KB Financial Group Awards Scholarships to 5 Sports Prospects Including Biwesa and Hwang Sun-woo

Participants are taking a commemorative photo at the 'KB Financial Sports Prospects Scholarship Award Ceremony' held at KB Kookmin Bank Yeouido New Building. From the left in the photo are Bweesa, Park Won-jin, KB Financial Group Chairman Yoon Jong-kyu, Bae Yoon-jin, and player Choi Myung-jin. Photo by XXX

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] KB Financial Group announced on the 22nd that it has awarded scholarships to five promising athletes, including Bi Wesa and Hwang Sunwoo.

KB Financial held the ‘KB Financial Sports Prospects Scholarship Award Ceremony’ at the KB Kookmin Bank Yeouido New Building. The ceremony was attended by Chairman Yoon Jong-kyu, Vice Chairman Yang Jong-hee, and Bank President Heo In.

KB Financial awarded scholarships of 5 million KRW each to five athletes: swimmer Hwang Sunwoo (18 years old), track and field athletes Bi Wesa and Park Won-jin (18 years old), Choi Myung-jin (13 years old), and Bae Yoon-jin (13 years old, female).

Swimmer Hwang Sunwoo set a new world junior record in the 200m freestyle in 2020, the first in Asia, and is currently preparing for the Tokyo Olympics at the Jincheon National Training Center.

Track and field athletes Bi Wesa and Park Won-jin are expected to make new history in Korean athletics by breaking the 100m Korean record (10.07 seconds) and entering the 9-second range.

Born to parents from Congo and acquiring Korean nationality in 2018, Bi Wesa has dominated national competitions just a year and a half after seriously starting athletics.

Park Won-jin is a diligent athlete holding the best domestic high school boys’ 100m record (10.64 seconds) in 2020, and in the 2020 Autumn National Middle and High School Athletics Competition, he competed closely with Bi Wesa in the 100m event with a difference of 0.001 seconds.

Choi Myung-jin and Bae Yoon-jin are also promising talents who set new records in the boys’ and girls’ elementary school divisions respectively at the 2020 National Athletics Competition.

Yoon Jong-kyu, Chairman of KB Financial, said, “Recently, promising athletes in the fundamental sports of track and swimming have been continuously emerging. We especially dream and hope that these track and field prospects will grow and proudly have their names called on the final stage of major competitions such as the Olympics.”

A KB Financial official stated, “KB Financial has established itself as a strong supporter of the domestic sports community by working with athletes like Kim Yuna, Choi Min-jung, Yoon Sung-bin, and Yeo Seo-jeong. We will continue sincere support so that the next generation of sports prospects can realize their dreams on the global stage.”

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