Famous Athletes from South Korea

List of famous athletes from South Korea, listed alphabetically with photos when available. South Korea has seen some very talented athletes over the years, many of who have gone on to represent their country in the Olympics. These are some of the best South Korean athletes of all time, so if you're a native of South Korea and are aspiring to compete in sports professionally then these are people you should look up to. If you're searching for a particular popular athlete from South Korea then you can use the "search" box to find who you're looking for.

List features Yoo Won-Chul, Li Ki-Joo and more athletes.

This list answers the questions, "Who are the greatest South Korean athletes?" and "Which athletes are from South Korea?"

You can click on the names of these legendary athletes of South Korea in order to get more information about each one.