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Park Tae-hwan

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Park Tae-hwan (Korean: 박태환; Hanja: 朴泰桓, Korean pronunciation: [pak̚.tʰɛ̝.ɦwan]; born September 27, 1989) is a South Korean retired competitive swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist and world champion. He has four Olympic medals, five world titles, and 20 Asian Games medals. He won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle and a silver in the 200-meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He also won two silver medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 200- and 400-meter freestyle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Park Tae-hwan is the 241st most popular swimmer (up from 262nd in 2024), the 677th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 749th in 2019) and the most popular South Korean Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Park Tae-hwan ranks 241 out of 709. Before him are Shelley Mann, David Theile, Yana Klochkova, Zoltán Verrasztó, Sarah Sjöström, and César Cielo. After him are Karen Moe, Pär Arvidsson, Pablo Morales, Sun Yang, Heike Friedrich, and Sándor Wladár.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Park Tae-hwan ranks 254. Before him are Luke Bracey, Taras Stepanenko, Timea Bacsinszky, Mario Gavranović, Jung Joon-young, and Hamza bin Laden. After him are Salah Abdeslam, Rico Verhoeven, Takeru Satoh, Hiromi Kojima, DeMar DeRozan, and Jang Wooyoung.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Park Tae-hwan ranks 677 out of 1,128. Before him are Jung Joon-young (1989), Lee So-yeon (1982), Ji Dong-won (1991), Shin Seung-hun (1966), Yura (1992), and Song Dae-nam (1979). After him are Lee Sung-min (1986), Park Joo-ho (1987), Jeon Ki-young (1973), Choi Hyun-wook (2002), Cho Mi-yeon (1997), and Gary (1978).

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Among SWIMMERS In South Korea

Among swimmers born in South Korea, Park Tae-hwan ranks 1. After him are Hwang Sun-woo (2003), and Kim Seo-yeong (1994).

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