Cho Ha-ri

Cho Ha-Ri

Cho Ha-Ri in 2014
Personal information
Born	(1986-07-29) July 29, 1986 Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb; 8.5 st)
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Short track speed skating
Club	Goyang City Hall
Achievements and titles
World finals	2011 Overall
Medal record Women's short track speed skating Representing South Korea Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Championships 6 2 5 World Team Championships 4 0 0 Asian Games 2 3 1 Olympic Games 2014 Sochi 3000 m relay World Championships 2004 Gothenburg 3000 m relay 2010 Sofia 3000 m relay 2011 Sheffield Overall 2011 Sheffield 1000 m 2011 Sheffield 3000 m 2012 Shanghai 1000 m 2010 Sofia 1000 m 2010 Sofia 3000 m 2003 Warsaw 3000 m 2010 Sofia Overall 2010 Sofia 1500 m 2011 Sheffield 1500 m 2012 Shanghai 3000 m Relay World Team Championships 2003 Sofia Team 2004 St. Petersberg Team 2010 Bormio Team 2011 Warsaw Team Winter Universiade 2007 Turin 1000 m 2007 Turin 1500 m Asian Winter Games 2003 Aomori 3000 m relay 2011 Astana-Almaty 1500 m 2003 Aomori 1500 m 2011 Astana-Almaty 1000 m 2011 Astana-Almaty 3000 m relay 2003 Aomori 1000 m World Junior Championships 2002 Chuncheon Overall

In this Korean name, the family name is Cho.

Cho Ha-Ri (Korean: 조해리; Hanja: 趙海利, Korean pronunciation: [tɕo.ɦɛ̝.ɾi]; born 29 July 1986) is a short track speed skater who competes for South Korea. She is the 2011 Overall World Champion.

Career

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Cho finished 4th in the women's 1000 metres and 5th in the 1500 metres. Later that same season, she placed third in the standings for the overall title at the 2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, capturing silver in the 1000 m and 3000 m races, and third in the 1500 m.

At the 2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Cho won the overall World Championship title, winning the 1000 m and 3000 m races, and finished third in the 1500 m race to capture the overall title. In the following week, Cho helped Korea to win the 2011 World Team Championships (last one to be scheduled into foreseeable future) held in Warsaw.She was part of the Short Track Speed Skating team in the '3000m relay' that won a gold medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics.