Kong Sang-jeong
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| Medal record | ||
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Representing  South Korea
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| Women's short track speed skating | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2014 Sochi | 3000 m relay |
| World Junior Championships | ||
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2015 Osaka | Overall |
| Kong Sang-jeong | |
| Hangul | 공상정 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 孔尙貞 |
| Revised Romanization | Gong Sangjeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kong Sangjŏng |
| Korean pronunciation: [koŋ sʰaŋdʑʌŋ] | |
Kong Sang-jeong (Korean pronunciation: [koŋ.saŋ.dʑʌŋ]; born 22 June 1996 in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province) is a South Korean short track speed skater who won a gold Olympic medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the 3000 metre relay.[1]
Kong is a third-generation descendant of Chinese immigrants to Korea, and was born with Republic of China nationality. She was chosen to represent South Korea at the junior level already in 2010, but could not compete in the 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships as she did not have South Korean citizenship at the time. She was granted citizenship by the South Korean Ministry of Justice in December 2011 thanks to a revised nationality law that allowed dual citizenship for individuals of outstanding talent.[2] She was part of the Short Track Speed Skating team in the '3000m relay' that won a gold medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics.
References[]
- ^ "3000m relay women - Olympic Short Track Speed Skating". 22 June 2017.
- ^ "'쇼트트랙 신성' 공상정, 주니어대표선발전 중간합계 1위". 오마이스타. 8 December 2012.
- 1996 births
- Living people
- South Korean female speed skaters
- South Korean female short track speed skaters
- South Korean people of Chinese descent
- Olympic short track speed skaters of South Korea
- Olympic gold medalists for South Korea
- Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
- Short track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- South Korean Buddhists