Simon Cho
Simon Cho was born in Seoul, South Korea on October 7th, 1991 and is the Short-track Speed Skater. At the age of 32, Simon Cho biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 32 years old, Simon Cho has this physical status:
Cho began skating at the age of 3. He trained in Salt Lake City but moved back to Upper Marlboro, Maryland a year before the U.S. Olympic Trials, initially quit speed skating after failing to qualify for performance grants from the U.S. Olympic Committee and U.S. Speedskating which would have offset the unaffordable costs of $40,000 for training. About his chances of making the Olympic team, Cho said, "When I say nobody thought I would make the team, literally nobody thought I would make it...Not even me". However, at the age of 18, Cho qualified for the 2010 U.S. Olympic team. Apolo Ohno noted that Cho "basically made this team training on his own". Cho cites Ohno and Shani Davis as mentors who helped him face challenges as being a person of color in the sport.
At the Vancouver Olympics, he competed in the 500 meter and 5000 meter relay events. Cho earned a bronze medal in the relay after skating in the semifinals.
On August 27, 2013, Cho received a two-year suspension from competitions after he admitted having sabotaged his Canadian rival's Olivier Jean's equipment during the 2011 World Team Championships. Cho claimed that he acted on an order from his coach Jae-Su Chun. The suspension ran through October 4, 2014, which means Cho missed the chance to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is now the coach of his home club, the Potomac Speedskating Club, now based in Wheaton, MD.