Woo Sang-hyeok

Woo Sang-hyeok

Personal information
Born	(1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 Daejeon, South Korea
Education	Digital Seoul Culture Arts University
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
Medal record Men's athletics Representing South Korea World Championships 2022 Eugene High jump World Indoor Championships 2022 Belgrade High jump Asian Games 2018 Jakarta High jump Asian Athletics Championships 2017 Bhubaneswar High jump Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2023 Astana High jump World Youth Championships 2013 Donetsk High Jump World Junior Championships 2014 Eugene High jump

Woo Sang-hyeok (Korean: 우상혁 [u saŋhjʌk]; born 23 April 1996) is a South Korean athlete specialising in the high jump. 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).

References

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing South Korea
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

World Indoor Champions in men's high jump

1985: Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) 1987: Igor Paklin (URS) 1989: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 1991: Hollis Conway (USA) 1993: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 1995: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 1997: Charles Austin (USA) 1999: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2001: Stefan Holm (SWE) 2003: Stefan Holm (SWE) 2004: Stefan Holm (SWE) 2006: Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) 2008: Stefan Holm (SWE) 2010: Ivan Ukhov (RUS) 2012: Dimitrios Chondrokoukis (GRE) 2014: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2016: Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) 2018: Danil Lysenko (ANA) 2022: Woo Sang-hyeok (KOR) 2024: Hamish Kerr (NZL)