Ko Kwang-za

Ko Kwang-za (Korean: 고광차, born 28 December 1942) is a North Korean former long track speed skater, who was active in the 1960s and early 1970s.[1]

Ko Kwang-za

Ko Kwang-za at the 1967 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women
Personal information
Born	(1942-12-28) December 28, 1942
Sport
Country	North Korea
Sport	Speed skating
Retired	1970

Kwang-za represented her nation at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1967 in Deventer, the Netherlands.[2] After the first day with the 500m and 1500m, she didn't start the 1000m on the second day. So she didn't get an overall classification.[3]

She also competed at another international competition, including in Jekaterinburg (Russia) and Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) in 1969 and in Paberezjnye Tsjelnye (Russia).[3][4]

Almost nothing is known about her early career, where she trained and her national competitions, as there isn’t access to North Korean sources. A few of her North Korean results are known, where she rode a personal record. In December 1969 she set her 500 meter personal best in Pujon. With this time of 45,3 seconds she was fourth in the 500m season world ranking list at that moment, but dropped during the season.[5] She rode her last personal best in February 1970 in Pyongyang in the 1500 meter.[3]