Sung Si-bak

Sung Si-Bak

Personal information
Born	(1987-02-18) February 18, 1987 (age 37) Seoul, South Korea
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Short track speed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500m: 40.651 (2009, Former WR) 1500m: 2:12.978 (2008) 3000m: 4:45.035 (2005)
Medal record Men's short track speed skating Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver 500 m 2010 Vancouver 5000 m relay World Championships 2007 Milan 5000 m relay 2008 Gangneung 5000 m relay 2010 Sofia 1500 m World Team Championships 2009 Heerenveen Team 2007 Budapest Team 2008 Harbin Team Winter Universiade 2005 Innsbruck 1000 m 2005 Innsbruck 5000 m relay 2007 Turin 500 m 2007 Turin 1000 m 2007 Turin 1500 m 2007 Turin 3000 m 2007 Turin 5000 m relay Asian Games 2011 Astana-Almaty 5000 m relay 2011 Astana-Almaty 1000 m World Junior Championships 2003 Budapest Overall

Sung Si-Bak (Korean: 성시백; Hanja: 成始柏, Korean pronunciation: [sʌŋ.ɕi.bɛ̝k̚]; born February 18, 1987, in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean short track speed skater. At the 2007 Winter Universiade, he won all five short track speed skating events. Sung has won more than 20 World Cup races and earned two World Cup titles, in addition to skating on the winning World Championship 5000 m relay teams in 2007 and 2008. He qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Sung was in medal contention leading into the final lap of the 1500 m event there, when a crash between him and a teammate led to his finishing in 5th place.