Joo Hyong-jun (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The ...

: 주형준, ; born 22 April 1991) is a South Korean speed skater.

Career

Short track career

In 2010, Joo was selected for the South Korean junior national short track speed skating team and won the gold medal in the men's 3000 metre relay at the

2010 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships The 2010 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 8 and 10 January 2010 in Taipei, Taiwan at the Taipei Arena. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed s ...

held in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

, alongside Noh Jin-kyu and Park Se-yeong.

Long track career

In late 2010, Joo turned to long track speed skating. In November 2011, Joo was selected for the South Korean national team and had three podium finishes as a member of the South Korean team pursuit squad in the 2011–12 World Cup series. Joo captured silver in the

team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

race at the 2013 World Single Distance Championships held in Sochi, alongside Olympic champion Lee Seung-hoon and Kim Cheol-min. Joo also achieved four podiums, including a silver in the mass start race, in the 2012–13 World Cup series.

2014 Winter Olympics

At the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...

in Sochi,

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, Joo first competed on February 15, 2014 in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...

. In the 1500 m, Joo finished 29th at 1:48.59. The South Korean pursuit team for the 2014 Olympics consisted of Joo, Lee Seung-hoon and Kim Cheol-min. South Korea eliminated Russia in the quarterfinal, which advanced them to face reigning Olympic Champion Canada in the semifinal. South Korea then beat the Canadian team by 2.96 seconds, with a final time of 3:42.32. The South Korean team eventually won the silver medal, defeated by the Netherlands in the gold medal final by 3.14 seconds, with a final time of 3:40.85.

Records

Personal records (long track)

References

External links

* Profile fro
2014 Olympic Games official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joo, Hyong-jun 1991 births Living people South Korean male speed skaters South Korean male short track speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for South Korea Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in speed skating Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Universiade medalists in speed skating Asian Games medalists in speed skating Speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Universiade medalists in short track speed skating FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade 21st-century South Korean people