Chung Jae-Won
Republic of Korea
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSKOR12106200101 | |
| NOC | Republic of Korea | |
| Born | 21 Jun 2001
in  Seoul | |
| Gender | Men |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | Korean |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 36.94 | 09 Mar 2018 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1000m | 1:11.60 | 16 Feb 2019 |  Baselga di Piné |
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| 1500m | 1:45.55 | 09 Mar 2018 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 5000m | 6:19.13 | 01 Dec 2017 |  Calgary |
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| 10000m | 13:35.08 | 17 Dec 2022 | Calgary |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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| Olympic Games | Event | |||||
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Olympic Games
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| Mass Start | 1 | |||||
| Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 1 | |||||
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World Junior Championships
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| 1000m | 1 | |||||
| 1500m | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 5000m | 1 | |||||
| Team Pursuit | 1 | |||||
| Allround | 1 | 1 | ||||
| World Single Distances Championships | Event | |||||
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World Single Distances Championships
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| Mass Start | 1 | |||||
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Jaegal Sung-Yeol [club], KOR | |
| Club / Team | Uijeongbu City Hall: Republic of Korea | |
| Reason for choosing this sport | He was encouraged to take up the sport by his older brother Jae-Woong. "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." | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began skating in 2006 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Injuries | 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) | |
| Famous relatives | His older brother Chung Jae-Woong has represented the Republic of Korea in speed skating, placing 13th in the 1000m at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (news1.kr, 29 Feb 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 28 Sep 2018) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning silver in team pursuit at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (Korean Joongang Daily YouTube channel, 10 Jun 2020; Athlete, 15 Nov 2019) | |
| Most influential person in career | Coach Choi Jong-Yeol. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019) | |
| Hero / Idol | Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "First of all, work hard." (Athlete, 22 Nov 2018) | |
| Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs | He tries to sleep for more than seven hours the night before a competition. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019) | |
| Milestones | At age 16 years and 245 days he became the youngest male athlete representing the Republic of Korea to have won a medal at the Olympic Winter Games by claiming silver in team pursuit at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang. (SportsDeskOnline, 28 Sep 2018; news.chosun.com, 23 Feb 2018) | |
| Nicknames | Bbosiraegi [means 'cute' in Korean]. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019) | |
| Hobbies | Baseball. (Korean Joongang Daily YouTube channel, 10 Jun 2020) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2018 | Olympic Games | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 2 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | Mass Start | 2 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 3 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | Team Pursuit | 6 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 7 | |||
| 2018 | Olympic Games | Mass Start 16 Laps | 8 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 8 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start | 16 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2022/2023 | World Cup Four Continents Championships | Mass Start | 1 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Heerenveen | Mass Start 16 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Heerenveen | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Four Continents Championships | Team Pursuit | 1 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Four Continents Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 2 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Heerenveen | Mass Start | 2 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Mass Start | 2 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup Heerenveen | Mass Start 16 Laps | 2 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Minsk | Mass Start 16 Laps | 2 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Four Continents Championships | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 2 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 3 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Heerenveen | Mass Start 16 Laps | 3 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup | Mass Start | 4 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup | Mass Start | 5 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 10 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 14 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup | 1500m | 34 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup | 5000/10000m | 38 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup | 5000/10000m | 38 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | 5000/10000m | 40 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | Overall | 38 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 5000/10000m | 41 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup | 5000/10000m | 46 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup | 1500m | 54 | |||