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{{Short description|Short-track speed skater (born 1967)}}
{{for-multi|the film director and screenwriter|Kim Kih-hoon|the athlete|Kim Ki-hoon (athlete)}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Kim (Korean name)|Kim]]||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox speed skater
| sport          = [[Short track speed skating]]
| name           = Kim Ki-hoon
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| country        = {{KOR}} 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1967|7|14}}
| retired        = 1998
| worlds         = '''World Championship'''<br />1992 Overall 
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCount
| [[Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]] | 3|0|0
| [[World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|World Championships]] | 7|6|3
| [[World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships|World Team Championships]] | 2|1|0
| [[Winter Universiade]] | 7|0|1
| [[Asian Winter Games|Asian Games]] | 3|1|1
| '''Total'''|'''19'''|'''7'''|'''4'''
}}
{{Medal|Country|{{KOR}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Lillehammer]]|1000 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Albertville]]|1000 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Albertville]]|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Curling at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]] ''(Demonstration)'' }}
{{MedalGold|''[[Short track speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Calgary]]'' | 1500m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|1989 Solihull|1000m}}
{{Medal|Gold|1991 Sydney|500m}}
{{Medal|Gold|1992 Denver|Overall}}
{{Medal|Gold|1992 Denver|500m }}
{{Medal|Gold|1992 Denver|1000m }}
{{Medal|Gold|1992 Denver|1500m }}
{{Medal|Gold|1992 Denver|3000m SF}}
{{Medal|Silver|1989 Solihul|Overall}}
{{Medal|Silver|1989 Solihul|1500m}}
{{Medal|Silver|1989 Solihul|3000m SF}}
{{Medal|Silver|1991 Sydney|Overall}}
{{Medal|Silver|1993 Beijing |1500m}}
{{Medal|Silver|1993 Beijing |3000m SF}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1988 St. Louis |5000 m relay }}
{{Medal|Bronze|1989 Solihull|5000 m relay }}
{{Medal|Bronze|1994 Gilford |500m}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships|World Team Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1992 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships|1992 Minamimaki]]| Team }}
{{MedalGold | [[1994 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships|1994 Cambridge]]| Team }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1991 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships|1991 Seoul]] | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Winter Universiade]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1989 Winter Universiade|1989 Sofia]] | 1000 m }}
{{MedalGold | [[1989 Winter Universiade|1989 Sofia]] | 1500 m }}
{{MedalGold | [[1989 Winter Universiade|1989 Sofia]] | 5000 m relay }}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 Winter Universiade|1991 Sapporo]] | 500 m }}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 Winter Universiade|1991 Sapporo]] | 1000 m }}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 Winter Universiade|1991 Sapporo]] | 1500 m }}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 Winter Universiade|1991 Sapporo]] | 3000 m }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1989 Winter Universiade|1989 Sofia]] | 500 m }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Short-track speed skating at the Asian Winter Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1990 Asian Winter Games|1990 Sapporo]]|[[Short-track speed skating at the 1990 Asian Winter Games|1000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1990 Asian Winter Games|1990 Sapporo]]|[[Short-track speed skating at the 1990 Asian Winter Games|1500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1990 Asian Winter Games|1990 Sapporo]]|[[Short-track speed skating at the 1990 Asian Winter Games|5000 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1990 Asian Winter Games|1990 Sapporo]]|[[Short-track speed skating at the 1990 Asian Winter Games|500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1986 Asian Winter Games|1986 Sapporo]]|[[Short-track speed skating at the 1986 Asian Winter Games|1500 m]]}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto
| hangul=%김기훈
| hanja=金琪焄
}}

'''Kim Ki-hoon''' (born July 14, 1967) is a retired [[Short-track speed skating|short-track speed skater]] and the first gold medalist in the [[Winter Olympics]] for [[South Korea]]. Kim is a three-time Olympic Champion and 1992 [[World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|Overall World Champion]].

==Career==
Kim first garnered attention when he participated in the [[Short track speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics|short-track demonstration event]] at the [[1988 Winter Olympics]] in [[Calgary]], winning the gold medal in the [[Short track speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics#1500 m|1500 metres]].<ref>{{Citation
  | title     = 1988 Winter Olympics Roundup: Thursday's Results
  | pages     = 8
  | newspaper = [[Aiken Standard]]
  | date      = 1988-02-26
}}</ref>

Kim swept all the gold medals available in short-track speed skating at the [[1992 Winter Olympics]] in [[Albertville]], winning won the gold medal in the [[Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres|1000 metres]] in a world record time of 1:30.76, and claiming another gold in the [[Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metre relay|5000 metre relay]] in a world record time of 7:14.02. Kim went on to win his first world overall champion at the [[World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|1992 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships]] in [[Denver]]. At the championships, Kim captured all five individual gold medals (overall, 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m), which made him become the second skater to sweep all five individual world championship gold medals available (Canada's [[Sylvie Daigle]] first achieved the feat at the 1983 World Championships), and the first male one.

Kim Ki-hoon defended his gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in [[Lillehammer]], winning the [[Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres|1000 metres]] with a time of 1:34.57.<ref>{{cite web
  | url        = http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter02/speed/feature?id=1301017
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030114112211/http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter02/speed/feature?id=1301017
  | url-status = dead
  | archive-date = January 14, 2003
  | title      = Olympics History – Men's short track
  | date       = 2001-12-25
  | access-date = 2014-03-02
  | publisher  = [[ESPN]]
}}</ref>

==Post career==
In 2002, Kim was appointed as a coach of the Korean national short-track speed-skating team. He participated in the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]] as the head coach of the South Korean national team.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2010/07/136_62623.html
 |title=Korean Short Track Looks to Mend Reputation 
 |first=Seung-woo 
 |last=Kang 
 |date=2010-03-18 
 |access-date=2014-03-02 
 |publisher=[[The Korea Times]] 
 |url-status=live
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303010722/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2010/07/136_62623.html 
 |archive-date=2014-03-03 
}}</ref>

Kim Ki-hoon is known as the leader who helped [[Viktor An]] (Ahn Hyun-soo) to become a world-class player.<ref name="Kimkihoon">{{cite news | first=Hoon-chae |last= Jung  |title=한국 쇼트트랙의 선구자 김기훈 |trans-title=Kim Ki-hoon, a pioneer of Korean short track speed skating|date=2022-02-01|url=https://olympics.com/ko/news/kim-kihoon-pioneer-of-shorttrack-in-korea |work=olympics.com |access-date=2023-03-29 |language=ko}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Sang-hun|last=Lee|title=김기훈 "날 들이밀기 대역전, 끝까지 포기 안해 얻은 승리"|trans-title= Kim Ki-hoon interview, the victory that I did not give up until the end|date=2018-01-05|url=http://news.kmib.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=0923878400&code=12180000|work=[[Kukmin Ilbo]]|access-date=2023-03-29 |language=ko}}</ref>

In addition, the Korean national team won two gold, four silver and two bronze medals at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, while he headed the team. However, in March 2010, the match-fixing between the two Olympic medalists, [[Lee Jung-su]] and [[Kwak Yoon-gy]], and the deal for the right to participate in the Olympics and the World Championships became a big issue in the Korean society, and they received a three-years suspension from the Korea Sports Council after it was confirmed that it took place under the instructions and supervision of the coaches.<ref>{{cite news | first=Hyun-cheol |last=Kim |title=Heavy Punishment Sought for Short Track Scandal |date=2010-04-23 |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/sports/2022/09/600_64761.html |work=[[The Korea Times]]|access-date=2023-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Ye-jin |last=Oh |title=쇼트트랙 이정수·곽윤기 징계 3년→1년 |trans-title=Short track speed skater Lee Jung-soo and Kwak Yoon-gy will be suspended for three years → one year|date=2010-05-19 |url=https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2010051917120978343&type=1 |work={{ill|Money Today|ko|머니투데이}}|access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref> The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee did not pay Kim the reward that successfully led the Olympics at the time. In August 2012, Kim filed a lawsuit with the [[Korean Sport & Olympic Committee]] and won a court lawsuit and was able to receive his Olympic reward three years later.<ref>{{cite news | first=Tae-hyun |last=Cho |title=김기훈 전 쇼트트랙 감독, 포상 소송 승소 |trans-title= Former South Korean short track speed skating team head coach Kim Ki-hoon won the reward suit.  |date=2013-08-20|url=https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0103_201308201927201011 |work=[[YTN]] |access-date=2023-02-10 |language=ko}}</ref>

He was the head of the [[Gangneung]] Athletes' Village during the [[2018 Winter Olympics|2018 Pyeongchang Olympics]].<ref name="Kimkihoon" />

Kim is currently serving as a full professor at [[Ulsan College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/87949|title= Kim Gi-Hun: Biography |access-date=2023-03-29|website=olympedia.org}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/87949  Kim Ki-hoon] at olympedia.org
* [http://www.isu.html.infostradasports.com/cache/TheASP.asp@PageID%3D302037&SportID%3D302&Personid%3D311112&TaalCode%3D2&StyleID%3D0&Cache%3D2.html?525814 Kim Ki-hoon] at [[International Skating Union]]
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