Who is Physical: Asia star Yun Sung-bin? Age, career, and more explored

Yun Sung-bin has established himself as one of the major stars of Physical: Asia, and there are a lot of waiting viewers who are curious to know about him off the show. 

Yun is a South Korean athlete, endowed with power and present strong performance. 

He was already a popular sportsperson before the Netflix series came into his life. 

Yun is a skeleton racer in the professional category, and he first won international recognition for his astonishingly fast moves on the ice track. 

He was born on May 23, 1994, in Namhae, South Korea, and now he is 31 years old. 

Yun's way of attaching discipline to strength and dressing it up with the silence of his personality made him stand out in the show, which ultimately was the result of his years spent in the highest-level competitions. 

The year 2012 marked his entry into the skeleton racing world, and he soon demonstrated that he was one of the talents with the potential to ascend rapidly. 

His victory was monumental and pointed out how deep his commitment had taken him. 

Yun participated in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic games thus gaining very early exposure to the global stage. 

His career kept moving upward with victories in the World Cup and World Championships along with medals and medals. 

His Iron Man-style helmet which is famous for its ruggedness, also became his signature and was a source of great attention at every race. 

This formidable sports past made him all the more prominent in Physical: Asia. 

Many viewers could not believe their eyes seeing the composed fellow on screen was, in fact, one of the fastest skeleton racers in Asia. 

Yun carried himself with the same focus on the show that he brings to the track.

Yun Sung-bin’s age, early life, and career growth explained

Yun’s life story is narrated with a backdrop of Namhae, a seaside town in South Korea. 

He was a little boy back then who loved running on the beach and was also a prodigy in sports. 

Soccer, badminton, and basketball were his games, and he was so quick that he would often outrun the older kids in running races. 

Yun moved to Seoul during his middle school years and was determined to continue with sports while dreaming of a sports university for his further studies. 

His sports skills were so remarkable that one of his gym teachers, who was affiliated with the Korean Bobsleigh Skeleton Federation, suggested Yun for a new sport, skeleton racing.

Eventually, Yun acquired a spot at the Korea National Sport University. 

Early in 2012, he started training for the skeleton sport at the age of 18. 

He was so talented that in just three months of training he was made the national champion. 

The very first win implied how quickly he was able to adapt. 

Yun participated in the international scene for the first time in 2012–13 and, while barely noticeable, he got global attention in the 2013–14 season when his total score made him the fifth contestant in the Intercontinental Cup Tour. 

Moreover, he also made history as the first skeleton athlete from Korea to win an international gold medal by taking the sixth round in Whistler, January 2014.

His journey was not over yet. 

The 2014–15 season was the turning point of his career when he stood on the World Cup podium for the very first time and claimed a bronze medal in Calgary. 

He was overall sixth that season. 

The 2015-16 season saw him claim the World Cup together with his first golden medal besides earning silver at the IBSF World Championships. 

The season ended with him being the overall second. 

The next season also brought good results with more medals and continual performances. 

Yun’s career reached its peak in the 2017–18 season when he won the overall World Cup title and became the first Asian athlete ever to achieve that. 

He won Olympic gold with a record margin, joined Physical: 100 in 2023, and will make his acting debut in The House of Ghosts in 2026.

Stay tuned for more updates.