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Sun-Woo HWANG
Sport Swimming
NOC Republic of Korea   
GenderMen
Born21 May 2003
Height1.86 m
 Human Interest 
Sport Specific Information
Club / Team
Gangwon Provincial Office: Republic of Korea
General Interest
Hobbies
Watching videos about swimming on the internet, taking his dog for walks. (New Star Campaign Headquarters YouTube channel, 15 Feb 2021)
Sport Specific Information
Why this sport?
He was influenced by his parents, who were keen swimmers.
General Interest
Hero / Idol
US swimmer Michael Phelps, Korean swimmer Park Tae-Hwan. (star.ohmynews.com, 15 Oct 2022; sports.chosun.com, 17 May 2021)
Ambitions
To win gold in the 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (en.yna.co.kr, 13 Jun 2023)
Awards and honours
He received the 2022 Asian Male Swimmer of the Year award from swimming website SwimSwam in its Swammy Awards. (swimswam.com, 30 Dec 2022)

He received the 2021 World Junior Male Swimmer of the Year award in the Swammy Awards. (swimswam.com, 22 Dec 2021)

He and volleyball player Kim Yeon-Koung were chosen as the flag bearers for the Republic of Korea for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (seoul.co.kr, 07 Jul 2021)

In February 2021 he received the Best Athlete Award at the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee Sports Awards. (news1.kr, 23 Feb 2021)
Sport Specific Information
Name of coach
Lee Bo-Eun [club], KOR; Lee Jung-Hoon [national], KOR
When and where did you begin this sport?
He began swimming at age five.
Further Personal Information
Occupation
Athlete
Languages
Korean

 Competition Highlights
Olympic Games
Rank Year Venue Event Result
7 2021 Tokyo, JPN 200m Freestyle 1:45.26
39 2021 Tokyo, JPN 50m Freestyle 22.74
5 2021 Tokyo, JPN 100m Freestyle 47.82
13 2021 Tokyo, JPN 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 7:15.03
World Championships
Rank Year Venue Event Result
1 2024 Doha, QAT 200m Freestyle 1:44.75 
5 2024 Doha, QAT 100m Freestyle 47.93
Heats 2024 Doha, QAT 4 x 100m Medley Relay 3:35.85
2 2024 Doha, QAT 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 7:01.94
3 2023 Fukuoka, JPN 200m Freestyle 1:44.42 
Semifinal 2023 Fukuoka, JPN 100m Freestyle 48.08
6 2023 Fukuoka, JPN 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 7:04.07
2 2022 Budapest, HUN 200m Freestyle 1:44.47
Semifinal 2022 Budapest, HUN 100m Freestyle 48.08
Heats 2022 Budapest, HUN 4 x 100m Medley Relay 3:36.28
6 2022 Budapest, HUN 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 7:06.93
Heats 2022 Budapest, HUN 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay  
Heats 2022 Budapest, HUN 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 3:29.35
Heats 2019 Gwangju, KOR 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay  
Heats 2019 Gwangju, KOR 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay  
World Championships Short Course
Rank Year Venue Event Result
1 2022 Melbourne, VIC, AUS 200m Freestyle 1:39.72
Semifinal 2022 Melbourne, VIC, AUS 100m Freestyle 46.41
4 2022 Melbourne, VIC, AUS 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 6:49.67
Semifinal 2021 Abu Dhabi, UAE 100m Individual Medley 52.13
1 2021 Abu Dhabi, UAE 200m Freestyle 1:41.60
6 2021 Abu Dhabi, UAE 100m Freestyle 46.34
Heats 2021 Abu Dhabi, UAE 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay  
World Cup
Rank Year Venue Event Result
38 2021   Overall Ranking  
3 2021 Doha, QAT 100m Individual Medley 52.30
3 2021 Doha, QAT 100m Freestyle 46.46
1 2021 Doha, QAT 200m Freestyle 1:41.17
Asian Games
Rank Year Venue Event Result
3 2023 Hangzhou, CHN 100m Freestyle 48.04
1 2023 Hangzhou, CHN 200m Freestyle 1:44.40
1 2023 Hangzhou, CHN 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 7:01.73
3 2023 Hangzhou, CHN 4 x 100m Medley Relay 3:46.78
2 2023 Hangzhou, CHN 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 3:12.96
2 2023 Hangzhou, CHN 4 x 100m Medley Relay 3:32.05