The promise of LS 3-year-old Lee Sang-hyun, chairman of the Cycling Federation, to raise the cycling population to 13 million

Jan 11, 2025

"In the era of 13 million cycling population, we will make cycling one of the best sports in Korea, where professional and daily sports are harmonized."

Representative Lee Sang-hyun, former president of the Korean Hockey Association, was elected as the 29th president of the Korean Cycling Federation on the 10th. During the candidate registration period from December 29th to 30th, he ran alone and was finally confirmed as the president-elect through the Korea Cycling Federation's Election Management Committee. As a result, after Koo Ja-yeol, former chairman of LS Group, who led the development of the cycle by serving as chairman of the Korea Cycling Federation for 14 years from 2009, LS Group personnel have risen back to the top again, continuing their love of cycling. After being elected president of the Korea Hockey Association four years ago, Lee, who set the record for the first time in the history of Korean sports, changed the cycle and continued the tradition of the "Sports Love CEO" family, following his grandfather, the late LS Cable Honorary Chairman Koo Tae-hoe (former chairman of the Korea Weightlifting Federation) and his father, Lee In-jeong, chairman of the Asian Mountain Federation (former chairman of the Korea Mountain Federation). Lee's term is four years from the date of the regular general meeting of the Korea Cycling Federation in 2025 to the regular general meeting of the general assembly of the general assembly of the general assembly of the general assembly of the general assembly of the general assembly of the.

Lee Sang-hyun contributed greatly to the remarkable performance at the Hangzhou Asian Games and Paris Olympics, including the most gold medals ever recorded (13). From 2021 to this year, as the president of the Korean Hockey Association, he led the revival of hockey sports through self-purification efforts, financial stabilization, improvement of international performance, and introduction of youth hockey. In particular, he took the lead in strengthening human rights and ethics in sports through the clean hockey campaign, and the Korea Hockey Association won the Korea Sports Association's Best Human Rights Management Award, and Chairman Lee Sang-hyun won the Excellence Award in the Sports Value category.

Soon after his election, Lee made it clear that he would continue his clean sports management stance as the head of the Cycling Federation. "We will create a new future for the Korea Cycling Federation through transparent and clean sports administration, strengthening international competitiveness, and fostering future generations."By collecting the will of various cyclists well, we will achieve stable federation operation by expanding the base of daily sports, hiring talented people, and actively attracting financial resources based on the creation of a clean cycle culture over the next four years." At the same time, I will do my best to win the gold medal at the Asian Games and participate in the LA Olympics in order to regain my reputation as an Asian cycling powerhouse" expressed his determination.

Chairman Lee Sang-hyun has continued various activities as a director of the Korean Sports Association and vice president of the Korean Sports Association. He is also the chairman of the National Choir under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the director of the National Theater Promotion Foundation, which is considered a representative sports figure who will serve as a bridge to harmony and coexistence between the Korea Sports Association and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. As the representative of Taein Co., Ltd., he has provided scholarships to 741 promising athletes so far through the Taein Scholarship Project, including Archery Si-hyun, Kim Woo-jin, Shooting Oh Ye-jin, Table Tennis Shin Yoo-bin, and promising Korean cycling athletes Park Joon-sun (34th scholarship student in 2023) and Choi Tae-ho (35th scholarship student in 2024).

◇Profile of Lee Sang-hyun, President-elect of the Korea Cycling Federation

▶Tae-in, CEO of the Korea Cycling Federation ▶ Elected Chairman of the Korea Cycling Federation ▶ Vice Chairman of the Asian Hockey Federation ▶ Chairman of the National Choir ▶ Director of the National Theater Promotion Foundation ▶ Vice Chairman of the Korea Sports Association ▶ Chairman of the Evaluation Committee on the Selection of Domestic Host Cities for the 36th Summer Olympics ▶ Representative of the Korea Youth Culture Plaza ▶ Honor Society member of the Community Chest of Korea

▶Former student council president of Hanyang University ▶Former president of the Korean Hockey Association ▶Former vice president of the Hangzhou Asian Games squad ▶Former vice president of the Paris Olympic team ▶Former member of the inter-Korean sports exchange committee of the Korean Sports Council ▶Former director of the Gyeonggi Sports Council ▶Former member of the Seoul Metropolitan Government Sports Development Committee ▶Former member of the Korea Mountain Federation International Exchange Committee

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.