Woo Sang-hyeok explained

Woo Sang-hyeok (ko|우상혁 pronounced as /ko/; 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).

International competitions

2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	bgcolor=gold	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
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	22nd (q)	2.26 m
2017	Asian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=silver	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	bgcolor=gold	1st
	World Championships	Eugene, Oregon	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2.35 m
2023	Asian Indoor Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2.24 m
	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	bgcolor=gold	1st	2.28 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	2.29 m
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2.33 m
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	3rd	2.28 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	7th	2.27 m

Notes and References

1. https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n172497-woo-sanghyeok.htm 2017 Universiade bio