Kim Bok-soon

Not to be confused with Kim Ok-soon.

Kim Bok-soon
Personal information
Full name김복순
NationalityNorth Korean
Born (1950-01-06) 6 January 1950 (age 74)
Musan, North Korea
Sport
SportSpeed skating

Kim Bok-soon (Korean: 김복순; Hanja: 金福順; born 6 January 1950) is a North Korean speed skater. She represented her nation between 1968 and 1979 at international competitions.[1]

Kim Bok-soon participated at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1968, finishing 29th overall.[1] In April 1970 she started in two events at the 1970 Winter Universiade, with her best result in the 1500m finishing 5th.[1] She competed in two events at the 1972 Winter Olympics.[2][3] After no international competitions in the years after the Olympics, she competed at a friendly international competition in Zakopane, Poland in February 1979.[1]

Records

Personal records

Personal records
Women's speed skating[4]
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 46,40 01 March 1974 Ulaanbaatar CS
1000 m 1.37,00 02 March 1974 Ulaanbaatar CS
1500 m 2.25,48 12 February 1972 Sapporo
3000 m 5.04,10 07 January 1970 Pyongyang

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Competition results, statistics and records; SpeedSkatingNews". www.speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Bok-soon Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Kim Bok-soon". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Skaters: Kim Bok-soon". www.speedskatingbase.eu. Retrieved 15 April 2020.


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