Park Tae-Hwan Stars in 2014 Winter Olympic Commercial

Olympic Champion, Park Tae-Hwan, is a global swim star and a star period in his home country of South Korea, the 6th most recognized celebrity in that nation. Can you think of a better personality to rally Korean passion for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi? Park is it, and a smart choice for Samsung as a pitch man.

Photo by LGEPR / CC 2.0

Photo by LGEPR / CC 2.0

The first Korean swimmer to win Olympic gold, Park’s the man with serious swimming range. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics Park won the 400m freestyle in 3:41.86, silver in the 200 with 1:44.85 (behind Michael Phelps), and Park repeated at the London Olympic with two silvers in the same events.

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Joel Lin
10 years ago

That is pretty incredible on the very same day

aswimfan
10 years ago

Park swam 22.74 (50 free) and 14:47.38 (1500 free) on THE SAME DAY, on 12 February 2102 at Sydney titles.

That is how serious his range is.

Jiggs
10 years ago

It’s nice to see so many swimmers promoting the 2014 Olympics, especially when there’s been all this crazy talk of b o y c o t t. I hope 1980/1984 never happens again… well and 1972, and 1996 of course.

weirdo
10 years ago

I think you mistyped….2008 Olympics he won gold and silver.

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