Ko Gi-Hyun
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Ko Gi-Hyun (Hangul
: 고기현, Hanja
: 高基鉉) (born May 11, 1986) is a South Korea
n short track speed skater. Ko remains the second youngest individual gold medalist after Tara Lipinski
in the history of the Olympic Winter Games, winning gold in women's 1500 m event at the 2002 Winter Olympics
in Salt lake city, United States
, at 15 years and 277 days old.
Hangul
Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...
: 고기현, Hanja
Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
: 高基鉉) (born May 11, 1986) is a South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n short track speed skater. Ko remains the second youngest individual gold medalist after Tara Lipinski
Tara Lipinski
Tara Kristen Lipinski is an American figure skater. At the age of 15, she won the Ladies' Singles Olympic gold medal in figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Lipinski remains the youngest individual gold medalist in the history of the Olympic Winter Games. She is also the 1997 World...
in the history of the Olympic Winter Games, winning gold in women's 1500 m event at the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
in Salt lake city, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, at 15 years and 277 days old.