Athletes
See also: List of South Korean footballers and List of Korean boxers- Alex Yi, footballer, trekkie
- Dong Keun Park, Legendary Taekwondo Champion of the 1960s
- Ahn Jung-Hwan, footballer
- Choo Shin-Soo, MLB player, plays for the Cleveland Indians
- Cha Bum-Kun, footballer in Bundesliga
- Hines Ward, American Football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Hong-Man Choi, K-1 Professional KickBoxer
- Hee Seop Choi, former MLB player, currently plays in South Korea's Professional Baseball League.
- Hong Myung-Bo, footballer
- Ha Seung-Jin, Professional basketball player currently playing in the Korean Basketball League.
- Byung-Hyun Kim, former MLB player
- Mi Hyun Kim, LPGA Player
- Sun-Woo Kim, baseball player.
- Lee Chun-Soo, footballer
- Lee Seung-Yeop, NPB baseball player
- Lee Hyung-Taik, tennis player
- Lee Yong-Kyu, baseball player
- Moon Dae-Sung, 2004 Olympic Taekwon-Do Gold medalist
- Chan-ho Park, MLB player
- Park Ji-Sung, footballer for English club Queens Park Rangers. First ever Korean to win the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League with Manchester United.
- Se Ri Pak, LPGA Player
- Shin-Soo Choo baseball player for the Cleveland Indians.
- Seol Ki-hyeon, footballer
- Birdie Kim (born Kim Ju-yun), LPGA player and 2005 Women's Open champion
- Joo Se Hyuk, Table tennis, defensive chopper
- Jim Paek, Pro ice hockey player
- Myung Jae Nam Hapkido master, founder of Hankido (1938–1999)
- In Jin Chi Professional boxer, a former WBC world champion
- Ki Soo Kim Professional boxer, the first Korean world champion (WBA, WBC)
- Park Tae-Hwan Swimmer
- Jong Song-Ok, North Korean; championship of Marathon in 1999
- Park Sung-Hyun Olympic medal winner Archery
- Kim Yu-Na figure skater; 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Sohn Kee-Chung Marathon Runner; 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Nam Sung-yong Marathon Runner; 1936 Olympic Bronze Medalist
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Famous quotes containing the word athletes:
“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The quality of American life is an insult to the possibilities of human growth ... the pollution of American space, with gadgetry and cars and TV and box architecture, brutalizes the senses, making gray neurotics of most of us, and perverse spiritual athletes and strident self-transcenders of the best of us.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)