Chuen-Gun Lee

Chuen-Gun Lee

Personal information
Full name	Chuen-Gun Lee
Country represented	South Korea  United States
Born	October 26, 1980 (1980-10-26) (age 31) Seoul
Height	178 cm (5.84 ft)
Former partner	Kate Slattery (USA) Yang Tae-Hwa (KOR)
Former coach	Gennady Karponosov Natalia Linichuk, Vitaly Popkov Ryu Jong-Hyun
Former choreographer	Natalia Linichuk Lia Travatty
Retired	2007
Medal record Figure skating Ice dancing Competitor for  South Korea Asian Winter Games Bronze 1999 Gangwon Ice dancing

This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.

Chuen-Gun "C.G." Lee (born October 26, 1980 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean ice dancer who later competed internationally for the United States. He competed for South Korea with Yang Tae-Hwa. The two competed together from 1996 to 2002, placing 24th at the 2002 Winter Olympics. They were the first ice dancers from Korea to compete in the Olympics.^[1]

Lee and Yang trained in the United States. Following that partnership, Lee partnered with American Kate Slattery, with whom he competed internationally for the United States. They were coached by Gennady Karponosov, Natalia Linichuk, and Vitaly Popkov. They announced their split on March 28, 2007.^[2] Lee now works as a coach.

Competitive highlights

For the United States

(with Slattery for the United States)

Event	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007
U.S. Championships	7th	WD	11th
Nebelhorn Trophy			8th
Bofrost Cup on Ice	7th
Eastern Sectionals	2nd	2nd	2nd

• WD = Withdrew

For South Korea

(with Yang for South Korea

Event	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02
Winter Olympic Games							24th
World Championships				31st		31st	23rd
Four Continents Championships							7th
World Junior Championships	23rd	25th	21st	28th	20th
Asian Winter Games				3rd
South Korean Championships			2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st
Golden Spin, Zagreb							9th
Winter Universiade						12th	=
Junior Grand Prix, Japan					9th
Junior Grand Prix, Norway					15th

References

1. ^ Chuen-Gun Lee Joins Kate Slattery to Pursue Figure Skating Dream - Figure Skating News
2. ^ Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating

• Slattery & Lee at the United States Figure Skating Association
• Yang & Lee at the International Skating Union

External links

• IceDance.com: Slattery & Lee

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Name	Lee, Chuen-Gun
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Date of birth	October 26, 1980
Place of birth	Seoul
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