Cha Min-kyu

South Korean speed skater

Cha Min-kyu

Personal information

Nationality

South Korean

Born

(1993-03-16) 16 March 1993 (age 31)
Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Height

1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)

Weight

74 kg (163 lb)

Sport

Country

South Korea

Sport

Speed skating

Event

500 m

Club

Dongducheon City Hall

Medal record

Representing South Korea

Olympic Games
	2018 Pyeongchang	500 m
	2022 Beijing	500 m
World Single Distances Championships
	2019 Inzell	Team sprint
World Sprint Championships
	2020 Hamar	Sprint
Four Continents Championships
	2020 Milwaukee	Team sprint
	2022 Calgary	500 m
	2022 Calgary	Team sprint

Cha Min-kyu (Korean: 차민규, born 16 March 1993) is a South Korean speed skater who competes internationally.

Cha participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics and won a silver medal in the 500 metres race.^[1] He set the Olympic record for the event with a time of 34.42 seconds but had his record broken moments later by the eventual winner, Håvard Lorentzen who beat him by 0.01. He also competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics and won the silver in the 500 metres event with time of 34.39 seconds, which was only 0.07 seconds behind the gold medalist and new Olympic record holder, Gao Tingyu of China.^[2]

Personal records

Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
Personal records^[3]
Speed skating
500 m	34.03	10 March 2019	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt lake city	Current South Korean record.
1000 m	1:08.73	29 February 2020	Vikingskipet, Hamar
1500 m	1:51.33	10 September 2016	Olympic Oval, Calgary
3000 m	4:09.69	20 January 2016	Seoul

References

^ "Athlete profile – Cha Min-kyu". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ Yoo, Ji-ho (2022-02-12). "(Olympics) Speed skater Cha Min-kyu wins silver medal in men's 500m". Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on 2022-02-12. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
^ "Cha Min-Kyu". speedskatingresults.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.