Men
KOR
Jae-Won Chung
KOR- Date of birth21 Jun 2001
- Height175 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownSeoul
- Place of birthSeoul
- Start skatingHe began skating in 2006 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- Club Gangwon Provincial Office: Republic of Korea
- HobbiesGoing to cafes. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2023)
- LanguagesKorean
- Other nameBbosiraegi [means 'cute' in Korean]. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019)
- CoachPark Jung Un
- Former CoachN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"First of all, work hard." (Athlete, 22 Nov 2018)
Korean speed skater Lee Seung-Hoon. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2023)
Korean speed skater Lee Seung-Hoon. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2023)
He fractured his right ankle during training in grade five of primary school. He fractured his ankle again in grade seven of middle school, and required three months of recovery. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019; post.naver.com, 28 Dec 2017; yonhapnews.co.kr, 18 Oct 2017)
"I want to become Olympic champion." (Athlete, December 2025)
- Won silver in the Team Pursuit at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
- Won silver in the Mass Start at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (isu-skating.com/speed-skating, 30 November 2025)
- At the age of 16 years and 245 days he became the youngest male athlete representing the Republic of Korea to have won a medal at an Olympic Winter Games when he claimed silver in the Team Pursuit at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang. (SportsDeskOnline, 28 Sep 2018; news.chosun.com, 23 Feb 2018)
- Won bronze in the men's Mass Start at the 2019 ISU World Single Distance Championships.
- Won gold in the men's 1500m at the 2019 ISU World Junior Championships.
- Won gold in the men's Mass Start at both the 2022 and 2024 ISU Four Continents Speed Skating Championships.
- Won silver in the men's Mass Start at both the 2025/26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup #2 and #3.
(isu-skating.com/speed-skating, December 2025)
- Won silver in the Mass Start at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (isu-skating.com/speed-skating, 30 November 2025)
- At the age of 16 years and 245 days he became the youngest male athlete representing the Republic of Korea to have won a medal at an Olympic Winter Games when he claimed silver in the Team Pursuit at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang. (SportsDeskOnline, 28 Sep 2018; news.chosun.com, 23 Feb 2018)
- Won bronze in the men's Mass Start at the 2019 ISU World Single Distance Championships.
- Won gold in the men's 1500m at the 2019 ISU World Junior Championships.
- Won gold in the men's Mass Start at both the 2022 and 2024 ISU Four Continents Speed Skating Championships.
- Won silver in the men's Mass Start at both the 2025/26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup #2 and #3.
(isu-skating.com/speed-skating, December 2025)
He tries to sleep for more than seven hours the night before a competition. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019)
He was encouraged to take up the sport by his older brother Jae-Woong, who competed at the PeyongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. "At first, I competed in both short and long distances. Short-distance events are all about racing fast, so that might look cooler. But for me, it looked cooler to keep skating each lap at the same speed and then speed up toward the end."
Park Jung Un
