Choi Jae-Bong

Choi Jae-bong (Korean: 최재봉, Hanja: 崔財鳳, born 19 June 1980) is a South Korean speed skater. He represented his country at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. At that time he was the holder of the junior World record at 1500m, set in early December 1997 in Thialf, Heerenveen where he clocked 1:52.25 to break the record. In Nagano where he finished in 12th position he broke his own world junior record to a new best time of 1:51.47, which was 0.78 of a second faster. He also finished in 29th position at the 5000m. In November 1998 he broke the junior world record over 500m into a new time of 36.30 in Calgary and a day later he broke his own 1500m record again, this time 1:49.71 was his new best time. Due to these records and some other...