Hwang Young-cho

Hwang Young- cho ( born March 22, 1970 in Samcheok, South Korea) is a South Korean marathoner and Olympic champion.

In 1991, he celebrated his first success with a third place at the Seoul International Marathon and winning the marathon in the Universiade. The following year, he was second in the Beppu - Oita Marathon in 2:08:47 h and thus qualified for the marathon in the Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona.

In this he made after a slow first half along with the Japanese Koichi Morishita for pace and sat down with him at km 33. After the two had been provided to 40 km a duel, Hwang decisive lead ran out on the last climb and won in 2:13:23 h 22 seconds ahead of Morishita and 37 seconds ahead of the third party Stephan clearance.

In 1994, he ran fourth in the Boston Marathon his personal best of 2:08:09 and won the marathon in the Asian Games in Hiroshima. In 1995 he was second in the Chuncheon Marathon.

His coach was the son of Kee -chung, the marathon winners of the Olympic Games 1936. 1996 Hwang retired from competitive sport after it had made him injuries impossible to defend his Olympic title.