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| Chairman Lee In-jeong delivers her acceptance speech at the Sogang Sports Awards |
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| Chairman Lee In-jeong, who is receiving the grand prize trophy from the Chairman of the Sogang-Kwan Farming Foundation, |
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Lee In-jeong, chairman of the Asian Mountaineering Federation, won the 17th So-gang Sports Awards 'Grand Prize'.
The Sogang Min-gwan Foundation has received recommendations from various sectors of the sports community since January, and confirmed the winners in each category through a third screening committee. Chairman Lee was selected as the winner of the unanimous vote of the judges.
After receiving the grand prize from Chung Dae-chul, chairman of the Public-Private Food, Sports and Training Foundation, at 11:30 a.m. on the 9th at the Coreana Hotel in Seoul, Chairman Lee said, "I will work hard for Korean sportsmen until the end of my life, and it will be of great help to them." delivered his acceptance speech. Then "35 years ago, I created a Taein scholarship for Korean dreamers, and when they grew up, they went to the Asian Games and Olympics and won many gold medals. That is the great reward of my life. I hope that these athletes will become sports leaders leading our country in the future" added the wish. Chairman Lee delivered about 660 million won in scholarships to a total of 741 aspiring athletes over 36 years through the 「Taein Sports Scholarship」 project, which began in 1990. Kim Woo-jin, who won the grand prize for the best player at the Sogang Sports Awards on the day 'Three Archery at the Paris Olympics', also added meaning as a former Taein Scholarship student.
Chairman Lee is the first professional mountain climber to climb Manaslu Peak at 8,156 meters above sea level in Korea as the leader of the Korea Manaslu Climbing Team of the Dongguk Mountaineering Association in 1980. Since then, he has led several expeditions, including the South Korean Everest Expedition, and in the early 2000s, he has supported the 14 Himalayan Wanders of Captain Eom Hong-gil and the late Captain Park Young-seok. From 2005 to 2016, he served as the president of the Korean Mountain Federation, and contributed to expanding mountaineering into a sports event and establishing it as a national sport. During Lee's tenure, sports climbing was adopted as an official event of the National Sports Festival, and Korea has become a leading country spreading climbing skills and culture to many Asian countries, including China, Taiwan and Mongolia. Since 2009, he has served as president of the Asian Mountain Federation, contributing to strengthening cooperation among Asian member countries and promoting relations with the International Mountain Federation, and has also been honored as the first Korean to be elected as an honorary member of the International Mountain Federation. Chairman Lee also left a clear mark in the field of sports administration. He served as a director of the Korean Sports Council, chairman of the inter-Korean sports exchange committee, and policy advisor, and served as the head of the Korea House at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games. For his contributions to sports and economic development, he was awarded the Minister of Finance in 1994, the Prime Minister's Commendation in 1998, the Coal Industry Medal on the Day of the Sky in 2011, the Prime Minister's Commendation in 2015, and the Peony Medal of the People's Medal in 2022.
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| Lee In-jeong, chairman of the Asian Mountain Federation, is taking a commemorative photo with his family, including his wife, Mrs. Gu Hye-jeong, and Lee Sang-hyun, chairman of the Korean Cycling Federation, after winning the So-gang Sports Awards. |
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Lee's second son, Lee Sang-hyun, chairman of the Korea Cycling Federation, and other family members also accompanied him at the ceremony. Chairman Lee Sang-hyun served as the third chairman of the sports organization after the late LS Cable & System Honorary Chairman Koo Tae-hoe (former chairman of the Korea Weightlifting Federation) and his father Lee In-jeong (former chairman of the Korea Mountain Federation), and has drawn attention as a 'sports family DNA' that practices 'Nobliss Oblige'. Chairman Lee also served as president of the Korea Hockey Association, director of the Korea Sports Council, deputy head of the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games-2024 Paris Olympics, and was appointed to the auditor under the Korean Olympic Committee in Yoo Seung Min after being elected president of the Korean Cycling Federation earlier this year.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
