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South Korean Olympic high jumper

Woo Sang-hyeok

Personal information

Born

(1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 (age 28)
Daejeon, South Korea

Education

Digital Seoul Culture Arts University

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

76 kg (168 lb)

Sport

Event

Medal record

Woo Sang-hyeok (Korean: 우상혁 [u saŋhjʌk]; born 23 April 1996) is a South Korean athlete specialising in the high jump. He represented South Korea at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, finished fourth in Tokyo.

His personal bests in the event are 2.35 metres outdoors (Tokyo 2021 and Eugene 2022) and 2.36 metres indoors (Hustopeče 2022).

International competitions

Representing South Korea
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	1st	2.20 m
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	3rd	2.24 m
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	10th	2.20 m
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	10th	2.10 m
2015	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	5th	2.24 m
2016	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	12th	2.10 m i
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	22nd (q)	2.26 m
2017	Asian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	1st	2.30 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	25th (q)	2.22 m
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	8th	2.20 m
2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	2nd	2.28 m
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	7th	2.19 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	4th	2.35 m
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	2.34 m i
2022	World Championships	Eugene, Oregon	2nd	2.35 m
2023	Asian Indoor Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan	2nd	2.24 m
	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	1st	2.28 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	2.29 m
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	2nd	2.33 m
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	3rd	2.28 m
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	7th	2.27 m

v t e World Indoor Champions in men's high jump
1985: Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) 1987: Igor Paklin (URS) 1989: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 1991: Hollis Conway (USA) 1993: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 1995: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 1997: Charles Austin (USA) 1999: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2001: Stefan Holm (SWE) 2003: Stefan Holm (SWE) 2004: Stefan Holm (SWE) 2006: Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) 2008: Stefan Holm (SWE) 2010: Ivan Ukhov (RUS) 2012: Dimitrios Chondrokoukis (GRE) 2014: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2016: Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) 2018: Danil Lysenko (ANA) 2022: Woo Sang-hyeok (KOR) 2024: Hamish Kerr (NZL)

v t e Diamond League champions in men's high jump
2010: Ivan Ukhov (RUS) 2011: Jesse Williams (USA) 2012: Robert Grabarz (GBR) 2013: Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) 2014: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2015: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2016: Erik Kynard (USA) 2017: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2018: Brandon Starc (AUS) 2019: Andriy Protsenko (UKR) 2020: not awarded 2021: Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) 2022: Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) 2023: Woo Sang-hyeok (KOR) 2024: Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)

v t e Asian Athletics Champions in men's high jump
1973–1975: Teymour Ghiasi (IRN) 1979: Kazunori Koshikawa (JPN) 1981–1983: Zhu Jianhua (CHN) 1985: Shuji Ujino (JPN) 1987: Liu Yunpeng (CHN) 1989: Cho Hyun-wook (KOR) 1991–1995: Lee Jin-taek (KOR) 1998: Zhou Zhongge (CHN) 2000: Yuriy Pakhlyayev (KAZ) 2002: Cui Kai (CHN) 2003: Wang Zhouzhou (CHN) 2005: Manjula Kumara (SRI) 2007: Lee Hup Wei (MAS) 2009: Manjula Kumara (SRI) 2011: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2013: Bi Xiaoliang (CHN) 2015: Takashi Eto (JPN) 2017: Woo Sang-hyeok (KOR) 2019: Majd Eddin Ghazal (SYR) 2023: Woo Sang-hyeok (KOR)

v t e World Youth Champions in men's high jump
1999: Jacques Freitag (RSA) 2001: Aleksey Dmitrik (RUS) 2003: Martin Günther (GER) 2005: Huang Haiqiang (CHN) 2007: Wang Chen (CHN) 2009: Dmitry Kroyter (ISR) 2011: Gaël Lévecque (FRA) 2013: Woo Sang-hyeok (KOR) 2015: Stefano Sottile (ITA) 2017: Breyton Poole (RSA)

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