Hwang Woo-jin

Hwang Woo-jin

Personal information
Nickname(s)	Careless
Nationality	South Korea
Born	(1990-05-08) 8 May 1990 Gwangju, South Korea
Height
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Modern pentathlon
Coached by	Nam Kyung-guk
Korean name
Hangul	황우진
Revised Romanization	Hwang Ujin
McCune–Reischauer	Hwang Ujin
Medal record Men's modern pentathlon Representing South Korea World Championships 2012 Rome Relay 2016 Moscow Relay

This is a Korean name; the family name is Hwang.

Hwang Woo-jin (Korean: 황우진; born May 8, 1990 in Gwangju) is a modern pentathlete from South Korea. He competed for the modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, along with his compatriot Jung Jin-hwa.

"Careless"

Hwang merely called himself Careless, because he made numerous slight mistakes in his modern pentathlon career. He became one of the major highlights in the men's event at the Olympics, when his horse Shearwater Oscar threw him off the ground before he had even started his round in the riding segment. With the time already running and his left leg injured from the fall, Hwang set off the course, and managed to jump aboard, only for Shearwater Oscar to kick over the fence. Hwang finished with 464 obstacle and time penalties by a warm applause from the audience. Following his fair scores in fencing and swimming, and his disastrous and sudden fall in riding, Hwang placed thirty-fourth out of thirty-six competitors in the men's event.

Hwang also won two gold medals at the 2011 UIPM Junior World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

External links

• UIPM Profile
• Hwang Woo-jin on Cyworld