Park Jae-myong

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

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Park Jae-Myong (born 15 December 1981) is a South Korean javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 83.99 metres, achieved in March 2004 in Wellington. This is the current South Korean record.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing South Korea
1999	Asian Junior Championships	Singapore	3rd	68.05 m
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	3rd	72.36 m
2001	East Asian Games	Osaka, Japan	3rd	71.44 m
	Universiade	Beijing, China	13th (q)	69.83 m
2002	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	3rd	79.22 m
	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	4th	78.27 m
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	4th	74.72 m
	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	4th	72.55 m
	Afro-Asian Games	Hyderabad, India	5th	73.10 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	29th (q)	72.70 m
2006	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	1st	79.30 m
2007	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	2nd	75.77 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	17th	76.63 m
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	79.29 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	18th (q)	78.16 m
2010	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	2nd	79.92 m
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	2nd	80.19 m
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	8th	74.68 m

Seasonal bests by year

• 2000 – 75.87
• 2001 – 76.00
• 2002 – 80.96
• 2003 – 81.46
• 2004 – 83.99
• 2005 – 78.87
• 2006 – 79.96
• 2007 – 80.38
• 2008 – 81.42
• 2009 – 83.10
• 2010 – 80.11
• 2011 – 80.19
• 2012 – 78.60
• 2013 – 79.71
• 2014 – 78.69

References

• Park Jae-myong at World Athletics