, his father's business failed in 1998 when he was in the fourth grade. Lee's parents tried to get their son to give up skating because they could not afford the training fee any more. Although they sold their car, Lee insisted on continuing skating and went to the ice rink by bus. Lee was a [[short track speed skater]] at Sinmonk High School and [[Korea National Sport University]], but the competition between skaters was very high. Lee was evaluated as a rising rookie, but could not surpass [[Ahn Hyun-Soo]] and [[Lee Ho-Suk]].<ref name="Yonhap LeeSH">(2010-2-24) [http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/2010_w_olympic/2010/02/24/1601000000AKR20100224100800004.HTML?template=2086 <가난ㆍ시련도 이승훈 `빙상의지' 못 꺾어>(종합)] {{ko}} [[Yonhap]].</ref><ref name="Hankyoryeh">(2010-2-25) [http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/sports/sports_general/406780.html “상화 까칠녀” “승훈 품절남” “태범 모터범”] {{ko}} [[The Hankyoryeh]].</ref>

Lee faced a wall after he was not selected as a national player in the South Korean national competition held in April 2009. Since Lee was expected to become one of the national skaters, his frustration over the result could have led him to give up skating. However, after a long consideration, Lee declared in front of his family that he would switch to long track speed skating. Lee assumed he could at least become a candidate in the other genre even though [[Choi Geun-won]] was considered the long track speed skater going to represent South Korea. Lee excelled, skating a record of 6 minutes 48 seconds and defeating Choi to become a South Korean national skater.<ref name="Yonhap LeeSH" />

Lee has been close friends with gold medalists [[Mo Tae-bum]] and [[Lee Sang-hwa]] since they were in grade school. In speed skating at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]], Mo won the gold medal at the men's 500 meter race and took silver at the 1000 meter race, while Lee Sang-hwa won the women's 500 meters. All of them are currently juniors at [[Korea National Sport University]].<ref name="Hankyoryeh" />

==Career==
One of Lee's first major international competitions was at the [[2009 Winter Universiade]] in [[Harbin, China]]. Lee captured three gold medals in [[short track speed skating]] in the 1000, 1500 and 3000 metre events, a feat only bettered by countryman [[Sung Si-Bak]] during the [[2007 Winter Universiade]] in [[Turin]], [[Italy]], winning every distance, the 500, 1000, 1500, 3000 and 5000 m relay.  Regardless of his successes Lee shocked many observers by failing to earn a spot on South Korea's national short track team in April 2009. Later that year in September, Lee switched from short track to long track speed skating.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Kramer Takes Gold, Lee Dreams In Speed Skating
  | publisher = CBS Sports
  | date = 13 February 2010
  | url = http://bleacherreport.com/articles/345154-kramer-takes-gold-lee-dreams-in-speed-skating
  | accessdate = 2010-02-14}}</ref>

On 4 January 2010, in an interview with [[Arirang (TV network)|Arirang]], Lee was quoted during an interview as saying: "I would like to tear down the barriers and show the world that Asians can excel in the speed skating program, too, not just in the short track program."<ref>{{Cite web| title = Arirang Today 07:00
  | publisher = Arirang
  | date = 4 January 2010
  | url = http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_Vod_Full_Pop.asp?VodURL=2&VodSeq=52152
  | accessdate = 2010-02-13}}</ref> Most commentators pointed out that at the time no Asian had ever won a medal in long distance speed skating categories at the [[Olympics]].<ref name="KoreaTimes">{{Cite web| title = Lee Seung-hoon Surprises With 5,000-Meter Silver Medal
  | publisher = The Korea Times
  | date = 15 February 2010
  | url = http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2010/02/136_60845.html
  | accessdate = 2010-02-16}}</ref> Relatively obscure in his new field, Lee surprised everyone by finishing the men's 5000 meters in a time of 6 minutes, 16.95 seconds at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]], placing second only behind [[Sven Kramer]] of the Netherlands who clocked in at 6 minutes, 14.60 seconds.<ref name="KoreaTimes"/> He then went on to win the gold medal in the 10000 meter final, after Kramer was disqualified for finishing in the wrong lane.<ref name="2010Gold"/> Lee stated afterward: "My coaches told me at first that Kramer had made a mistake and I saw it on the replay they were showing on the big screen. I want to compete with Kramer again."<ref>{{Cite web| title = S. Korean Lee Enjoys Lucky Gold in Men's 10,000m Speed Skating
  | publisher = CRIEnglish
  | date = 24 February 2010
  | url = http://english.cri.cn/8046/2010/02/24/2501s552013.htm
  | accessdate = 2010-03-04}}</ref>

==Records==
===Personal records===
{{PersonalRecordsTop|ref=<ref>{{cite web
 |url        = http://www.speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=11433
 |title      = Seung-Hoon Lee (88)
 |publisher  = www.speedskatingresults.com
 |accessdate = 9 March 2015
}}</ref>}}
{{PersonalRecordsSport|Men's [[speed skating]]}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m|36.34|7 March 2015|[[Olympic Oval]], Calgary|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1000 m|1:23.90|1 December 2001|[[Korea National Training Center]], Seoul|}} 
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1500 m|1:45.93|8 March 2015|Olympic Oval, Calgary|}} 
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|3000 m|3:39.43|12 August 2012|Olympic Oval, Calgary|Current South Korean record<ref name=nr>{{cite web
 |url        = http://www.speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=11
 |title      = National Records – Korea (KOR)
 |publisher  = www.speedskatingresults.com
 |accessdate = 9 March 2015
}}</ref>}} 
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|5000 m|6:07.04|10 November 2013|Olympic Oval, Calgary|Current South Korean record<ref name=nr/>}} 
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|10000 m|12:57.27| 19 February 2011|[[Utah Olympic Oval]], Salt Lake City|Current South Korean record<ref name=nr/>}} 
{{PersonalRecordsBottom}}

===Olympic records===
{| class="wikitable"
!Distance!!Time!!Date!!Location!!Source
|-
|10000 m||12:58.55||24 February 2010 ||[[Richmond Olympic Oval|Richmond]]||<ref>{{Cite web| title = Speed Skating – Men’s 10,000 Metre
  | publisher = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
  | date = 2010-02-24
  | url = http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/content/events/speed-skating/mens-10000-metre/results.html
  | accessdate = 2010-02-13}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}
{{commons category|Lee Seung-Hoon}}

==External links==
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{{Footer Olympic Champions 10000m Speed Skating}}
{{Footer World Single Distance Champions Mass start Speed Skating Men}}

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[[Category:1988 births]]
[[Category:South Korean short track speed skaters]]
[[Category:South Korean male speed skaters]]
[[Category:Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic speed skaters of South Korea]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in speed skating]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for South Korea]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for South Korea]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Seoul]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in speed skating]]
[[Category:Speed skaters at the 2011 Asian Winter Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games]]