Lee Sang-Hwa

Lee Sang-Hwa (Korean: 이상화, Hanja: 李相花, born 25 February 1989 in Seoul) is a South Korean long track speed skater who specialises in the sprint distances. She is the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in 500m and the 2010 World Sprint Champion. She have also won three World Championships medals in 500m and 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 1,000 metres, however, she has never been better than fifth in international events (2010 World Sprint Championships, first 1000m). Lee Sang-Hwa was born to father Lee U-geun, a technician at Hwigyeong Girls School and mother Kim In-sun in 1989. Lee has an older brother, Lee Sang-jun...