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choi -lrb- heerenveen , netherlands -rrb- jae-bong at a 2006 world cup in thialf south korea 78 kg lb st on 1.76 0 speed skating 19 june 1980 no choi jea-bong -lrb- 2006 -rrb- . jpg choi jae-bong
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choi jae-bong

choi jae-bong -lrb- korean : 최재봉 , hanja : 崔財鳳 , born 19 june 1980 -rrb- is a south korean speed skater .
he represented his country at the 1998 winter olympics in nagano .
at that time he was the holder of the junior world record at 1500 m , set in early december 1997 in thialf , heerenveen , where he clocked 1:52.25 to break the record .
in nagano where he finished in 12th position he broke his own world junior record to a new best time of 1:51.47 , which was 0.78 of a second faster .
he also finished in 29th position at the 5000 m .
in november 1998 he broke the junior world record over 500 m into a new time of 36.30 in calgary and a day later he broke his own 1500 m record again , this time 1:49.71 was his new best time .
due to these records and some other decent results in that same weekend he also broke the junior world record for the small allround classification to 153.689 points .
that same season he won the bronze medal at the world junior allround championships and broke another two world records .
he set 1:10.87 at the 1000 m in february 1999 and a total of 143.965 points for the sprint classification again in calgary .
as a senior , during his second olympic games , the 2002 winter olympics in salt lake city he finished 17th at the 500 m , 12th at the 1000 m and 21st at the 1500 m .
he also represented south korea four years later during the 2006 winter olympics in turin .
in italy he finished in his all-time best olympic result , by becoming 8th at the 500 m .
he also became 17th at the 1000 m.
