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South Korean snowboarder (born 2006)
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
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Chaeun Lee
Personal information
Native name
μ΄μ±„μš΄
NationalitySouth Korean
Born (2006-04-11) 11 April 2006 (age 19)
Hwaseong, South Korea
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
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 South Korea
SportSnowboarding
Event
Halfpipe

Chaeun Lee (Korean: μ΄μ±„μš΄; born April 11, 2006), also credited in eastern name order as Lee Chaeun or Lee Chae-un, is a South Korean snowboarder. He won a gold medal at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2023 in the halfpipe.

Career

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Lee competed in the men's halfpipe in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at just 15 years old, making him the youngest male athlete at the Beijing Games.[1]

In 2023, Lee won the gold medal in the halfpipe at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2023 in Bakuriani, Georgia. The 16-year-old was the first South Korean to win a gold medal in any skiing or snowboarding discipline and also the youngest male snowboard gold medalist in world championship history.[2][3]

At the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon Province, South Korea, Lee grabbed two gold medals in snowboard men's slopestyle and halfpipe.[4][5] He became the first South Korean to win a gold medal in snowboarding at any Winter Olympic competition.

Lee took men's snowboard slopestyle gold at the Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games. Lee scored 90.00 points with a backside triple cork 1440 on his third run to claim gold in the men's snowboard slopestyle final.[6]

Lee finished sixth with 87.50 points in the men's halfpipe at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. He failed to complete his first two runs but flawlessly executed the frontside triple cork 1620β€”a technique involving three inverted flips and four-and-a-half rotations while jumping forward. At that moment, he became the first in the world to perform it. While double cork 1620s had been done before, the triple cork 1620 was uncharted territory.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "μŠ€λ…Έλ³΄λ“œ μ΄μ±„μš΄, ν•œκ΅­ μ΅œμ—°μ†Œ μ„ μˆ˜λ‘œ '베이징행'". SBS News. February 4, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  2. ^ Merrell, Chloe (March 3, 2023). "16-year-old Korean Lee Chae-un wins snowboard halfpipe title at 2023 Freestyle Worlds". Olympics.com. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  3. ^ "Korean teen snowboarder Lee Chae-un wins world title in halfpipe". The Korea Times. March 3, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  4. ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (January 25, 2024). "Snowboarder Lee Chae-un wins slopestyle gold at Winter Youth Olympics". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  5. ^ Smirnova, Lena (February 1, 2024). "Home hero Lee Chaeun grabs second gold at Gangwon 2024 on way to karaoke as proud dad and nation watch on". Olympics.com. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  6. ^ Paik, Ji-hwan (February 8, 2025). "Snowboarding prodigy Lee Chae-un slides to Asiad slopestyle gold". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
  7. ^ Lee, Tae-dong (February 14, 2026). "Lee Chae-woon Lands Historic Triple Cork 1620, Finishes Sixth". The Chosun Daily. Retrieved February 20, 2026.

External links

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Youth Olympic champions in snowboarding – boys' halfpipe
Youth Olympic champions in snowboarding – boys' slopestyle
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