.jpg) Bøe after winning silver medal at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1998-07-21)21 July 1998 (age 27) Busan, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Norway South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fossum IF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 2016–2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (113th in2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Magnus Bøe, also known asKim Magnus (Korean:킴매그너스; born 21 July 1998) is aSouth Korean-born Norwegiancross-country skier. He competed in the2018 Winter Olympics.[1]
Magnus was born inBusan, South Korea, to a Norwegian father and South Korean mother.[2] The family settled inBærum, Norway, where Magnus joined the skiing clubFossum IF.[3]
With the2018 Winter Olympics being held in his country of birth South Korea, Magnus realized that the competition in Norway was too tough for him to gain an Olympic spot at the age of 20. He declared his allegiance for South Korea already in 2016. He competed under the South Korean surnameKim.[3] He went to school in Norway, theNorwegian School of Elite Sport atGeilo.[4] On 19 May 2018 he changed his nationality back to Norway.[5] He took a cross-country skiing scholarship with theUniversity of Colorado.[6]
His breakthrough came at the2016 Winter Youth Olympics, where he won two gold medals in10 kilometre freestyle andcross-country cross, and the silver medal insprint. At the2016 Junior World Championships he followed up with two silver medals in the 10 kilometres and the sprint.[7]
He had made hisCross-Country Skiing World Cup in December 2015 inLillehammer, finishing a lowly 66th. His first and only top-30 placements came in sprint events in March 2018, finishing 19th inDrammen and 27th inFalun.[7]
In 2017 he won the sprint gold medal at the2017 Asian Winter Games,[4] following up with a 10 kilometre silver and a relay bronze.Official Results Book – Cross-country Skiing He competed in two events at the2018 Junior World Championships, finishing no higher than 9th. Competing at the 2018 Olympics, he managed a 26th place in theteam sprint as well as 42nd, 43rd and 47th places in the individual events.[7]
Bøe also competed at theBiathlon Junior World Championships 2019, placing a lowly 66th.[8]
All results are sourced from theInternational Ski Federation (FIS).[7]
| Year | Age | 15 km individual | 30 km skiathlon | 50 km mass start | Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay | Team sprint |
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| 2018 | 19 | 42 | — | 47 | 50 | — | 26 |
| Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | ||||||
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| Overall | Distance | Sprint | U23 | Nordic Opening | Tour de Ski | World Cup Final | Ski Tour Canada | ||
| 2016 | 17 | NC | NC | NC | NC | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 18 | NC | NC | NC | NC | 77 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 19 | 113 | NC | 59 | 15 | DNF | — | 75 | — |
| 10 km | |
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| 7.5 km |
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