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Early Life
Shim Suk-Hee entered the world of short track due to her older brother, Shim Gyo Kwang’s, influence when she was six years old. Her talent was obvious from her time since elementary school, Kyungpo Elementary School, and led Shim’s parents to fully support Shim on her short track career. Shim spends rest of her elementary school years in Seoul and starts her inaugural Youth National Team career as she enters her middle school. Shim's first major international competition was in 2011, when she was 14, in the World Junior Championships.

In 2012, she wins all 500m, 1000m and 3000m in 2012 Melbourne Youth Winter Olympics. [2] 2012 was the year that Shim dragged both domestic and global attention. On top of her success in 2012 Melbourne Youth Winter Olympics, she took three gold medals in national team trials in all 1000m, 1500m, and 3000m.

2013-2014
Edit/Addition: After winning gold in the 1500 metres and bronze in the 500 metres at the last race in Kolomna, Shim clinched her second straight overall World Cup title. She ended the competition with 102 overall points, followed by Park Seung-Hi and Valerie Maltais, with 73 and 39 points, respectively. She also became the 1000 meters and 1500 meters champion for the 2013–14 World Cup season. By this time, Shim has added a gold medal at twelve consecutive World Cups since 2012.

Addition: From 14–16 March 2014, Shim competed at the 2014 World Championships held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, winning her first overall title with 102 points, placing first place in the 1000 metres, 1500 metres and 3000 metres. She defeated South Korean Park Seung-hi, silver medalist and Canadian Valérie Maltais who finished third in points. Park Seung-hi won the 500m and placed second in 1000m. Maltais placed second on 3000m relay and third in 1000m.

She participated in the 2015 World Championships and the 3,000-meter relay, the 1500 meter and the 3000 meter super final. She won gold in her 3000 meter relay with Choi Min Jeong, Lee Eun Byul, Oh Do Hee. She won silver medals in the 1,500-meter and 3,000-meter super finals. She only competed in the 3,000-meter relay of the World Championships in 2016  and won the gold medal. She participated in the 3000m Super Final, 1500m, and won gold and bronze medals in 2017. She won the gold medal in the 3,000-meter relay, the 1,000-meter, and the silver medal in the 1,500-meter relay in 2018. In her 2018 ISU competition, she was ranked second overall, after Choi Min Jeong. Shim placed first in 1500m, followed by Prosvironova Sofia and Li Jinyu, from Russia and China respectively. The relay team had Choi Min Jeong, Kim Alang, Kim Yejin and Shim Suk Hee.

Olympic Games
Shim went into her first Winter Olympics in Sochi with the declared aim of winning multiple gold medals. On 13 February 2014, she first competed in the 500 metres but surprisingly failed to advance out of the quarterfinals placing fourth in her heat. Experts believe her lack of experience under such pressure has hindered Shim from performing at her best.

In shim's Pyeong Chang Winter Olympics, Shim won a gold in 3,000m relay.

2020
After going through several injuries and stepping down from national team, Shim Suk-hee has joined Seoul City as a non-national team member and plans to participate in upcoming national team trials that is planned to take place in April.

South Korea Winter Competition
Shim Suk-hee participated in 2020 South Korea's Winter Competition, where her last participation was eight years ago, in 2012. Shim has won both 1500m and 1000m in February.

Accusation on Cho
Group of athletes in South Korea raised allegations on sexual abuse in South Korea's female speed skating athletes. This further allegations are being part of the South Korea athlete's MeToo movement. In her complaint filed in December, 2018, Shim accused Cho of multiple sexual assaults, including rapes, that first happened when she was a high school student. She further accused Cho that the sexual abuse continued until about two months before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics that took in place in February 2018.

The allegations came out to surface in early 2018, when Shim left the national team to avoid further assaults. In her hearings in Seoul, Korea, she argued that Cho’s violence kept “escalating” as the time went by. Besides from sexual assault, Shim lays out that Cho kicked and punched her in the head as well.

According to her lawyer, Shim was not able to tell the truth because she was worried and felt pressure from Cho regarding her career.

In an interview, a female athlete from South Korea reveals that how it is like to go against and criticize the coach and what will the consequences will be. She explains that her career would face an end and she won't be accepted to universities.

Cho, in his first trial in November 2019, denied all accusations on his sexual assaults. Cho, in a quick interview, told the public that he did not meet them at the place and time that they argue to be, and said that although he did meet them at a different time, those were for training purposes. Cho, currently is serving his sentence regarding constant violence on Shim.

South Korea's sports chief apologized after the accusations and called the "systematic flaw" to prevent such misconduct.