Cha Jun-hwan

Born

October 21, 2001 · age 24

From

Seoul, South Korea

Cha Jun-hwan is a pioneering South Korean figure skater and a ten-time consecutive national champion who made history as his country's first male skater to medal at the World Championships and the Grand Prix Final, and to win at the Four Continents Championships and the Asian Winter Games. As a three-time Olympian, he achieved the highest-ever Olympic finish for a Korean male skater by placing fourth at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. Originally a child actor, he continues to expand his influence across ice shows, commercials, and public events, while actively serving the sports community as the first Korean figure skater to join a workplace team and as vice chairperson of the KSOC Athletes' Committee.