Athlete Information

• Name: Mi Sun Go
• Age: 34
• Marital Status: Married
• Height: 5' 3"
• Weight: 106 lbs.
• Gender: Female
• Years in Sport Climbing: Since 1994
• Years Competing: Since 1994
• Representing: Korea
• Resides: Anyag-shi, Kyungigi-do, Korea
• Born: September 25, 1967 Seoul, Korea
• Occupation: Pro Climber

Accomplishments

• 1999 - Competing at the Summer X Games, San Francisco BIB: 406
• 1998 ?

No 1 - 7^th Asian Championship - Taiwan - SPC - Difficulty
No 1 - 7^th Asian Championship - Taiwan - SPC - Speed
No 28 - World Cup - Weiner Neustadt, AUT - SPC - Difficulty
No 1 - Asian X Games - Phuket, Thailand - SPC- Difficulty
No 2 - Asian X Games - Phuket, Thailand - SPC - Speed
No 1 - French National - Nice, France - SPC - Difficulty
No 1 - Korean Championships - Seoul, Korea - SPC - Difficulty
No 18 - World Cup - Courmayeur, ITA - SPC - Difficulty
No 9 - World Cup - Kranj, SLO - SPC - Difficulty
No 11 - World Cup - Milan, ITA - SPC - Difficulty

• 1997 ?

No 1 - Korean Championships - Wonju, Korea - SPC - Difficulty
No 10 - UIAA World Cup - After 5 Comps - SPC Overall Results
No 8 - World Cup - Courmayeur, ITA - SPC - Difficulty
No 10 - World Cup - IMST, AUT - SPC - Difficulty
No 8 - World Cup - Prague, Cze - SPC - Difficulty

• 1996 ?

No 2 - Asian Championships - Jakarta, INA - SPC - Difficulty
No 1 - National Championships - Seoul, Korea - SPC - Difficulty

Notable

• Mi Sun Go is the Korean National Champion for the last four years running. In 1999 She is ranked 28^th in the World Cup, 1998 she was ranked 11^th, and in 1997 she was 10^th ranked by the World Cup. She is competing in the X Games Bouldering and Speed events. The 1998 X Games was her best international result. She won the silver medal. She is one of the few Asian climbers to compete on the World Cup circuit that is mainly held in Europe.
• She started climbing because she was simply "attracted to climbing." At the Asian ZX Games, she climbed very well and won the Difficulty event and came in second in the Speed event. Her best onsight is 5.12d at Red Rocks, NV, which she did before coming to the '98 X Games.She has climbed all the hardest routes in Korea and her hardest redpoint is 5.13c.Of all the sports at the X Games she would like to try the Skateboard Vert.
• After returning home from the 1998 X Games, she started ice climbing and in a local competition, she came in third place. She says she has become a disciple of Jum Sook Kim, the Korean ice climber who won the silver medal at the '99 Winter X Games.
• At the end of 1998, she was living in the south of France for two months to climb at new areas and compete in many of the World Cup events. In November 1998, she won a French national competition, something rarely done - beating the French at their home game on their home turf.
• She feels her strength is her self-confidence and her weakness is her haste.
  Go spends about 70 percent of her time climbing. Over the last year, she has started swimming for some cross-training. Her favorite climbing area is her home area in Korea called Mt. Sumwon, also known as "Little Buoux."
• Go is married with no children. She has two brothers and three sisters and says, "I am fully supported by my family, especially my husband." Her husband introduced Mi Sun to climbing. He doesn't climb anymore, but the two do go climbing together.

Future Goals
In life, she would like to keep challenging her limits, keep traveling around the world to compete and climb, and to redpoint 5.14.