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Hwang Sun-woo

Personal information
Nationality	South Korean
Born	(2003-05-21) 21 May 2003 (age 21) Suwon, South Korea
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  South Korea World Championships (LC) 2024 Doha 200 m freestyle 2022 Budapest 200 m freestyle 2024 Doha 4×200 m freestyle 2023 Fukuoka 200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2021 Abu Dhabi 200 m freestyle 2022 Melbourne 200 m freestyle Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou 200 m freestyle 2022 Hangzhou 4 x 200 m freestyle 2022 Hangzhou 4 × 100 m medley relay 2022 Hangzhou 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 2022 Hangzhou 4×100 m mixed medley 2022 Hangzhou 100 m freestyle
Korean name
Hangul	황선우
Revised Romanization	Hwang Seon-u
McCune–Reischauer	Hwang Sŏnu

Hwang Sun-woo (Korean: 황선우; born 21 May 2003) is a South Korean swimmer. He is the 2024 World Champion in the men's 200m freestyle and won 6 medals in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

Career

On 14 May 2021, he established the new Korean national record of 48.04 in the 100m freestyle and then followed up with a new World Junior Record in the men's 200m freestyle.

In July 2021, he represented South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He was the flagbearer for South Korea together with Kim Yeon-koung. He competed in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle and 4 × 200m freestyle relay events. In the 50m freestyle heats event, he did not advance to compete in the semifinal. In the remaining freestyle heats events, he completed at rank 1 for 100m and rank 6 for 200m, allowing him to advance to compete in the semifinal. In the freestyle semifinal events, he completed at rank 4 for 100m and rank 6 for 200m, allowing him to advance to compete in the final. In the freestyle final events, he completed at rank 5 for 100m and rank 6 for 200m. In the freestyle relay event, the team did not advance to compete in the final.

At the 2022 World Championships, Hwang won silver medal in the Men's 200-metre freestyle. In the final, on 20 June, he finished 1:44.47

In December 2022, he won gold in the Men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2022 short course FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) with a time of 1:39.72, beating the previous Championship record that was set by Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys in 2018, as well as setting a new Asian record.

Results

Key: AS = Asian Record; NR = National Record; GR = Asian Games Record; CR = Championship Record, RS= Relay Spilt, MNR= Mare Nostrum Record

Personal best times

Key: AS = Asian Record; NR = National Record; GR = Asian Games Record; CR = Championship Record

Honours

Other

• 19th Korea Image Awards (2023) – Korea Image Budding Youth Award

References

1. Kim Bae-jung (30 October 2020). "Hwang Sun-woo wins five titles in Gimcheon national competition". The Dong-a Ilbo. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
2. "Republic of Korea teenage sensation Hwang Sun-woo storms into record books". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
3. "The 19th Asian Games Hangzhou". www.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
4. "Swimrankings - Swimming Rankings and Results - Worldwide, International Swim Sport". www.swimrankings.net. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
5. Yoo Jee-ho (7 July 2021). "Volleyball star Kim Yeon-koung, teen swimmer Hwang Sun-woo named S. Korean flag-bearers at Tokyo Olympics". Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
6. "Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
7. "Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 27 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
8. "Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 25 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
9. "Men's 100m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
10. "Men's 200m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
11. "Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 29 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
12. "Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 27 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
13. "Men's 4 × 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 27 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
14. Jin-hyuk, Sung (19 December 2022). "Swimmer Hwang Sun-woo Breaks Asian Record in Short-Course 200-m Freestyle". The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
15. Overend, Riley (18 December 2022). "After Breaking Finger in Prelims, Hwang Sunwoo Overcomes Pain to Defend 200 FR Title". SwimSwam. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
16. Lee, Jae-lim (12 December 2022). "Lee Jung-jae of 'Squid Game' fame to receive Korea Image Stepping Stone Award". Korea JoongAng Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 12 December 2022 – via Naver.

External links

• Hwang Sun-woo at World Aquatics
• Hwang Sun-woo at SwimRankings.net
• Hwang Sun-woo at Olympics.com
• Hwang Sun-woo at Olympedia
• Hwang Sun-woo at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics (archived)
• Hwang Sun-woo at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games (archived)
• Hwang Sun-woo at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

• 2003 births
• Living people
• South Korean male freestyle swimmers
• Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Olympic swimmers for South Korea
• Sportspeople from Suwon
• World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
• Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
• Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
• Asian Games medalists in swimming
• Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
• Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
• Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
• Swimmers at the 2022 Asian Games
• Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• 21st-century South Korean sportsmen