Choi Kwang-hyouk

{{Short description|South Korean sledge hockey player (born 1987)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|15 March 1987}}

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{{MedalSport | Para ice hockey }}

{{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 2018 PyeongChang | Team competition }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Gangneung | Team competition }}

{{MedalBronze | 2019 Ostrava | Team competition }}

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{{family name hatnote|Choi||lang=Korean}}

Choi Kwang-hyouk ({{korean|hangul=최광혁}}; born 15 March 1987){{cite web |url=https://library.olympic.org/Default/digitalCollection/DigitalCollectionAttachmentDownloadHandler.ashx?documentId=174678 |title=PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games - Official Results Book - Ice Hockey |website=Library.Olympic.org |publisher=International Olympic Committee |date=18 March 2018 |quote=CHOI Kwang Hyouk: 15 MAR 1987}}{{cite web |url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/PWG2018/en/ice-hockey/athlete-profile-n3096348-choi-kwang-hyouk.htm |title=Ice Hockey - Athlete Profile - CHOI Kwang Hyouk |website=PyeongChang2018.com |accessdate=2020-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402163133/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/PWG2018/en/ice-hockey/athlete-profile-n3096348-choi-kwang-hyouk.htm |archive-date=2018-04-02 |url-status=dead}} is a South Korean ice sledge hockey player. He was a member of South Korea's bronze medal winning team in para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.{{cite news |url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2018/03/17/0200000000AEN20180317003400315.html |title=S. Korean ice sledge hockey captain happy to retire with Paralympic bronze |agency=Yonhap |date=17 March 2018 |access-date=21 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318120919/http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2018/03/17/0200000000AEN20180317003400315.html |archive-date=18 March 2018 |url-status=dead}}

Choi was born in North Korea, where his left leg was crushed in a train accident, and doctors amputated it below the knee. Choi then defected in 2001, fleeing through China with the help of his uncle.{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/north-korean-defector-hits-paralympic-ice-for-south-korea/article38280140/ |last=Kim |first=Tong-hyung |title=North Korean defector hits Paralympic ice for South Korea |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=13 March 2018 |access-date=21 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320092144/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/north-korean-defector-hits-paralympic-ice-for-south-korea/article38280140/ |archive-date=20 March 2018 |url-status=live}}