Yun Sung-bin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yun Sung-bin
Occupation	Skeleton Racer
Date Of Birth	May 23, 1994(1994-05-23)
Age	30
Birthplace	Namhae
Country	South Korea
Birth City	South Gyeongsang Province
Horoscope	Gemini

Yun Sung-bin Biography

Yun Sung-bin is one of the most popular and richest Skeleton Racer who was born on May 23, 1994 in Namhae, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.

Yun Sung-Bin (Hangul: 윤성빈; born 23 May 1994) is a South korean skeleton racer. He won the gold medal in men’s skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and was a participant at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Yun finished his first Olympic competition with a disappointing 16th place in Sochi. Yun, however, flourished in the 2014–15 season under the tutelage of British sled specialist Richard Bromley, a co-founder of Bromley Sports, one of the world’s top sled manufacturing companies. Yun recorded his first World Cup podium with a bronze at Calgary in December 2014. In the overall 2014–15 World Cup rankings, Yun finished his rookie season in sixth place with one silver and two bronze.

Yun Sung-bin Net Worth

Yun Sung-bin is one of the richest Skeleton Racer from South Korea. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yun Sung- bin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in 1994 in South Korea’s southern coastal region of Namhae, South Gyeongsang Province, Yun grew up knowing nothing about the winter sliding sport. Still, as a child Yun always enjoyed running around at the beach, and excelled in many sports at school including soccer, badminton, competitive running and jumping, among others.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Yun Sung-bin height 1.78 m Y. weight 85 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Yun Sung-bin Dating?

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At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Yun captured a gold medal, becoming the first athlete from outside Europe and North America to win an Olympic sliding medal, and the first athlete from South Korea to win a Winter Olympic medal in a non-ice skating event. His four-run time of 3 minutes, 20.55 seconds was 1.63 seconds ahead of silver medalist Nikita Tregubov of Russia. It was the biggest victory margin in Olympic skeleton, topping 1948, when Italy’s Nino Bibbia topped Jack Heaton of the United States by 1.4 seconds in a six-heat race.

Facts & Trivia

Y. Ranked on the list of most popular Skeleton Racer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Korea. Yun Sung-bin celebrates birthday on May 23 of every year.

Who is Yun Sung?

At PyeongChang 2018 four years ago South Korea’s Yun Sungbin became a sliding celebrity after he won South Korea’s first ever skeleton gold medal. Suddenly skeleton was cool and even the ‘Kings of K-Pop’ EXO couldn’t wait to meet him at the PyeongChang Games Closing Ceremony.

Who is the Iron Man of Korea?

Personal information
Nickname(s)| Iron Man
Nationality| South Korean
Born| 23 May 1994 Namhae, South Korea
Height| 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

What is a skeleton race?

Skeleton is a winter sport where athletes run and jump onto a sledge, belly down, and speed off down a track, using their legs and shoulders to control their direction. It’s similar to luge, except the athlete is racing head first, as opposed to being on their back.

How is skeleton scored?

With 50 qualifying spots available, skeleton offers just six Olympic medals, awarded to the top three finishers in the men’s and women’s competitions. In each event, the athlete uses four runs to accumulate their total time. The rider with the best cumulative time is the winner.

What is the name of the Korean flag?

The Korean flag is called taegeukgi (pronounced teh-GUK-key). The colors of the flag are red, blue, and black on a white background. The flag stands for the three components of a nation: the land (the white background), the people (the red and blue circle), and the government (the four sets of black bars or trigrams).