Chung Jae-won ( ko, 정재원, translit=Jeong Jae-won, born 21 June 2001) is a South Korean

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

. He competed in the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

and won a silver medal in the team pursuit event. As a result, Chung became the youngest Korean speed skater to win a medal at the Olympics.

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* 2001 births Living people Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics South Korean male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of South Korea Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Speed skaters from Seoul 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-speed-skating-bio-stub