Fu Haifeng
In Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, Hwang and his partner Lee won their first bronze medal after upsetting Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah in the first round, Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda in the quarter-final, but defeated by Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China in the semifinal. Nevertheless, in the bronze medal match, Hwang and Lee subdued Danish Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen.