Hwang Dae-heon

Hwang Dae-heon
Personal information
NationalitySouth Korean
Born (1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 (age 25)
Anyang, South Korea
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportShort track speed skating
Events
  • 500 m
  • 1000 m
  • 1500 m
  • 5000 m Relay
ClubKorea National Sport University
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500 m: 39.688 (2019)
1,000 m: 1:20.875 WR (2016)
1,500 m: 2:09.219 (2022)
3,000 m: 5:40.218 (2018)
Medal record
Men's short track speed skating
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing 5000 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Montreal 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Montreal 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2019 Sofia 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2019 Sofia 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2019 Sofia Overall
Silver medal – second place 2019 Sofia 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rotterdam 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Montreal Overall
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lillehammer 1000 m
Hwang Dae-heon
Hangul
황대헌
Hanja
黃大憲
Revised RomanizationHwang Daeheon
McCune–ReischauerHwang Taehŏn

Hwang Dae-heon (Korean: 황대헌; born 5 July 1999) is a South Korean short track speed skater. He also currently holds the world record in men's 1000 metres short track speed skating.

He represented South Korea in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and won the silver medal in the men's 500 metres short track speed skating.[1]

In the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 1500 metres event and the silver medal in the 5000 metres relay event of men's short track speed skating while on the South Korean team. During the games he also set the Olympic record for the men's 1000 metres event.

Hwang withdrew from the 2021-22 season world championships after getting infected with COVID-19 in March. While he also failed to win any of the qualification events for the 2022-23 season national team due to long covid syndromes .[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Athlete Profile: HWANG Daeheon – Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  2. ^ 쇼트트랙·빙속, 새 사령탑 선임…안중현·김진수 감독 체제(종합) (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. ^ 쇼트트랙 황대헌 2022–2023시즌 태극마크 포기 (in Korean). The Hankyoreh. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  4. ^ 곽윤기 이어 황대헌도 탈락…남자 쇼트트랙 대표팀 큰 변화. KBS News (in Korean). KBS. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.