Hwang Dae-heon


Hwang Dae-heon 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 Short [track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres|men's 500 metres short track speed skating].
In the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the Short track speed skating at the [2022 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 metres event] and the silver medal in the Short track speed skating at the 2022 [Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metre relay|5000 metres relay event] of men's short track speed skating while on the South Korean team. During the games he also set the List of [Olympic records in short track speed skating|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.

Results

Olympic Games

; Only top 5 finishes are shown
YearLocationEventPosition
2018 Winter Olympics|2018]Silver2

World Cup

; Only top 5 finishes are shown

World Championship

; Only top 5 finishes are shown

Four Continents Championship

; Only top 5 finishes are shown