Choi Heung-chul
Choi Heung- chul ( born December 3, 1981 in Muju ) is a South Korean ski jumper.
Career
Choi began his international career in 1996 in the Continental Cup. After good performances he was able to qualify for the first time in late 1997 for a World Cup event and got a 25 at first World Cup points in Engelberg. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he finished 46th on the normal hill and the large hill to the 40th place. The next year he made at the Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 in Ramsau on the large hill the 66th and on the normal hill the 61st place. After another good performance in the World Cup, he reached the 43rd place at the Ski Flying World Championships in Vikersund. A few days later he arrived in the U.S. Iroun Mountain eleventh place to be today 's best World Cup result. Then he became a little weaker and took again until early 2001 in Hakuba than 28 World Cup points. Choi participated in Lahti at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2001. After he was on the large hill just 48 he took on the normal hill on the 24th Place. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City he reached on the large hill with the team in eighth place. A few days later he won a Continental Cup competitions in Schoenwald. After a 21 place at the Ski Flying World Championships 2002 in Harrachov and a Continental Cup victory in Calgary he deteriorated its performance significantly.
In the season 2002/ 03 he qualified for only two jumping. Here Choi took only the spaces 48 and 50 also in the Continental he brought this winter no points and at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 in Val di Fiemme, he was able to qualify only on the large hill and was 49th. 's Why he started in the next season, often only in the Continental and finally finished with 32 points to 90th place overall. In the World Cup he qualified only in Willingen and was 48th. During the Ski Flying World Championships in Planica Choi was the 50th of 54 jumpers. The next summer he was better again. Choi's best finish in the summer of 2004 was a 31st place in Hinterzarten. The next winter he first jumped only in the Continental Cup. However, he won only once as 17 points. In the Universiade in Innsbruck Choi showed places eleven and 14 in Titisee -Neustadt, he was back in a World Cup at the start, after qualifying for canceled but only 60
When a Continental in Lauscha he jumped back on the podium in third. After a 20th place on the following day he was nominated in early February in Sapporo again for the World Cup. After a 34th place on the first day as a 22 closest first time since 2 years back World Cup points. Choi participated in Oberstdorf at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2005. After the 43rd place in the individual on the normal hill, he was 13th in the team of the same jump and tenth on the large hill. During the summer he won in Courchevel than 21 points. In the next 2 years, he jumped mostly in the World Cup. While he remained in the 2005/06 season with no points, he took in the 2006/07 season and 10 in the 2007/08 season 6 points. Where major events he reached during this period the following results: 47 of the normal hill and 13th in the team at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Pragelato, 28 on the normal hill at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo.
In the Summer Grand Prix 2008 he won at every jumping to which he participated points. In the end, he was 57 points with 42 in the overall standings.
But the next season has been the worst so far in his career. He could qualify for a single World Cup event and also reached the Continental only mittelmäsige results. 14.01. he jumped for the first time only in the FIS Cup and was only ninth of 17 jumpers. Riding was in Harbin. The saving grace was the Universiade, which was held in Harbin, China. Here was Choi ninth of the normal and of third parties on the large hill. With the team he won gold.
In the summer he won a Fis - Cup in Villach. It was the second Fis Cup jumping in his career in which he competed. In the Summer Grand Prix, he qualified again and also scored as 15 and 30 in Hakuba. In the next season, Choi was able to qualify more than once, but had no points. At the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver Choi resigned as 48th after the first passage of the normal hill.
Since then, he again showed good performance. In the summer of 2010, he always qualified, also won four of the six races in which he competed points. The best were two twelfth. Places in Einsiedeln and Hakuba. At the end he got 54 points, finishing in 34th place overall. This was his best result in the Summer Appreciation ever. In Engelberg, he was able to qualify in the winter for all jumping and showed places 29, 37 and 28 In the Four Hills Tournament, however, he missed in Oberstdorf and Garmisch -Partenkirchen qualification. In the Asian Winter Games in 2011 in Kazakhstan Almaty he won with the Korean team the bronze medal in the team competition.