Lee Kyou-hyuk is one of the most popular and richest Speed Skater who was born on March 16, 1978 in South Korea. Speed skating athlete from South Korea who won the World Sprint Speed Skating Championship the record-breaking four times. He also took home ten in a row National Sprint Speed Skating Championships between 2001 and 2010.
He and Jin Sun-yu are both famous speed skaters from South Korea. and He and Jin Sun-yu are both famous speed skaters from South Korea. are two famous Speed skaters hailing of South Korea.
Lee began the Olympic season with fifth place during a 500-meter race in the Utah Olympic Oval, but also finished 19th on a 1,000 meter race that weekend. In Heerenveen in January, however, he won his first World Cup race in four years, sharing the win with Gerard van Velde, whose last-pair effort was good enough to tie with Lee’s time. He also won a B group race during that World Cup event, and finished third on the 1,000 meters behind two Dutchmen. A week later, Lee recorded his best placing at a World Sprint championship, though he finished sixth and further behind the winner than he had been the previous year. His best placing in an individual race was fifth on the first 500 meters.
Lee Kyou-hyuk (Korean: 이규혁 ; Hanja: 李奎爀 ; RR: Lee Gyu-hyeok, born 16 March 1978) is a South Korean retired long track speed skater who specializes in the 500 and 1,000 meters. He was the 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 World Sprint Speed Skating Champion and the 2011 World Champion for 500 m. He is one of four men to have won the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships four times.
His older brother is figure skater Lee Kyu-hyun.
