# Actual model Choi Heung-cheol of the movie 'National Team' was selected as a special short-term sponsor by PM International Korea.

[Choi Heung-cheol](https://indexca.link/2024/01/samsung-ct-grass-environment-research-institute-holds-the-2nd-samsung-grass-seminar/) is taking a photo with a customized 'Fitline' product that focuses on improving the training skills of professional athletes.

National ski jumping athlete Choi Heung-cheol (42), the real-life model of 'Heung-cheol' (played by Kim Dong-wook) in the movie 'National Team', was selected as PM International Korea's special short-term sponsored athlete.

PM International Korea (hereinafter PMIK, CEO Sang-Jun Oh), a distributor of the German-based health functional food product 'Fitline', announced on the 23rd that it signed a special short-term sponsorship contract for 6 months with 'ski jumping legend' Choi Heung-cheol.

Accordingly, Choi Heung-cheol will be supplied with a customized 'Fitline' special pack for 6 months, which is designed to focus on improving the training skills of professional athletes. PMI 'Fitline' is listed on the Cologne list in Germany, where only products that have undergone a doping component test are registered. It is known to be a health functional food that can be consumed even while participating in actual competitions.

Choi Heung-cheol, one of the first generation of Korean ski jumpers, won a medal at the 2001 Winter Universiade, making him the first Korean ski jumper to win a medal at an international multi-sport competition. He participated in six Olympic Games from 1998 to 2018 and won two gold, three silver and one bronze medals at the Universiade and one gold and three bronze medals at three Asian Games.

Choi Heung-cheol said, “I am grateful to [PMIK](https://indexca.link/2024/01/k-league-1-daejeon-starting-goalkeeper-lee-chang-geun-joins-the-new-season/) for sponsoring me in both material and spiritual ways to complete the Olympic medal challenge, which is the last item on my bucket list. My challenge will continue until the moment I hang the Olympic medal around my neck.”

Meanwhile, Choi Heung-cheol also appeared on SBS's 'Party' (3rd season, Male No. 5), the predecessor to the recently popular entertainment program 'I am Solo', and showed off his entertainment skills. [19가이드03](https://www.19guide03.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=19site)