The Most Famous
CYCLISTS from South Korea
This page contains a list of the greatest South Korean Cyclists. The pantheon dataset contains 1,613 Cyclists, NaN of which were born in South Korea. This makes South Korea the birth place of the 0th most number of Cyclists.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary South Korean Cyclists of all time. This list of famous South Korean Cyclists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Lee Hye-jin (b. 1992)
With an HPI of 0.00, Lee Hye-jin is the most famous South Korean Cyclist. Her biography has been translated into different languages on wikipedia.
Lee Hye-jin (Korean pronunciation: [i.ɦje̞.dʑin] or [i] [hje̞.dʑin], born ) is a South Korean track cyclist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's sprint, women's keirin, and women's team sprint. She was eighth at the 2016 Summer Olympics in keirin. Lee won the silver medal in the women's keirin at the 2018 Asian Games. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she again competed in the women's keirin and women's sprint. She won a silver medal in the women's keirin at the 2020 World Championships, the best result ever for a Korean cyclist. With this result, she became the world number 1 in women's keirin. Alongside Hwang Hyeon-seo, Kim Ha-eun, Cho Sun-yong, Lee was part of the women's sprint team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games.
2. Na Ah-reum (b. 1990)
With an HPI of 0.00, Na Ah-reum is the 2nd most famous South Korean Cyclist. Her biography has been translated into different languages.
Na Ah-reum (Korean: 나아름, born 24 March 1990) is a South Korean track and road bicycle racer, born in Naju, who last rode for UCI Women's Team Alé–Cipollini. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 13th. She also competed in the road race at the 2016 Olympics. In 2018 Na won the South Korea National Championships road race and individual time trial.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as South Korean cyclists born between 1990 and 1992. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living South Korean cyclists include Lee Hye-jin, and Na Ah-reum. As of April 2024, 2 new South Korean cyclists have been added to Pantheon including Lee Hye-jin, and Na Ah-reum.
