OH Ji Hwan

Republic of Korea

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 12 Mar 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.86/6'1''

Place of birth: GUNSAN

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Baseball/Softball	Baseball KOR Republic of Korea	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Opening Round Group B #2 ISR Israel 5 KOR Republic of Korea 6	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Opening Round Group B #6 KOR Republic of Korea 2 USA United States 4	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Round 1 #8 DOM Dominican Rep. 3 KOR Republic of Korea 4	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Round 2 #9 ISR Israel 1 KOR Republic of Korea 11	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Semifinal #13 KOR Republic of Korea 2 JPN Japan 5	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Semifinal #14 KOR Republic of Korea 2 USA United States 7	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Bronze Medal Game #15 DOM Dominican Rep. 10 KOR Republic of Korea 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Baseball	2018	Indonesia

Occupation:

One son Sae Hyun [2019]

Languages spoken:

LG Twins [Seoul, KOR] since 2009

Ryu Ji-Hyun [club], KOR; Kim Kyung-Moon [national], KOR

Position style:

Infield (koreabaseball.com, 23 Jun 2021)

Bats left, throws right (koreabaseball.com, 23 Jun 2021)

Sporting relatives:

His uncle Park Sang-Su played baseball for Ssangbangwool Raiders in the Korea Baseball Organisation [KBO]. (donga.com, 09 Dec 2008)

National league:

Korea Baseball Organisation [KOR] (koreabaseball.com, 22 Jun 2021)

He took up the sport in the third grade of primary school in Gunsan, Republic of Korea. (donga.com, 09 Dec 2008; khan.co.kr, 21 Jul 2010)

He originally wanted to become a footballer, but began playing baseball after being influenced by his uncle who was a baseball player. "I once quit baseball in grade six of primary school, but my uncle persuaded me to get involved in the sport again. Therefore I moved from Gunsan to Seoul in order to continue playing in grade seven of middle school." (donga.com, 09 Dec 2008; khan.co.kr, 21 Jul 2010)

General Interest

General
HANDEDNESS
He originally batted right, but switched to bat left in grade nine of middle school on the suggestion of his coach. (donga.com, 09 Dec 2008)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/oh_jh_s/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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