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a male Para snowboarder

Suhyeok Park

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Suhyeok Park competed at his home Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, and the teenager gave the crowd someone to cheer for ahead of Beijing 2022.

Park first picked up the sport in 2015. He was only 15 years old in his first competition at the 2016 US Nationals in Copper, where he finished sixth in both the men's snowboard-cross and banked slalom SB-UL.

The South Korean’s goal in 2016-17 was to acquire points for his home Games. He competed in the Europa Cup and World Cup both in Landgraaf, Netherlands, where he took on the banked slalom.

Park was introduced to the sport thanks to a social welfare worker from a rehabilitation centre he met while doing track and field, saying “the more I snowboard, I beat fear and it is enjoyable.”

Results

Unit Date Rank
Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games (Pyeongchang, South Korea)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Snowboard Cross SB-UL Final 2018-03-12 22
Men's Banked Slalom SB-UL Final 2018-03-16 22
Lillehammer 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships (Lillehammer, Norway)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Banked Slalom SB-UL Race 2 2022-01-14 14
Men's Snowboard Cross SB-UL Race 2 2022-01-21 12
Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Snowboard Cross SB-UL Quarterfinal 1 2022-03-06 4
Men's Snowboard Cross SB-UL Qualification 2022-03-07 16
Men's Banked Slalom SB-UL Final 2022-03-12 14