Park Tae-Hwan

South Korean swimmer

Park Tae-Hwan competed in competitive swimming at a level that the sport still measures itself against.

The record lists Park Tae-Hwan as South Korean swimmer.

Park Tae-Hwan was born at Seoul in 1989. His recorded nationality is South Korea.

Modern sport is measured to the hundredth of a second, watched globally and supported by full-time coaching, medicine and analytics.

He competed at 2004 Summer Olympics, 2014 Asian Games and 2006 Asian Games.

His name is attached above all to impressive range and versatility, as he is able to compete at international level in 100-, 200-, 400- and 1,500-meter freestyle. Sport is the rare field that publishes its own evidence: the result is the argument.

That the career was built from South Korea matters: facilities, coaching and funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide who ever reaches the start line.

Park Tae-Hwan is still competing or recently retired, and the final placing in the sport's history is not yet settled.

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