biography

• name lim hyojun (임효준)
• birthdate 29 may 1996
• birthplace daegu, south korea
• height 172cm
• weight 63kg
• blood type A
• family members parents, younger brother
• sport short track speed skating
• school 한국체육대학교 (korea national sport university)
• agency brion company
• helmet no. 189 ⇢ 4
• shirt size 95
• shoe size 260
• nickname 얼음왕자 (ice prince)
• religion christian
• motto 'ne doubt ye nought' (의심하지 마라)
• role model victor ahn
• favorite sports team samsung lions
• instagram

medals

• 2012 youth winter olympics - innsbruck
  • 500m
    • 금메달
  • 1000m
    • 은메달
• audi ISU world cup 2017 - budapest
  • 1500m ⎡sept 30⎦
    • 금메달 (2:14.537)
  • 500m ⎡sept 30⎦
    • 은메달 (41.557)
  • 1000m ⎡oct 1⎦
    • 금메달 (1:26.092)
• 2018 pyeongchang winter olympic games
  • 1500m ⎡feb 10⎦
    • ⟨ 예선 ⟩ 4조 1위 (2:13.891)
    • ⟨ 준결승 ⟩ 3조 1위 (2:11.389)
    • ⟨ 결승 ⟩ 금메달 ; OR (2:10.485)
      • +
      • medal ceremony
  • 500m ⎡feb 22⎦
    • ⟨ 준준결승 ⟩ 4조 1위 (40.400)
    • ⟨ 준결승 ⟩ 2조 2위 (40.132)
    • ⟨ 결승 ⟩ 동메달 (39.919)
• ISU world short track championships 2018 - montreal
  • 1500m ⎡march 17⎦
    • 은메달
  • 1000m ⎡march 18⎦
    • 은메달
  • 5000m 계주 ⎡march 18⎦
    • 금메달

2017-2018 world rankings

• 500m ⤏ ❲6위❳
• 1000m ⤏ ❲6위❳
• 1500m ⤏ ❲4위❳

videos [in progress]

• SBS - 미니다큐
• post-1500m
  • mbc interview
  • cts interview
• 영웅의 신청곡

trivia

• his parents wanted him to pursue swimming or golf, but couldn't become a swimmer when he injured his eardrum while playing with a cotton bud
• joined a skating team when he was in elementary school, since there was an ice rink near his house
• his goal since elementary school was to win a gold medal at the olympics
• wants to pursue a graduate degree in sports psychology
• enjoys watching baseball and soccer
• is a blackpink fan; jennie biased
  • also likes f(x)'s krystal and red velvet's joy
  • (i.e. is like any other young male and likes girl group visuals)
• likes starbucks
• would (honestly) rather go to a club than a hot spring
• self-proclaimed 'cute one' among the 2018 south korean men's short track team (which is also known as 빙탄소년단)
• has received seven surgeries for injuries
  • popped eardrum (초등학교 2학년)
  • fractured right shinbone (중학교 1학년); 1.5 years of recovery
  • fractured right ankle (고등학교 2학년); 6 months of recovery
  • torn ligaments (high school)
  • waist injury
  • wrist fracture (high school)