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Woo Sang-hyeok
Personal information
Born (1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 (age 28)
Daejeon, South Korea
EducationDigital Seoul Culture Arts University
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump

Woo Sang-hyeok (Korean: 우상혁 [u saŋhjʌk]; born 23 April 1996) is a South Korean athlete specialising in the high jump.[2] He represented South Korea at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, finished fourth in Tokyo.

He became World Indoor Champion at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships.

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

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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
Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 10th 2.20 m
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 10th 2.10 m
Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 5th 2.24 m
2016 Asian Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 12th 2.10 m i
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
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
Olympic Games Paris, France 7th 2.27 m

References

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