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Jun 18, 2024 · Hwang Sun-woo, right, speaks during the media day at the Jincheon National Training Center in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, June 18. Yonhap Hwang's time in the heats would have been good ...
Dec 28, 2022 · Hwang Sunwoo was born in Suwon, South Korea, on May 21, 2003. He is 19 years old. He represents South Korea in international swimming competitions. Sunwoo caught the swimming world's attention ...
Feb 20, 2024 · 20-year-old Hwang Sunwoo of Korea made history for his nation by becoming the first-ever swimmer to earn a medal at three consecutive World Championships. Competing in Doha last week, Hwang topped ...
- 2021 Korean National Trials
- 2020 Olympic Games
- 2021 Short Course World Championships
- 2022 World Championships
- 2022 Short Course World Championships
At his countries Olympic Trials, Hwang qualified for his first Olympics at age 18 in the 50, 100, and 200 free. In the 100 free, he clocked a 48.04, re-breaking his own national record. Similarly in the 200, he broke his own world junior record once again, clocking a 1:44.96.
In Tokyo, Hwang started things off in the 200 free, where he blasted another personal best in the prelims, stopping the clock at 1:44.62 to re-break the world junior record for the third timein under a year. Sunwoo swam a gutsy swim in the final, taking it out in 49 and flipping first at the 150, but wasn’t able to hold on and ultimately finished i...
In his first international meet following the Olympic Games, Hwang won his first piece of international hardware. In the 200 freestyle, he swam a perfect race to touch first by just .03 in a time of 1:41.60. He also competed in the 100 free, finishing 6th in the final and breaking South Korean records in both semi-final (46.46) and final (46.34).
In Budapest, Hwang started in the 200 free, where he moved through prelims and semis before dropping a PB in the final. He clocked a 1:44.47 to not only go his best time but earn silver behind fellow teenage star David Popovici.
In Melbourne, after missing the final of the 100 free, Hwang barely made it into the final of the 200 free, getting 8th in prelims just .1 ahead of 9th place. It was later revealed that Hwang had broken his finger on the finish of that prelims race. However, out of lane 8 that same night, Hwang not only defended his short course title in the 200 fr...
Feb 14, 2024 · AP-Yonhap. Having captured his first career world title, Korean swimmer Hwang Sun-woo believes he has given himself a solid building block for success at the Olympics this summer. Hwang won the men's 200-meter freestyle gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha on Tuesday (local time). He finished the race at the Aspire Dome in 1: ...
Mar 16, 2023 · Korean world champion Hwang Sunwoo finished up his 35-day-long training stint in Australia and is now looking ahead to this summer's biggest meets. ... like sun-woo and dean going 1:43-1:42 ...
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Feb 14, 2024 · At the ripe age of 20, Hwang Sun-woo has already made plenty of South Korean swimming history. He added another feather to his cap in Doha on Tuesday, as he earned the gold medal in the men's 200 ...
