In this Korean name, the family name is Yeo.

Yeo Soo-yeon is a former South Korean short-track speed skater.[1] She is a Team World champion as well as a champion and a two-time silver medalist of the Winter Universiade.

During the 2004–05 World Cup season, she won a 3000 m race and finished second in both 1000 m and 1500 m races at the last World Cup stage in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia.[2] She also achieved several victories and podiums in relay during that season.

After retiring from competitive sports Yeo worked as a teenagers' coach in Middleburg, Virginia, US.[3] In September 2013, she was also appointed as Sport Manager for the ISU disciplines within the Sports Operation Department for the 2018 Winter Olympics.[4]

References

  1. ^ Yeo Soo-yeon competing in a relay race, gettyimages.ae, 6 March 2005.
  2. ^ Canadians win 3 short-track medals, cbc.ca, Feb 10, 2005 (in English).
  3. ^ IT’S A LONG DRIVE FOR A GIFTED SHORT TRACK SKATER, middleburglife.com (in English).
  4. ^ News of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (Fall 2013).


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeo_Soo-yeon
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