Magnus Bøe
Bøe after winning silver medal at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer
Country Norway
 South Korea
Born (1998-07-21) 21 July 1998
Busan, South Korea
Ski clubFossum IF
World Cup career
Seasons20162018
Starts21
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (113th in 2018)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  South Korea
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place2017 SapporoIndividual sprint
Silver medal – second place2017 Sapporo10 km classical
Bronze medal – third place2017 Sapporo4 × 7.5 km relay
Winter Universiade
Silver medal – second place2023 Lake Placid10 km classical
Silver medal – second place2023 Lake Placid 30 km freestyle
Silver medal – second place2023 Lake Placid 4 × 7.5 km relay
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 Râșnov10 km classical
Silver medal – second place2016 RâșnovIndividual sprint
Winter Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Lillehammer10 km freestyle
Gold medal – first place2016 LillehammerCross-country 
cross
Silver medal – second place2016 LillehammerIndividual sprint
Updated on 20 November 2021.

Magnus Bøe, also known as Kim Magnus (born 21 July 1998) is a South Korean-born Norwegian cross-country skier. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.[1]

Personal life

Magnus was born in Busan, South Korea, to a Norwegian father and South Korean mother.[2] The family settled in Bærum, Norway, where Magnus joined the skiing club Fossum IF.[3]

With the 2018 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 surname Kim.[3] He went to school in Norway, the Norwegian School of Elite Sport at Geilo.[4] On 19 May 2018 he changed his nationality back to Norway.[5] He took a cross-country skiing scholarship with the University of Colorado.[6]

Career

His breakthrough came at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, where he won two gold medals in 10 kilometre freestyle and cross-country cross, and the silver medal in sprint. At the 2016 Junior World Championships he followed up with two silver medals in the 10 kilometres and the sprint.[7]

He had made his Cross-Country Skiing World Cup in December 2015 in Lillehammer, finishing a lowly 66th. His first and only top-30 placements came in sprint events in March 2018, finishing 19th in Drammen and 27th in Falun.[7]

In 2017 he won the sprint gold medal at the 2017 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 the 2018 Junior World Championships, finishing no higher than 9th. Competing at the 2018 Olympics, he managed a 26th place in the team sprint as well as 42nd, 43rd and 47th places in the individual events.[7]

Bøe also competed at the Biathlon Junior World Championships 2019, placing a lowly 66th.[8]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[7]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   15 km 
individual
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
mass start
 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
20181942475026

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint U23 Nordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
Ski Tour
Canada
201617NCNCNCNC
201718NCNCNCNC77
201819113NC5915DNF75

References

  1. "Athlete Profile: KIM Magnus - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  2. Kim Magnus Norwegian raised skier to represent Korea at 2018 Winter Olympics
  3. 1 2 Fløttum, Petter (17 February 2016). "- Tenk deg oss to på stafettlag". Budstikka (in Norwegian). pp. 16–17.
  4. 1 2 Nygaard, Lars-Erik (21 February 2017). "Kan slippe militæret". Budstikka (in Norwegian). p. 13.
  5. "South Korean cross-country skier defends decision to switch allegiance to Norway". www.insidethegames.biz. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  6. Profile at CU Buffs
  7. 1 2 3 4 Magnus Bøe at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  8. "DATACENTER". biathlonresults.com. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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