Park Hyung-joo

Park Hyung-Joo (also Park Hyeong-Ju, Korean: 박 형주; born July 16, 1995, in Seoul) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.^[1][2] Park qualified for the men's 200 m backstroke, as South Korea's youngest male swimmer (aged 17), at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:00.53 from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan.^[3] He challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including three-time Olympian and European short course champion Aschwin Wildeboer Faber of Spain. Park edged out Ukraine's Oleksandr Isakov to take the seventh spot by 0.28 of a second in 2:01.50. Park failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-first overall in the preliminary heats.^[4]

Park Hyung-Joo

Personal information
Nationality	South Korea
Born	(1995-07-16) 16 July 1995 (age 30) Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.