Yonhap News Director Lee Yeong-ho received the 15th Sogang Sports Awards Media Award

Yeongho Lee, director of Yonhap News, receives the Media Award at the 15th Sogang Sports Awards in memory of the late President Min Kwan-sik of the Korea Sports Council.

Director Lee Young-ho, who has been active as a sports reporter for 20 years since 2000, reported news on various sports such as soccer, ice, judo, and badminton. The Olympics, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the 2007 Changchun Asian Winter Games, and the 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games were covered on-site.

From September 2021, as the head of the Yonhap News Sports Department, he directed the excavation and coverage of sports articles covering various sports.

The Sogang Min-gwan Food and Education Foundation announced 10 winners, including Director Lee Young-ho.

Shin Jeong-hee, vice president of the Korean Hockey Association, received the achievement award, the late Lee Hyeong-geun, former weightlifting coach of the national team, and Park Kwon-il, wheelchair curling coach

Lee Leader Award, Gymnastics Shin Hee-je (Yeongnam Middle School) and Choi Ga-on (Sehwa Girls’ Middle School) Best Athlete Award, Speed ​​Skating Kim Min-seon (Uijeongbu City Hall), Tennis Kwon Sun-woo (Dangjin City Hall), Disabled Women’s Goalball Team (Korea Disabled Golf Association) special prize, honor The grand prize is received by Kim Young-soo, president of the Korea Professional Billiards Federation.

The 15th Sogang Sports Awards Ceremony will be held on May 3 at 11:30 am at Diamond Hall on the 2nd floor of Koreana Hotel, Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul.

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