Yeo Soo-yeon is a former South Korean short-track speed skater.Yeo Soo-yeon competing in a relay race, gettyimages.ae, 6 March 2005. She is a Team World champion as well as a champion and a two-time silver medalist of the Winter Universiade.
During the 2004–05 World Cup season, she won a 3000 m race and finished second in both 1000 m and 1500 m races at the last World Cup stage in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia.Canadians win 3 short-track medals, cbc.ca, Feb 10, 2005 (in English). She also achieved several victories and podiums in relay during that season.
After retiring from competitive sports Yeo worked as a teenagers' coach in Middleburg, Virginia, US.IT’S A LONG DRIVE FOR A GIFTED SHORT TRACK SKATER, middleburglife.com (in English). In September 2013, she was also appointed as Sport Manager for the ISU disciplines within the Sports Operation Department for the 2018 Winter Olympics.News of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (Fall 2013).
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External links
Yeo Soo-Yeon at ShorttrackOnLine.info