Woo Jin-yong (, born 1986) is a

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and

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athlete, specialising in

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racing. He was born in South Korea in 1986 and educated at

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where he gained a master's degree in

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(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 '' Physical: 100'' reality competition series on

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, beating 99 other athletes in a variety of competitions.

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1986 births Reality show winners South Korean male snowboarders Living people 21st-century South Korean sportsmen {{Snowboarding-bio-stub