| Han Wang-yong | |
| Birth Name: | Han Wang-yong |
| Birth Date: | 1966 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Gunsan, South Korea |
| Occupation: | Mountaineer |
| Known For: | Third Korean to climb eight-thousanders |
| Hangul: | 한왕용 |
| Hanja: | 韓王龍 |
| Mr: | Han Wang'yong |
| Rr: | Han Wang-yong |
Han Wang-Yong (born 1966) is a South Korean mountaineer. He has climbed the 14 tallest mountains in the world, collectively known as the eight-thousanders and the seven summits.
Han was born in Okgu, Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, the youngest son in a family of three sons and two daughters. He represented his middle school in football and his high school in baseball.[1]
In 2003, he became the 11th person to climb the 14 highest mountains eight-thousanders, and the third Korean climber to do so (behind Um Hong-gil and Park Young-seok).[2] He was also the first person to climb both the 14 eight-thousanders and the seven summits.
Since then he has led expeditions to clean rubbish left by other climbers from the slopes of K2 and Everest.[3] [4]