Lee Sang-hwa

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lee Sang-hwa
Occupation	Speed Skater
Date Of Birth	Feb 25, 1989(1989-02-25)
Age	35
Birthplace	Seoul
Country	South Korea
Horoscope	Aquarius

Lee Sang-hwa Biography

Lee Sang-hwa is one of the most popular and richest Speed Skater who was born on February 25, 1989 in Seoul, South Korea. Lang track speed skating athlete who brought gold medals at the 500-meter event in the 2010 Vancouver Games and the 2014 Sochi Games. She also won three gold medals at World Championship events.

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Lee Sang-hwa (Korean: 이상화, Hanja: 李相花, Korean pronunciation: [i.saŋ.ɦwa] ; born 25 February 1989) is a South Korean retired speed skater who specialises in the sprint distances. She is a two-time Olympic champion in 500 metres (2010 and 2014) and the 2010 World Sprint champion. She is the current world record holder in women’s 500 metres with the time of 36.36 seconds set in Salt Lake City on 16 November 2013, and also holds the South Korean record on 1000 metres. She has also won three World Championships medals in 500 metres, and has placed in the top three in World Cup events four times in this distance. Her first World Cup victory, however, came on the non-Olympic distance 100 metres. On the 1000 metres, however, she has never placed higher than fifth in international events (2010 World Sprint Championships, first 1000 metres).

Lee first competed internationally aged 14 in Canada, where she skated several test races in October 2003, winning comfortably and skating with a best time of 39.02 seconds. At the time, the U19 world record was 38.53. Her first ISU championship was in Roseville, Minnesota, during the 2004 World Junior Championships. As the youngest participant, she finished 16th, though she took third place on the 500 metres, 0.45 seconds behind world junior record holder Shannon Rempel.

Lee Sang-jun, her brother, was also a skater.

Lee Sang-hwa Net Worth

Lee Sang-hwa is one of the richest Speed Skater from South Korea. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lee Sang- hwa 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She began competing internationally at the age of 14 years old and was able to make a name for herself at the very beginning.

She was awarded gold medals in the 500-meter events at the Winter Universiade in both 2007 and 2009.

Lee Sang-hwa was born in 1989 to Lee U-geun (father), a technician at Hwigyeong Girls’ School, and Kim In-sun (mother). Lee has an older brother, Lee Sang-jun, who used to be a skater, too. Influenced by her brother, she started skating when she was in first grade at Eunseok Elementary School. Although her brother excelled at skating, and won a skating competition held in his elementary school, Lee appeared to have more talent for skating than him. Since their parents could not afford to support the extra activity of both children, only she continued skating.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Lee Sang-hwa Dating?

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On 9 November 2013, she broke the world record on 500 metres in the 2013–14 World Cup event in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, with a time of 36.74 seconds. On 15 November, in the 2013–14 World Cup event in Salt Lake City, United States, she improved the record a further 17/100, to 36.57 seconds. The next day, she improved it another 21/100, to 36.36 seconds.

Facts & Trivia

Lee Ranked on the list of most popular Speed Skater. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Korea. Lee Sang-hwa celebrates birthday on February 25 of every year.

Lee competed in her fourth Winter Olympics at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and won the silver, her third Olympic medal, in front of her home crowd. She was defeated by Japan’s Nao Kodaira who was the other favourite coming into the event. Overcome with emotions upon finishing her lap, Lee burst into tears during the celebratory lap, and was consoled and embraced by her rival and friend, Kodaira. The scene of Lee and Kodaira embracing and congratulating each other, touched on many viewers and commentators worldwide, making it one of the most memorable moments of the 2018 Olympics.

Why did Lee Sang Hwa retire?

“ Due to the knee injury , I had lost my sense of speed.

When did Lee Sang Hwa retire?

Personal information
Sport| Speed skating

How old is Lee Sang Hwa?

33 years (February 25, 1989)

Who is the fastest woman speed skater?

Erin Jackson skates to victory to win the gold medal during the Women’s 500m on day nine of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 13, 2022 in Beijing.

Did Kangnam get married?

Kangnam and Lee Sang Hwa have been married since October 2019 and have been sharing their love and affection on various TV programs. On November 16, Kangnam appeared on the MBC Every1’s entertainment program ‘Call Me,’ and he revealed the reason the two have not had a baby yet.