Chuen-Gun Lee
| Chuen-Gun Lee | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Chuen-Gun Lee |
| Country represented |  South Korea United States |
| Born | October 26, 1980 Seoul |
| Height | 178 cm (5.84 ft) |
| Former partner | Kate Slattery (USA) Yang Tae-hwa (KOR) |
| Former coach | Gennady Karponosov Natalia Linichuk Vitaly Popkov Ryu Jong-hyun |
| Former choreographer | Natalia Linichuk Lia Travatty |
| Retired | 2007 |
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Chuen-Gun "C.G." Lee (이천군) (born October 26, 1980 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean ice dancer who later competed internationally for the United States. He competed for South Korea with Yang Tae-hwa. The two competed together from 1996 to 2002, placing 24th at the 2002 Winter Olympics. They were the first ice dancers from Korea to compete in the Olympics.[1]
Lee and Yang trained in the United States. Following that partnership, Lee partnered with American Kate Slattery, with whom he competed internationally for the United States. They were coached by Gennady Karponosov, Natalia Linichuk, and Vitaly Popkov. They announced their split on March 28, 2007.[2] Lee now works as a coach.
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Competitive highlights
For the United States
(with Slattery for the United States)
| Event | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bofrost Cup on Ice | 7th | ||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 8th | ||
| U.S. Championships | 7th | WD | 11th |
| Eastern Sectionals | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd |
- WD = Withdrew
For South Korea
(with Yang for South Korea)
| Event | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympic Games | 24th | ||||||
| World Championships | 31st | 31st | 23rd | ||||
| Four Continents Championships | 7th | ||||||
| World Junior Championships | 23rd | 25th | 21st | 28th | 20th | ||
| Asian Winter Games | 3rd | ||||||
| Winter Universiade | 12th | ||||||
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | 9th | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Japan | 9th | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Norway | 15th | ||||||
| South Korean Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References
- ↑ Chuen-Gun Lee Joins Kate Slattery to Pursue Figure Skating Dream - Figure Skating News
- ↑ Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating
External links
- Slattery & Lee at the U.S. Figure Skating
- Yang & Lee at the International Skating Union
- IceDance.com: Slattery & Lee
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- South Korean male ice dancers
- American male ice dancers
- Olympic figure skaters of South Korea
- Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Seoul
- Asian Games medalists in figure skating
- Figure skaters at the 1999 Asian Winter Games
- Pages with broken file links
- Asian figure skating biography stubs
- South Korean winter sports biography stubs
