Woo Jin-yong | |
Birth Place: | South Korea |
Father: | --> |
Sport: | Snowboarding |
Event: | snowboard cross |
Woo Jin-yong (born 1986) is a CrossFit and snowboard athlete, specialising in snowboard cross racing.
He was born in South Korea in 1986 and educated at Chung-Ang University where he gained a master's degree in physical education (PE). He worked as a PE teacher and served as a marine. Then, when studying English in Canada, he became an enthusiastic snowboarder and has pursued this as a career. He was the first to officially represent South Korea as a national snowboarding athlete at the International Ski Federation Freestyle Ski Cross World Cup. Then he served as a coach for South Korea's national snowboarding team.
In February 2023, he won the reality competition series on Netflix, beating 99 other athletes in a variety of competitions.