Park Seung-hi (, ; born 28 March 1992) is a former South Korean short track and long track speed skater. She is the 2010 Overall World Champion. She won two gold medals and three bronze medals at 2010 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Olympics. Her sister is Park Seung-ju, a long track speed skater, and her brother Park Se-yeong, a short track speed skater. She switched to long-track speed skating after the 2014 Sochi Olympics. After the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics Park announced her retirement from speedskating.

Career At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she competed in four events. In her first event, the 500 m, she was disqualified in the quarterfinals. Three days later, she competed in the 1500 m. Despite setting an Olympic record in the semifinals, she finished third in the final. In the 3000 m relay, her team finished first but was disqualified by one of the track judges. In the 1000 m, she won a bronze medal, finishing behind Wang Meng and Katherine Reutter.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she won two gold medals and a bronze.

After the 2014–15 season Park switched to long track speed skating where she qualified to represent South Korea at the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships. She had originally planned on retiring from speedskating altogether after Sochi but wanted to challenge herself to skate in long track and also have the honor of competing in her home country in the 2018 Winter Olympics. She became the first South Korean athlete to ever compete in short track and long track speedskating at the Olympics.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Park competed in the women's 1000 metres event for speed skating, finishing 16th overall.

Personal life In July 2022, Park announced her first child's pregnancy via Instagram. In January 2023, Park's agency announced Park had given birth to their first daughter on January 12.

International competition podiums

Short track speed skating DateCompetitionLocationRankEventResult12 Jan 2007 2007 World Junior Championships Mladá Boleslav 1500 m2:19.99014 Jan 2007 2007 World Junior Championships Mladá Boleslav 1000 m1:32.50714 Jan 2007 2007 World Junior Championships Mladá Boleslav 1500m SF 2:19.99014 Jan 2007 2007 World Junior Championships Mladá Boleslav Overall 55 points14 Jan 2007 2007 World Junior Championships Mladá Boleslav 2000m relay 52:54.13621 Oct 2007 2007/2008 ISU World Cup 1st Harbin 500m43.92521 Oct 2007 2007/2008 ISU World Cup 1st Harbin 3000m relay4:13.37427 Oct 2007 2007/2008 ISU World Cup 2nd Kobe 1000 m1:33.72326 Oct 2002 2007/2008 ISU World Cup 3rd Heerenveen 500 m44.81901 Dec 2007 2007/2008 ISU World Cup 4th Turin 1500 m2:25.61202 Feb 2008 2007/2008 ISU World Cup 5th Quebec City 1000 m1:34.16210 Feb 2008 2007/2008 ISU World Cup 6th Salt Lake City 3000m relay4:09.93821 Oct 2008 2007/2008 ISU World Cup 1st Harbin 500m43.9259 Mar 2008 2008 World Championships Gangneung 3000m relay4:16.26119 Oct 2008 2008/2009 ISU World Cup 1st Salt Lake City 3000m relay4:09.93026 Oct 2008 2008/2009 ISU World Cup 2nd Vancouver 3000m relay4:12.75230 Nov 2008 2008/2009 ISU World Cup 3rd Beijing 3000m relay4:08.2307 Dec 2008 2008/2009 ISU World Cup 4th Nagano 3000m relay4:13.32015 Feb 2009 2008/2009 ISU World Cup 6th Dresden 3000m relay4:10.11420 Sep 2009 2009/2010 ISU World Cup 1st Beijing 3000m relay4:13.53126 Sep 2009 2009/2010 ISU World Cup 2nd Seoul 1000m1:31.32015 Nov 2009 2009/2010 ISU World Cup 4th Marquette 1000m1:30.20615 Nov 2009 2009/2010 ISU World Cup 4th Marquette 3000 m relay4:10.46720 Feb 2010 2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver 1500m2:17.92726 Feb 2010 2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver 1000m1:29.37919 Mar 2010 2010 World Championships Sofia 1500 m2:21.57021 Mar 2010 2010 World Championships Sofia 3000m SF5:04.07021 Mar 2010 2010 World Championships Sofia Overall 73 points05 Dec 2010 2010/2011 ISU World Cup 3rd Changchun 3000m relay4:14.11612 Dec 2010 2010/2011 ISU World Cup 4th Shanghai 1500m2:32.60712 Dec 2010 2010/2011 ISU World Cup 4th Shanghai 3000m relay4:16.79531 Jan 2011 2011 Asian Winter Games Astana 1500m 2:38.6212 Feb 2011 2011 Asian Winter Games Astana 1000m 1:33.3432 Feb 2011 2011 Asian Winter Games Astana 3000m relay4:30.01020 Feb 2011 2010/2011 ISU World Cup 6th Dresden 3000m relay4:12.73511 Mar 2011 2011 World Championships Sheffield 1500 m2:34.2181 Dec 2012 2012/2013 ISU World Cup 3rd Nagoya 1500 m2:27.6922 Dec 2012 2012/2013 ISU World Cup 3rd Nagoya 3000m relay4:11.5708 Dec 2012 2012/2013 ISU World Cup 4th Shanghai 1000m 1:30.4123 Feb 2013 2012/2013 ISU World Cup 5th Sochi 1000m1:30.0739 Feb 2013 2012/2013 ISU World Cup 6th Dresden 1000 m1:58.9548 Mar 2013 2013 World Championships Debrecen 1500 m2:23.6349 Mar 2013 2013 World Championships Debrecen 500 m43.85010 Mar 2013 2013 World Championships Debrecen Overall58 points28 Sep 2013 2013/2014 ISU World Cup 1st Shanghai 500m43.61429 Sep 2013 2013/2014 ISU World Cup 1st Shanghai 3000m relay4:07.1436 Oct 2013 2013/2014 ISU World Cup 2nd Seoul 1000m1:29.4596 Oct 2013 2013/2014 ISU World Cup 2nd Seoul 3000m relay4:06.8249 Nov 2013 2013/2014 ISU World Cup 3rd Turin 1500 m2:20.51110 Nov 2013 2013/2014 ISU World Cup 3rd Turin 1000 m1:59.82817 Nov 2013 2013/2014 ISU World Cup 4th Kolomna 3000m relay4:09.79413 Feb 2014 2014 Winter Olympics Sochi 500m54.20718 Feb 2014 2014 Winter Olympics Sochi 3000m relay4:09.49821 Feb 2014 2014 Winter Olympics Sochi 1000m1:30.76114 Mar 2014 2014 World Championships Montreal 1500 m2:34.83815 Mar 2014 2014 World Championships Montreal 500m42.79216 Mar 2014 2014 World Championships Montreal 1000m1:30.59716 Mar 2014 2014 World Championships Montreal Overall73 points

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