Korea: 10 facts for the Sochi 2014 Paralympics
15.02.2014With the PyeonChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games just four years away, expect to see a strengthened Korean team in Sochi.
South Korea's Seung-Hwan Jung has become one of the world's fastest ice sledge hockey players and is an IPC One to Watch heading into Sochi 2014.
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1. Korea have won two medals at the Paralympic Winter Games, both silver in curling and alpine skiing.
2. Han Sang Min became the first Korean to claim a medal, when he took silver in giant slalom LW12 in 2002.
3. Korea's other silver medal was won by their curling team in 2010.
4. Korea first competed in the Paralympic Winter Games in 1992 and have since featured at all editions.
5. In Sochi, Korean ice sledge hockey player Seung-Hwan Jung will be One to Watch.
6. They have won 306 medals at the Paralympic Summer Games: 119 gold, 95 silver, 92 bronze.
7. Korea have won most of their medals in table tennis (76) and most gold medals in athletics (68).
8. Lee Hae Gon has won the most gold medals for Korea: six medals in men's table tennis.
9. Kim Kyung Mook leads all Korean athletes with 12 total medals (four gold, two silver, six bronze), also in men's table tennis.
10. You can follow the Korean Paralympic team on Twitter @kosadpr and on Facebook
Athletes
Jong-Seork Park
Chi-Won Lee
Jae-Rim Yang
Vo-Ra-Mi Seo
Bo-Gue Choi
Dea-Jung Kim
Young-Sung Kim
Jong-Kyung Lee
Dong-Shin Jang
Jong-Ho Jang
Seung-Hwan Jung, Facebook
Byeong-Seok Cho
Young-Jae Cho
Min-Su Han
Sung-Keun Sa
Ju-Seung Lee
Bae-Suk Choi
Sang-Hyeon Park
Woo-Chul Park
Young-Min Lee
Young-Hoon Chung
Jong-Pan Kim
Myung-Jin Kim, Facebook
Soon-Seok Seo
Mi-Suk Kang
Hee-Keong Yun
