South Korea at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

South Korea at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr
in Innsbruck
Competitors	28 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Dong-Woo Kim
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 6 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 11
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jang Mi	Speed skating	Girls' 500 m	14 Jan
Gold	Jang Mi	Speed skating	Girls' 1500 m	16 Jan
Gold	Hyo Jun-lim	Short track	Boys' 1000 m	18 Jan
Gold	Shim Suk-hee	Short track	Girls' 1000 m	18 Jan
Gold	Su Min-yoon	Short track	Boys' 500 m	19 Jan
Gold	Shim Suk-hee	Short track	Girls' 500 m	19 Jan
Silver	Su Min-yoon	Short track	Boys' 1000 m	18 Jan
Silver	Hyo Jun-lim	Short track	Boys' 500 m	19 Jan
Silver	Su Ji-jang	Speed skating	Girls' mass start	20 Jan
Bronze	Hyeok Jun-noh	Speed skating	Boys' 3000 m	18 Jan
Bronze	Su Ji-jang	Speed skating	Girls' 3000 m	18 Jan

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified 2 athletes.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Kim Dong-woo	Slalom	41.85	DNF
	Giant slalom	DNF
	Super-G			1:07.65	22
	Combined	1:06.38	38.31	1:44.69	15

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Jo Eun-hwa	Slalom	DNF
	Giant slalom	1:03.30	1:04.07	2:07.37	28
	Super-G			1:13.85	28
	Combined	1:12.71	41.86	1:54.57	25

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified 2 athletes.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Cho Du-jin	Sprint	22:35.8	3	38
	Pursuit	36:49.2	9	42

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Jang Ji-yeon	Sprint	21:08.4	2	35
	Pursuit	37:07.5	6	40

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Jiyeon Jang Lee Yeong-ae Cho Du-jin Ji Won	Cross-country biathlon mixed relay	1:20:14.2	7+12	24

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified 2 athletes.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Choi Jun-won Choi Min-seo	Two-Boys	55.43	55.81	1:51.24	10

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified 2 athletes.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Ji Won	10km classical	36:24.0	40

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Lee Yeong-ae	5km classical	18:12.6	33

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Ji Won	Boys' sprint	2:06.30	46	did not advance
Lee Yeong-ae	Girls' sprint	2:27.20	38	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Jang Ji-yeon Lee Yeong-ae Choi Du-jin Ji Won	Cross-country biathlon mixed relay	1:20:14.2	7+12	24

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified 1 team.

Roster

• Skip: Kang Sue-yeon
• Third: Yoo Min-hyeon
• Second: Kim Eun-bi
• Lead: Go Ke-on

Mixed team

Final Round Robin Standings Blue Group Skip W L  United States Korey Dropkin 7 0  Switzerland Michael Brunner 6 1  Czech Republic Marek Černovský 4 3  China Bai Yang 3 4  Norway Markus Skogvold 3 4  South Korea Kang Sue-yeon 2 5  New Zealand Luke Steele 2 5  Estonia Robert-Kent Päll 1 6

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kang)	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	X	3
Czech Republic (Černovský) 🔨	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	X	6

Draw 2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Bai) 🔨	2	0	1	0	1	3	1	X	8
South Korea (Kang)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1

Draw 3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Dropkin) 🔨	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	X	7
South Korea (Kang)	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	4

Draw 4

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Skogvold)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
South Korea (Kang) 🔨	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	7

Draw 5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Päll) 🔨	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	7
South Korea (Kang)	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	5

Draw 6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kang)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2
Switzerland (Brunner) 🔨	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	X	6

Draw 7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kang) 🔨	2	3	0	1	0	0	3	X	9
New Zealand (Steele)	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	X	4

Mixed doubles

Round of 32

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Michael Brunner (SUI)  Nicole Muskatewitz (GER) 🔨	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	8
Sarah Anderson (USA)  Go Ke-on (KOR)	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kang Sue-yeon (KOR)  Krystof Krupanský (CZE) 🔨	3	1	0	3	0	2	1	X	10
Daniel Rothballer (GER)  Arianna Losano (ITA)	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Martin Sesaker (NOR)  Kim Eun-bi (KOR)	1	0	4	0	2	2	0	X	9
Amalia Rudström (SWE)  Kevin Lehmann (GER) 🔨	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Frederike Manner (GER)  Derek Oryniak (CAN)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1
Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)  Mako Tamakuma (JPN) 🔨	3	2	3	0	5	1	X	X	14

Round of 16

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Corryn Brown (CAN)  Martin Reichel (AUT) 🔨	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	7
Kang Sue-yeon (KOR)  Krystof Krupanský (CZE)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Yang Ying (CHN)  Thomas Howell (USA)	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	X	4
Martin Sesaker (NOR)  Kim Eun-bi (KOR) 🔨	2	0	2	1	2	0	3	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)  Mako Tamakuma (JPN) 🔨	2	0	3	1	1	0	2	X	9
Amos Mosaner (ITA)  Irena Brettbacher (AUT)	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	X	4

Quarterfinals

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Martin Sesaker (NOR)  Kim Eun-bi (KOR) 🔨	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	7
Anastasia Moskaleva (RUS)  Tsukasa Horigome (JPN)	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Duncan Menzies (GBR)  Taylor Anderson (USA) 🔨	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)  Mako Tamakuma (JPN)	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	7

Semifinals

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Martin Sesaker (NOR)  Kim Eun-bi (KOR) 🔨	0	5	0	2	0	2	1	3	13
Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)  Mako Tamakuma (JPN)	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	6

Bronze medal game

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Korey Dropkin (USA)  Marina Verenich (RUS) 🔨	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	6
Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)  Mako Tamakuma (JPN)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5

Gold medal game

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Michael Brunner (SUI)  Nicole Muskatewitz (GER) 🔨	3	2	0	4	0	4	X	X	13
Martin Sesaker (NOR)  Kim Eun-bi (KOR)	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified 1 athlete.

Boys

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lee June-hyoung	Singles	50.93	7	110.06	4	160.99	4

Girls

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Park So-youn	Singles	48.37	5	88.23	4	136.60	4

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Boys'			Girls'			Ice Dance			Total
		Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Team 6  Alexander Lyan (KAZ)  Park So-youn (KOR)  Estelle Elizabeth/Romain Le Gac (FRA)	Team Trophy	60.45	8	1	96.84	1	8	66.88	4	5	14
Team 7  Lee June-hyoung (KOR)  Micol Cristini (ITA)  Victoria-Laura Lohmus/Andrei Davodov (EST)	Team Trophy	109.30	3	6	65.60	6	3	45.60	6	3	12	7

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified 1 athlete.

Half-pipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Kwang-jin	Boys' half-pipe	58.50	10 Q	67.75	8

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified 2 athletes.

Boys

Athlete(s)	Event	Qualification		Grand final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cho Ji-hyun	Individual skills	11	10	did not advance

Girls

Athlete(s)	Event	Qualification		Grand final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lee Yeon-jeong	Individual skills	2	13	did not advance

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified 4 athletes.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lim Hyo-jun	Boys' 500 metres	44.291	1 Q	42.911	2 Q	42.482
	Boys' 1000 metres	1:32.445	1 Q	1:29.442	1 Q	1:29.284
Su Min-yoon	Boys' 500 metres	43.310	1 Q	42.468	1 Q	42.417
	Boys' 1000 metres	1:31.887	1 Q	1:31.239	1 Q	1:29.428

Girls

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Park Jung-hyun	Girls' 500 metres	1:00.289	4 qCD	46.948	1 qC	46.339	1
	Girls' 1000 metres	1:36.331	1 Q	1:33.823	1 Q	DSQ
Shim Suk-hee	Girls' 500 metres	44.929	1 Q	44.444	1 Q	44.122
	Girls' 1000 metres	1:37.066	1 Q	1:34.809	1 Q	1:31.661

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Team A  Shim Suk-hee (KOR)  Yoann Martinez (FRA)  Melanie Brantner (AUT)  Denis Ayrapetyan (RUS)	Mixed Team Relay	4:21.668	2 Q	4:26.352
Team B  Park Jung-hyun (KOR)  Lu Xiucheng (CHN)  Xu Aili (CHN)  Jack Burrows (GBR)	Mixed Team Relay	4:21.656	1 Q	4:21.713
Team G  Dariya Goncharova (KAZ)  Su Min-yoon (KOR)  Arianna Sighel (ITA)  Dominic Andermann (AUT)	Mixed Team Relay	4:22.356	3 qB	PEN
Team H  Anna Gamorina (RUS)  Lim Hyo-jun (KOR)  Aafke Soet (NED)  Michal Prokop (CZE)	Mixed Team Relay	4:26.027	2 Q	PEN

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified 1 athlete.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Kim Ban-seok	Boys' individual	1:01.34	59.08	2:00.42	12

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified 2 athletes.

While formally listed on the team Jeong Hae-rim was not listed to compete in any events.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Na Myung-joo	Boys' halfpipe	54.75	37.00	8 q	65.00	45.00	7	did not advance

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified 4 athletes.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Park Dai-han	Boys' 500 m	39.41	39.46	78.87	6
	Boys' mass start			7:35.00	19
Hyeok Jun-noh	Boys' 1500 m			2:02.19	4
	Boys' 3000 m			4:14.41
	Boys' mass start			7:26.72	16

Girls

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Jang Mi	Girls' 500 m	40.88	40.80	81.68
	Girls' 1500 m			2:08.17
	Girls' mass start			6:07.44	9
Su Ji-jang	Girls' 3000 m			4:42.72
	Girls' mass start			6:01.13

See also

• South Korea at the 2012 Summer Olympics