South Korea at the 2002 Winter Paralympics
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| NPCname = Korean Paralympic Committee
| games = Winter Paralympics
| year = 2002
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| location = Salt Lake City
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| rank = 21
| gold = 0
| silver = 1
| bronze = 0
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South Korea competed at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, United States. 6 competitors from South Korea (5 men and 1 woman) participated, all in the Alpine Skiing event.{{Cite web |title=Salt Lake City 2002 - alpine-skiing - ParticipantNumbers |url=https://www.paralympic.org/salt-lake-city-2002/results/alpine-skiing/participants |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}} Sang Min Han won the nation's only medal, clinching the silver in the Men's Giant Slalom LW12 event in Alpine Skiing.{{Cite web |title=Sang Min Han - Alpine Skiing {{!}} Paralympic Athlete Profile |url=https://www.paralympic.org/sang-min-han |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}} Han would go on to represent South Korea at the 2006, 2010, 2018, and 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Overall, South Korea finished 21st in the medal table.{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/republic-korea|title=Republic of Korea - National Paralympic Committee|website=www.paralympic.org|access-date=2016-06-14}}
Results by Sport
= Alpine Skiing =
Sang Min Han won the only Korean medal in the Men's Giant Slalom (LW12), while Mi Jeong Kim narrowly missed out on a bronze, finishing 3.67 seconds behind 3rd place Austrian Gabriele Huemer in the Women's Downhill (B2-3). She also lost a bronze to France's Pascale Casanova in the Women's Super-G by 4.44 seconds.
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|+ !Athlete !Event !Time !Rank |
rowspan="4" |Young Jin Jeon
|Men's Downhill LW3,5/7,9 |1:37.63 |9 |
Men's Giant Slalom LW3,5/7,9
| - |DNF |
Men's Super-G LW3,5/7,9
|1:30.16 |8 |
Men's Slalom LW3,5/7,9
|1:50.64 |7 |
rowspan="4" |Hongbin Kim
|Men's Downhill LW3,5/7,9 | - |DQ |
Men's Giant Slalom LW3,5/7,9
| - |DNF |
Men's Super-G LW3,5/7,9
|1:30.61 |9 |
Men's Slalom LW3,5/7,9
|2:03.54 |9 |
rowspan="4" |Nam Je Kim
|Men's Downhill LW11 |1:48.39 |9 |
Men's Giant Slalom LW11
| - |DNF |
Men's Super-G LW11
|1:39.00 |9 |
Men's Slalom LW11
| - |DNF |
rowspan="4" |Sang Min Han
|Men's Downhill LW12 |1:47.33 |12 |
Men's Giant Slalom LW12
|2:52.31 |2 |
Men's Super-G LW12
|1:34.58 |7 |
Men's Slalom LW12
|2:16.04 |7 |
rowspan="2" |Hwan Kyung Lee
|Men's Giant Slalom LW2 | - |DNF |
Men's Slalom LW2
|2:30.90 |22 |
rowspan="4" |Mi Jeong Kim
|Women's Downhill B2-3 |1:51.17 |4 |
Women's Giant Slalom B2-3
|3:09.12 |5 |
Women's Super-G B2-3
|1:37.22 |4 |
Women's Slalom B2-3
|2:28.32 |4 |
See also
References
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