He was presented with the Best Male Performance of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games award at the 2022 Association of National Olympic Committees [ANOC] Awards. (olympics.com, 19 Oct 2022)

He was named Rookie of the Year for the 2016/17 season by the Korea Skating Union [KSU]. (news.chosun.com, 17 Apr 2017)

Russian short track skater Victor An. (gqkorea.co.kr, 29 Jan 2024)

His parents, and his maternal grandfather. (Athlete, 29 Nov 2021)

He has been persistently troubled by an injury to his back that he sustained in grade nine of middle school. Back pain caused him to withdraw from the 1000m at the 2021 World Cup event in Nagoya, Japan. (Athlete, 29 Nov 2021; mk.co.kr, 31 Oct 2021)

He suffered an injury to the sole of his foot during the 2019/20 season and withdrew from the World Cup events in Nagoya, Japan, and Shanghai, People's Republic of China. (winternewskorea.com, 28 Nov 2019)

He sustained an injury to his left arm at the 2017 World Cup event in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. He suffered a recurrence of the injury at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (yonhapnews.co.kr, 15 Feb 2018)

He injured his right knee after colliding with a teammate during the 5000m relay at the 2017 World Cup event in Dordrecht, Netherlands. (yonhapnews.co.kr, 11 Oct 2017)

To defend his title in the 1500m at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (gqkorea.co.kr, 29 Jan 2024)

Winning gold in the 1500m at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (sports.chosun.com, 19 Oct 2022)