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{{short description|South Korean short track speed skater}}
{{For|the footballer|Lee Jung-soo}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Lee (Korean name)|Lee]]||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox speed skater
| sport          = [[Short track speed skating]]
| name           = Lee Jung-su
| image          = 이정수 선수.jpg
| caption        = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1989|11|30}}
| birth_place    = [[Seoul, South Korea|Seoul]], South Korea
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height         = 173 cm
| weight         = 60 kg
| country        = {{KOR}}
| pb             = 
| website        = 
| worldcup       = 
| show-medals    = no
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCount|total=yes
| [[Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]] | 2|1|0
| [[World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|World Championships]] | 1|0|2
| [[World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships|World Team Championships]] | 2|0|0
| [[World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]] | 5|6|0
| [[Asian Winter Games|Asian Games]] | 0|1|1
}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[short track speed skating]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver]] | [[Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres|1000&nbsp;m]]}}
{{MedalGold| 2010 Vancouver| [[Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|1500&nbsp;m]]}}
{{MedalSilver| 2010 Vancouver| [[Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metre relay|5000 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|2010 Sofia]] | 5000 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2012 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|2012 Shanghai]] | 5000 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2025 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships|2025 Beijing]]|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships|World Team Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships|2009 Heerenveen]] | Team}}
{{MedalGold|  2010 Bormio | Team}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| 2006 Miercurea-Ciuc | Overall }}
{{MedalGold| 2006 Miercurea-Ciuc | 1500m S.F }}
{{MedalGold| 2007 Mladá Boleslav | 1500m }}
{{MedalGold| 2007 Mladá Boleslav | 1500m S.F }}
{{MedalGold| 2008 Bolzano | 500m }}
{{MedalSilver| 2006 Miercurea-Ciuc | 1000m }}
{{MedalSilver| 2006 Miercurea-Ciuc | 1500m }}
{{MedalSilver| 2007 Mladá Boleslav | Overall }}
{{MedalSilver| 2008 Bolzano | Overall }}
{{MedalSilver| 2008 Bolzano | 1500m }}
{{MedalSilver| 2008 Bolzano | 1500m S.F }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Winter Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2017 Asian Winter Games|2017 Sapporo]]|[[Short track speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's 5000 metres relay|5000 m relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 2017 Sapporo|[[Short track speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
|hangul=이정수
|hanja=李政洙
|rr=I Jeong-su
|mr=I Chŏngsu
|title=[[Korean name]]
}}
'''Lee Jung-su''' ({{Korean|이정수}}; {{IPA|ko|i.dʑʌŋ.su}}; born November 30, 1989) is a South Korean [[short track speed skating|short track speed skater]]. He is a two-time Olympic Champion from [[2010 Winter Olympics]].

Lee won one distances and became second overall at the 2008 World Junior Championships in [[Bolzano]]. He won 2009–2010 Overall World Cup. At the [[2010 Olympic Winter Games]] in [[Vancouver]], Lee won two gold medal in the 1000m and 1500m events.<ref>{{cite web|author=Neil Maidment |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news;_ylt=Aksco1VT.NNCUZyJ6z2s_0V.sbV_?slug=reu-shorttracklee_factbox&prov=reuters&type=lgns |title=Short track-Gold medallist Lee Jung-su |publisher=[[Yahoo! Sports]] |date=2010-02-13 |access-date=2010-02-21}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Lee was born in 1989 as the 25th generation of the Injegong branch in the [[Seocheon|Hansan]] [[Lee (Korean name)|Lee clan]].<ref name="Seoul">{{cite web |url=http://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20100222003005 |script-title=ko:이정수 아버지 "날 발 좋아 메달 딸것 같다더니" |trans-title=Lee Jung-su's father "Because he felt good with the skating blades, he could won a medal" |publisher=[[Seoul Sinmun]] |date=2010-02-21 |access-date=2010-02-21 |language=ko |archive-date=2011-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720130539/http://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20100222003005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lee's father, Lee Do-won is a department manager at the [[Kyunghyang Sinmun]] newspaper. Lee's family members are devoted [[Buddhists]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/2010_w_olympic/2010/02/21/1601000000AKR20100221064800004.HTML?template=2085 |title={{angbr|올림픽}} 이정수ㆍ이호석 부모 '환호ㆍ안도'(종합) |trans-title={{angbr|Olympics}} Lee Jung-su and Lee Ho-suk's parents 'Cheers, Relief' (general) |publisher=[[Yonhap]] |date=2010-02-21 |access-date=2010-02-21 |language=ko}}</ref> Lee started skating as a hobby in 2002 when he was in fourth grade at Seongok Elementary School. The school in the neighborhood of [[Wolgye-dong]], [[Nowon-gu]], [[Seoul]] is located next to the [[ice rink]] at [[Kwangwoon University]]. Lee's older sister, Lee Hwa-yeong was a [[figure skater]] regarded as a rising rookie, who won an elementary competition at the [[Korean National Sports Festival]] when she was in 6th grade.<ref name="Khan">{{cite web|author=Jo, Mi-deop (조미덥) |url=http://www.khan.co.kr/olympic/2010/khan_art_view.html?artid=201002151816345&code=980701 |script-title=ko:이정수 선수 부친 "아파도 훈련장에 가던 아들 좋은 결실 맺어 자랑스럽다" |trans-title=Lee Jung-su's father, "I'm proud of my son who gains the good results and went to the training place regardless when he was even ill." |publisher=[[Kyunghyang Sinmun]] |date=2010-02-21 |access-date=2010-02-21 |language=ko}}</ref> During the time, Lee's coach recommended Lee to be a professional skater. As Lee's school established a skating team, Lee joined it. Two years later, he switched from [[long track speed skating]] to [[short track speed skating]].<ref name="Cosun 1500">{{cite news|url=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/02/14/2010021400210.html |title=쇼트트랙 1500m 금빛 질주 펼친 이정수는? |publisher=[[The Chosun Ilbo]] |language=ko |date=2010-02-14}}</ref>

On the other hand, Lee's parents had financial difficulties in supporting their children's dream. They had to spend over 2,000,000 [[South Korean won|won]] (approximately US$1,736) per month for the fees of skating lessons, purchasing skating tools and renting exercising locations. Although Lee's parents worked together, spent all savings and even sold [[paddy field]]s in a countryside to support their children, that was not enough to cover all. They finally had to loan mortgages on their house where the family was living.<ref name="Khan" /> However, Lee's sister eventually gave up due to the financial situation and tried to seek her future in other sport genres that cost less money for training such as [[inline skating]] and [[wakeboarding]]. The fact that his sister had to drop her dream has stimulated Lee Jung-Su to focus on the skating training.<ref name="Jang Min-seok">{{cite web|url=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/02/15/2010021500704.html |title={{angbr|밴쿠버 동계올림픽}} 난 이제 시작일 뿐이야! |trans-title={{angbr|Vancouver Olympics}} I'm just at the beginning! |author=Jang, Min-seok (장민석) |publisher=[[The Chosun Ilbo]] |date=2010-02-16 |access-date=2010-02-21 |language=ko}}</ref>

Lee graduated from Gwangmun High School, and [[Dankook University]].<ref name="Cosun 1500" />

==Career==
Lee joined the South Korean national team in 2008. Lee won the short track World Cup in the 2009–2010 season, and got gold in the 1000m and 1500m at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and another silver in the 5000m relay.

Lee has been handed a 3-year ban along with his teammate Kwak Yoon-Gy for controversial foulplay.  Lee had written a note stating that he was not fit to compete in the World Championships 2010 Sofia, because of an injury.  This turned out to be not true, and Lee admitted that his coach forced him to pull out so that he could give teammate Kwak Yoon-Gy a chance to win a medal.  [[Kwak Yoon-gy]] went on to win Gold in the 1500m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.nate.com/view/20100506n05225|title=<이정수-곽윤기, 3년 징계 '선수생명 위기'}}</ref>

On May 19, 2010, the Korea Skating Union and the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee reduced the ban on Lee Jung-soo and Kwak Yoon-gy from three years to one year. Through an appeal, it was reduced to six months again on July 20, 2010. But Kwak's coach Jeon Jae-Mok was given a life ban.<ref>{{cite news |title=쇼트트랙 이정수-곽윤기, 자격정지 6개월로 최종 결론 |trans-title=Short track speed skating players Lee Jung-soo and Kwak Yoon-ki have been suspended for six months|date=2010-07-20 |url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/07/20/2010072002072.html |work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref>
<ref name="isu">{{cite web|url=https://isu.html.infostradasports.com/cache/TheASP.asp@PageID%3D302037&SportID%3D302&Personid%3D713753&TaalCode%3D2&StyleID%3D0&Cache%3D2.html?44948|title=Lee Jung-Su Biographies|website=International Skating Union|access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref> and 2010 Vancouver Olympic head coach [[Kim Ki-hoon]], who participated in the match-fixing, was suspended for three years, and coaches [[Song Jae-kun]] and Choi Kwang-bok were also suspended for one year.<ref>{{cite news | first=Hyun-cheol |last=Kim |title=Heavy Punishment Sought for Short Track Scandal |date=2010-04-23 |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/sports/2022/09/600_64761.html |work=[[The Korea Times]]|access-date=2023-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Ye-jin |last=Oh |title=쇼트트랙 이정수·곽윤기 징계 3년→1년 |trans-title=Short track speed skater Lee Jung-soo and Kwak Yoon-ki will be suspended for three years → one year|date=2010-05-19 |url=https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2010051917120978343&type=1 |work={{ill|Money Today|ko|머니투데이}}|access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref>

Lee joined the national team again in the 2011–2012 season and won the bronze medal in the 5000m relay at the World Championships.<ref name="isu" />

At the 2017 Sapporo Asian Games, he won the bronze medal in the 1500m and the silver medal in the 5000m relay.

Lee served as a KBS commentator at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Olympics.<ref>{{cite news | first=Jae-young |last=Lee |title=진선유-이정수, KBS 해설위원으로 변신…'쇼트트랙 생중계' 입담도 금메달? |trans-title=Jin Sun-yu and Lee Jung-soo, transformed into KBS commentators ..|date=2018-02-13 |url=https://www.etoday.co.kr/news/view/1594734|work=etoday|access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Jin-young |last=Yang |title='베이징 첫 金도전' 쇼트트랙, KBS 진선유·이정수 해설 생중계 |trans-title=Short track speed skating 'Beijing First Gold Challenge', commentary by KBS Jin Sun-yu and Lee Jung-soo.|date=2022-02-07 |url=https://www.newspim.com/news/view/20220207000263|work=[[NewsPim]]|access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref>

==Switching disclplines==
After failing to gain selection for the Korean short track team ahead of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, he switched to speed skating in an attempt to qualify for the event. He did not finish high enough at the Olympic trials, and in April 2014 he announced he would be returning to short track. He made the same switch in August 2017 to try and gain selection for the national speed skating team ahead of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. His focus was specifically the mass start event<ref name="isu" />

==Career highlights==
{{div col}}
;ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
:2008 – [[Bolzano]], {{silver2}} 2nd overall classification
::1st at 500m

;Winter Olympic Games
:2010 – [[Vancouver]], {{gold1}} Gold at 1000m and 1500m
{{div col end}}

==See also==
* [[South Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics]]
* [[List of 2010 Winter Olympics medal winners]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{ISU short track skater|713753|Lee Jung-Su}}
* [http://www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11211200000002&gen=m&ref=4865&view=ocl  2008 ISU World Junior Championships, Italy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611150305/http://www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11211200000002&gen=m&ref=4865&view=ocl |date=2008-06-11 }}
* {{Cyworld |id=25804576 |alt_id=_Vancouver |name=이정수 (Lee Jung-su)}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions 1000m Short Track Speed Skating Men}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions 1500m Short Track Speed Skating Men}}
{{ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup}}

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[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea]]
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[[Category:Short-track speed skaters at the 2025 Asian Winter Games]]
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