Hwang Young-cho
Korean spelling | |
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Hangeul | 황영조 |
Hanja | 黄永祚 |
Revised Romanization |
Hwang Young-jo |
McCune- Reischauer |
Hwang Yŏngjo |
Hwang Young-cho (born March 22, 1970 in Samcheok , South Korea ) is a South Korean marathon runner and Olympic champion .
In 1991 he celebrated his first successes with a third place in the Seoul International Marathon and victory in the Universiade marathon . The following year he finished second in the Beppu-Ōita marathon in 2:08:47 h and thus qualified for the marathon of the Olympic Games in Barcelona .
In this, he ensured after a slow first half together with the Japanese Kōichi Morishita for pace and sat with him at 33 km. After the two had fought a duel up to kilometer 40, Hwang ran out of the decisive lead on the last climb and won in 2:13:23 h with 22 seconds ahead of Morishita and 37 seconds ahead of third Stephan Freilang .
In 1994 he ran his personal best of 2:08:09 h as fourth in the Boston Marathon and won the Asian Games marathon in Hiroshima . In 1995 he finished second in the Chuncheon Marathon .
His coach was son Kee-chung , the marathon winner of the 1936 Olympic Games . In 1996, Hwang retired from competitive sports after injuries made it impossible for him to defend his Olympic title.
Web links
- Hwang Young-cho in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Article about the 1992 Olympic marathon on marathoninfo.free.fr (French)
- Hwang Young-cho in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hwang, Young-cho |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 황영조 (Hangeul); 黄永祚 (Hanja); Hwang, Young-jo (revised Romanization); Hwang, Yŏngjo (McCune-Reischauer) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean marathon runner and Olympic champion |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Samcheok , South Korea |