Yun Sung-bin

Yun Sung-bin
Personal information
Born (1994-05-23) 23 May 1994
Jinju, South Korea
Sport
Country  South Korea
Sport Skeleton
Medal record
World Championships
2016 Igls Men
Yun Sung-bin
Hangul 윤성빈
Revised Romanization Yun Seongbin
McCune–Reischauer Yun Sŏngbin
This is a Korean name; the family name is Yun.

Yun Sung-Bin (Hangul: 윤성빈; born 23 May 1994) is an Korean skeleton racer. He is a participant at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[1]

Yun started skeleton at the age of 18 in early 2012, and after three-month training he won the national championship in September 2012.[2] Yun made his international debut in the 2012-13 season, appearing at the North American Cup Tour. Yun first garnered attention in the 2013-14 season when he was ranked fifth overall at the 2013-14 FIBT Intercontinental Cup Tour. He won gold in the sixth round of the tour in Whistler, Canada on January 5–6, 2014, becoming the first Korean skeleton slider to finish on top of the podium at an international event.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Yun Sung-Bin - South Korea". Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee.
  2. ↑ Park, Min-young (February 13, 2013). 스켈레톤 윤성빈, 질주본능 터진다. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean).
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