Name: Aaron Heo
Sport: Short Track Speed Skating
Height: 5-8

Weight: 143

DOB: 2/23/1999
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pa.
Hometown: Warrington, Pa.
High School: Central Bucks West HS (Pennsylvania)

Career Highlights:

2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games
2015-16: Placed 10th overall at US Junior National Championships
2014-15: Member of US Men’s Short Track Relay National Champion Team (Potomac Speedskating Club)
2014-15: US Short Track National Champion Junior C
2014-15: Placed 11th overall at US Junior National Championships
2013-14: Bronze medalist at US Junior National Championships

Personal: Son of Deuk Jin Heo and Hye Yong Kim…Has one sibling, Aaron, who also is a speed skater…Began speed skating at age eight when he started training with the Wheaton Speed Skating Club in Maryland, then began training with Potomac Speedskating Club in 2012…Trained with the Utah Olympic Oval’s FAST Team in Salt Lake City over the 2015 Summer with the hopes of making the Winter Youth Olympic Team…Started playing the cello in fourth grade…Maintains a 4.0 GPA….Also plays lacrosse.

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