Choi Kwang-hyouk
South Korean sledge hockey player (born 1987)
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Choi Kwang-hyouk (Korean: 최광혁; born 15 March 1987)[1][2] is a South Korean ice sledge hockey player. He was a member of South Korea's bronze medal winning team in para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.[3]
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Choi was born in Myonggan County, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea, where his left leg was crushed in a train accident, and doctors amputated it below the knee. Choi then defected in 2001, fleeing through China with the help of his uncle.[4]
