Mo Tae-bum

{{Infobox speed skater

| name = Mo Tae-bum

| image = Victory Ceremony - BC Place - Vancouver British Columbia Mo Tae-Bum.jpg

| imagesize = 250px

| caption =

| alt =

| headercolor = #d7ecff

| country = {{KOR}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|2|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea

| height = {{convert|1.77|m|cm}}

| weight = {{convert|90|kg|lbs}}

| pb =

| website =

| worldcup =

| worldchamp =

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country|{{KOR}}}}

{{MedalCount

|Olympic Games|1|1|0

|World Sprint Championships|0|1|1

|World Single Distance Championships|2|1|0

|Winter Universiade|2|0|0

|World Junior Championships|2|0|0

|Asian Winter Games|0|2|0

|Total|7|5|1

}}

{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 모태범

| hanja = 牟太釩

| rr = Mo Taebeom

| mr = Mo T'aebŏm

| context =

| img =

| caption =

}}

File:Mo Tae Bum 2010.jpg

Mo Tae-bum ({{Langx|ko|모태범}}, Hanja: 牟太釩;{{cite web |url=http://210.117.202.170:25000/2/21/share/item_pop.jsp?no=200409016241&div=P&gameCode=129 |script-title=ko:모태범 |publisher=Korean Olympic Committee |language=ko |access-date=23 February 2010 |trans-title=Mo Tae-Bum}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{IPA|ko|mo.tʰɛ̝.bʌm}}; born 15 February 1989{{cite news |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2010/02/136_60901.html |title=Mo Wins Men's 500 Meters |last=Kang |first=Seung-woo |date=16 February 2010 |publisher=The Korea Times |access-date=17 February 2010 |location=Seoul}}) is a South Korean speed skater. He is the 2010 Olympic Champion and the 2012 and 2013 World Champion in 500 m. He started speedskating while in the third grade. Prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics, Mo won two distances at the 2006 World Junior Speed Skating Championships. He has competed on the national level since 2004 and has competed internationally since 2005.

He won two Junior World Championships in 2006, but did not win any other events until 2009. In 2009 he won gold in the 1000 m and 1500 m events at the Winter Universiade. The international community gave him little attention before the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, but he became the first Korean to win a gold medal in a long track speed skating event as well as earning the silver medal in the 1000 m race. This was a large upset, as he was ranked fourteenth in the world in the 500 m race. Lee Myung-bak congratulated Mo for his achievements in speed skating following these wins.

Early life

Mo Tae-bum was born in Seoul to father Mo Yeong-yeol and mother Jeong Yeon-hwa in 1989.{{cite news |url=http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1000710996 |script-title=ko:"장하다 막둥아!"...모태범 선수 가족들 '환호성' |publisher=SBS |date=16 February 2010 |language=ko |author=Song, In-geun (송인근)}} He has one elder sister, Mo Eun-yeong. Mo started skating when his father suggested it while he was in third grade at Eunseok Elementary School. His participation in the school skating team led him to win a cup from rival Lila Elementary School, which had dominated the age group at that time. Since then, Mo has been a close friend to Lee Seung-hoon, a fellow speed skater who also won a silver and a gold medal from the 2010 Winter Olympics.{{cite news |url=http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/local/2010/02/16/0811000000AKR20100216138100060.HTML?template=2086 |title={{angbr|올림픽}} 모태범 가족 "최고의 생일선물"(종합) |trans-title={{angbr|Olympic}} Mo Tae-Bum's family "The best birthday present" (general) |publisher=Yonhap |date=16 February 2010|language=ko}} As Mo grew older, he almost gave up skating but, after three years of indecision, he decided against giving it up on the advice of his mother. Mo and his family currently live in the city of Pocheon, Gyeonggi province.

As of 2010, Mo is a junior at Korea National Sport University.{{cite news |url=http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/sports/201002/h20100217105330111960.htm |script-title=ko:'금메달' 모태범-이상화 심상찮은 사이? |date=17 February 2010 |publisher=Yonhap News Agency |language=ko |access-date=18 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218101844/http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/sports/201002/h20100217105330111960.htm |archive-date=18 February 2010 }}

Junior career

Mo's first event was at the 2005 South Korean Single Distance Championships, which occurred on 23 and 24 November 2004.{{cite web |url=http://www.skateresults.com/skaters/mo_tae-beom#results |title=SkateResults: Results for Mo Tae-Beom |access-date=15 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415000708/http://www.skateresults.com/skaters/mo_tae-beom#results |archive-date=15 April 2011 |url-status=dead }} He finished tenth in the 1000 m race with a time of 1:16.81 and third in the 1500 m event with a time of 1:59.47. His next event was the 2005 World Junior Speed Skating Championships, where he participated in the 500, 1500, 3000 and 5000 m events. However, he did not finish in the top ten in any event except the 500 m, in which he took fifth place with a time of 38.21.

In 2006, he attended the 2006 South Korean Sprint Championship, participating in the 500 m, 1000 m, and Samalog events as well as in the 1000 m event at the 2006 South Korean Single Distance Championships, where he finished in fifth place with a time of 1:13.99. He participated in the last eligible race of his junior career at the 2006 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Erfurt, taking first place in both the 500 m, with a time of 35.83, and the 1500 m, with a time of 1:49.71.

Senior career

Prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics, Mo had never won a non-junior race.{{cite web |url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-speed-skating/athletes/tae-bum-mo_ath1006548ih.html |title=Tae-Bum Mo, Speed Skating |publisher=IOC |access-date=15 February 2010 |archive-date=8 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408203725/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-speed-skating/athletes/tae-bum-mo_ath1006548ih.html |url-status=dead }} His first adult competition was in the 2007 South Korean Single Distance Championships. He did not place in the top ten in an individual event at the 2008–09 World Cup, finishing in tenth place overall. At the 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships, he came in eighth place in the 1000 m event with a time of 1:10.11, and eleventh place with a time of 1:48.07 in the 1500 m event.

At the 2009 Winter Universiade, he won the 1000 and 1500 m events.{{cite news |url=http://www.harbin2009.org/system/2009/02/22/000112293.shtml |title=Korea won the gold in Men' s 1500 m Speed Skating |date=22 February 2009 |access-date=17 February 2010 |location=Harbin Winter Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719204112/http://www.harbin2009.org/system/2009/02/22/000112293.shtml |archive-date=19 July 2011}}

He has a rivalry with speed skater Shani Davis, who has been faster in all four 1000 m races in the 2009–10 season. However, Mo has always been in second or third place in these races.{{cite news |url=http://www.incanada2010.com/canada/olympics/vancouver/news/tag/mo-tae |title=Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=15 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713022956/http://www.incanada2010.com/canada/olympics/vancouver/news/tag/mo-tae |archive-date=13 July 2011 }}

2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Mo qualified for the 500, 1000 and 1500 m events at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and was an alternate for the men's team pursuit. He won the gold medal in the 500 m event with a time of 34.92 for his first run and 34.90 for his second run.{{cite news |url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/309483,historic-win-gives-south-koreas-mo-a-golden-birthday.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113061844/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/309483,historic-win-gives-south-koreas-mo-a-golden-birthday.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 January 2013 |title=Historic win gives South Korea's Mo a golden birthday |date=16 February 2010 |publisher=Earth Times |access-date=17 February 2010 |location=Seoul }} He won the event on his 21st birthday, and was the first Korean to win an Olympic gold medal in an event outside of short track speed skating. He beat fellow South Koreans Lee Kang-seok and Lee Kyou-hyuk, who were ranked one and two in the world respectively, and celebrated by skating around the ice with a gaudy helmet.{{cite web |url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-photos/mo-tae-bum-of-south-korea--speed-skating-(500m-mens)_280154g208204-o237864-Pp.html |title=Mo Tae-Bum of South Korea celebrates winning the gold in the men's speed skating 500 m final on day 4 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics |publisher=IOC/Getty Images |access-date=26 February 2010 |location=Canada |archive-date=25 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225142941/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-photos/mo-tae-bum-of-south-korea--speed-skating-(500m-mens)_280154g208204-o237864-Pp.html |url-status=dead }} He also won a silver medal in the 1000 m event, missing the gold medal, won by Shani Davis, by 18 hundredths of a second, but became the first South Korean to win two medals in an event other than short track speed skating.{{cite news |url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2010/02/18/33/0702000000AEN20100218004100315F.HTML |title=(LEAD)(Winter Olympics) Mo Tae-bum wins silver in men's 1,000 m speed skating |date=17 February 2010 |work=Yonhap News Agency |access-date=18 February 2010 |location=Vancouver}} Mo finished fifth at the 1500 m event, with a time of 1:46.47.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/winter/2010/athletes/_/id/25737/mo-tae-bum |title=Mo Tae-Bum – Vancouver 2010 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=26 February 2010}}

=Response to gold medal=

Mo had been seen as a dark horse, ranked fourteenth in the world, and was surprised by his win.{{cite news |url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCATRE61F0WK20100216 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229184549/http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCATRE61F0WK20100216 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 February 2012 |title=Speed skater Mo Tae-bum shocks himself with birthday gold |last=Fine |first=Larry |date=16 February 2010 |publisher=Reuters Canada |access-date=17 February 2010 |location=Vancouver}} Park Pil-soon, head of the Korean Olympic Committee's international affairs department commented, "Mo was an unknown, and his gold medal win marks the start of a new generation in South Korean speed skating after Lee Kyou-hyuk." In an interview after the event, he described himself as a risk-taker, and expressed interests in cars and motorcycles. President Lee Myung-bak sent a message congratulating Mo, calling him a "proud treasure who rewrote South Korea's speed skating history", and said that he brought jubilation to the South Korean people with his strong spirit and excellent skills.{{cite news |url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/02/16/1/0301000000AEN20100216007700315F.HTML |title=President Lee sends congratulatory message to speed skating gold medalist |date=16 February 2010 |access-date=17 February 2010 |location=Seoul}}

Before the Olympics started the Korean Olympic Team held a press conference; however, he was asked few questions. He stated that, although it was disappointing, it helped him focus on the race. After the race, he personally reacted by stating that he "only imagined and dreamed about it" and saw it as a warm-up for his main event, the 1000 m.{{cite news |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/02/17/2010021700371.html |title=Mo Tae-bum Wins Korea's 1st Olympic Gold in Speed Skating |date=17 February 2010 |publisher=The Chosun Ilbo English |access-date=26 February 2010}}

He received a warm welcome when he returned to Korea, and his parents greeted him with a homemade banner.{{cite news |url=http://wintergames.ap.org/story.aspx?st=id&id=pe9642e685eeb42d7a1ba2368ce2836b7 |title=Kim leads jubilant SKorean team home from Olympics |last=Hong |first=Esther |date=2 March 2010 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=28 March 2010 |location=Seoul}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Personal life

On 30 June 2022, it was confirmed that Mo was in a relationship with Miss Korea's ballerina Lim Sa-rang, with whom they developed a relationship from the variety show Groom's Class.{{cite web|url= https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=410&aid=0000878661|author=Son Jin-ah|title=신랑수업' 1호 커플 모태범♥임사랑, 실제 열애? "알아가는 단계"(공식)|trans-title=Groom's Class' No. 1 couple Mo Tae-beom ♥ Im Sa-rang, a real devotee? “Steps to get to know” (official)|publisher=MK Sports|via=Naver|date=30 June 2022|access-date=30 June 2022|language=ko}} On 2 June 2023, Lim's agency confirmed their break-up.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/ranking/read?oid=609&aid=0000732102|author=Kim Myung-mi|title=모태범-임사랑, 공개연애 1년만 결별 "최근 소원해져"[공식]|trans-title=Mo Tae-bum and Lim Sa-rang, broke up after 1 year of public dating “recently estranged” [Official]|publisher=Newsen|via=Naver|date=2 June 2023|access-date=2 June 2023|language=ko}}

Personal records

class="wikitable" border="1"
Event ! Time{{cite web \|url=http://www.speedskatingbase.eu/?section=main&subsection=skater&id=17231 \|title=SpeedSkatingBase: Tae-Bum Mo \|year=2012 \|access-date=11 February 2015}}
500 m \| 34.28
1000 m \| 1:07.26
1500 m \| 1:42.85
3000 m \| 3:58.05
5000 m \| 7:03.38

class="wikitable" border="1"

Event

! Time{{cite web |url=http://www.speedskatingbase.eu/?section=main&subsection=skater&id=17231 |title=SpeedSkatingBase: Tae-Bum Mo |year=2012 |access-date=11 February 2015}}

500 m

| 34.28

1000 m

| 1:07.26

1500 m

| 1:42.85

3000 m

| 3:58.05

5000 m

| 7:03.38

Filmography

=Television show=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" \| Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| {{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
scope="row"\| 2020–2021 \| {{ill\|Let’s Play Soccer\|ko\|뭉쳐야 찬다}} \| rowspan="3" \| Cast member \| \| style="text-align:center" \|
scope="row" \| 2021–present \| {{ill\|Let’s Play Soccer 2\|ko\|뭉쳐야 찬다}} \| Season 2 \| style="text-align:center" \|{{Cite news\|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=382&aid=0000922615\|author=Hong Se-young\|title=뭉찬2' 측 "박태환→모태범 코로나19 확진, 제작 중단" [공식]\|trans-title= Mongchan 2’ side “Park Tae-hwan → Mo Tae-beom confirmed Corona 19, production stopped” [Official] \|work= Sports Donga\|publisher=Naver \|date= 16 July 2021 \|access-date= 16 July 2021 \|language=ko}}
scope="row" rowspan=2\| 2022 \| Groom's Class \| \|style="text-align:center" \|{{cite web\|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=609&aid=0000559604\|author=Park Soo-in\|title=모태범, 이사 4개월 차 새집 공개 "올림픽 연금 평생 받아"'신랑수업\|trans-title=Mo Tae-beom reveals new house 4 months after moving “Receive Olympic pension for life” ‘Groom class\|publisher=Newsen\|via=Naver\|date=6 April 2022\|access-date=6 April 2022\|language=ko}}
The King of Ssireum \| rowspan=2\|Contestant \| Spinoff \|style="text-align:center" \|{{cite web\|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=009&aid=0005014927\|author=Shin Young-eun\|title=씨름의 제왕' 김동현·모태범·줄리엔 강·최영재·황충원 합류…10월 18일 첫방송\|trans-title=The King of Wrestling' Kim Dong-hyun, Mo Tae-beom, Julien Kang, Choi Young-jae, Hwang Chung-won join... First broadcast on October 18th\|publisher=Meil business\|via=Naver\|date=7 September 2022\|access-date=7 September 2022\|language=ko}}
scope="row"\| 2023 \| World's First Merchant \| Season 2 \|style="text-align:center"\|{{cite web\|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=449&aid=0000246137 \|author= \|title=천하제일장사2' 조진형·남경진·모태범, 인터뷰…조진형 "피지컬팀 마선호·김경진, 우승 확률 50%\|trans-title=Interview with Cho Jin-hyung, Nam Kyung-jin, and Mo Tae-beom of ‘The First Merchant 2’ Cho Jin-hyung “Physical team Ma Seon-ho and Kim Kyung-jin, 50% chance of winning”\|publisher=Channel A\|via=Naver\|date=22 March 2023\|access-date=22 March 2023\|language=ko}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Notes

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row"| 2020–2021

| {{ill|Let’s Play Soccer|ko|뭉쳐야 찬다}}

| rowspan="3" | Cast member

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2021–present

| {{ill|Let’s Play Soccer 2|ko|뭉쳐야 찬다}}

| Season 2

| style="text-align:center" |{{Cite news|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=382&aid=0000922615|author=Hong Se-young|title=뭉찬2' 측 "박태환→모태범 코로나19 확진, 제작 중단" [공식]|trans-title= Mongchan 2’ side “Park Tae-hwan → Mo Tae-beom confirmed Corona 19, production stopped” [Official] |work= Sports Donga|publisher=Naver |date= 16 July 2021 |access-date= 16 July 2021 |language=ko}}

scope="row" rowspan=2| 2022

| Groom's Class

|style="text-align:center" |{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=609&aid=0000559604|author=Park Soo-in|title=모태범, 이사 4개월 차 새집 공개 "올림픽 연금 평생 받아"'신랑수업|trans-title=Mo Tae-beom reveals new house 4 months after moving “Receive Olympic pension for life” ‘Groom class|publisher=Newsen|via=Naver|date=6 April 2022|access-date=6 April 2022|language=ko}}

The King of Ssireum

| rowspan=2|Contestant

| Spinoff

|style="text-align:center" |{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=009&aid=0005014927|author=Shin Young-eun|title=씨름의 제왕' 김동현·모태범·줄리엔 강·최영재·황충원 합류…10월 18일 첫방송|trans-title=The King of Wrestling' Kim Dong-hyun, Mo Tae-beom, Julien Kang, Choi Young-jae, Hwang Chung-won join... First broadcast on October 18th|publisher=Meil business|via=Naver|date=7 September 2022|access-date=7 September 2022|language=ko}}

scope="row"| 2023

| World's First Merchant

| Season 2

|style="text-align:center"|{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=449&aid=0000246137 |author= |title=천하제일장사2' 조진형·남경진·모태범, 인터뷰…조진형 "피지컬팀 마선호·김경진, 우승 확률 50%|trans-title=Interview with Cho Jin-hyung, Nam Kyung-jin, and Mo Tae-beom of ‘The First Merchant 2’ Cho Jin-hyung “Physical team Ma Seon-ho and Kim Kyung-jin, 50% chance of winning”|publisher=Channel A|via=Naver|date=22 March 2023|access-date=22 March 2023|language=ko}}