Jung Jae-eun

Jung Jae-eun

Personal information

Nationality:

South Korea

Birthday:

January 11, 1980

Size:

163 cm

Weight:

56 kg

Medals

Olympic games
gold	Sydney 2000	up to 57 kg
World championships
gold	Hong Kong 1997	up to 55 kg
silver	Edmonton 1999	up to 55 kg
gold	Jeju 2001	up to 55 kg
Asian Championships
gold	Amman 2002	up to 55 kg

Jung Jae-eun ( Korean 정재은 ; born January 11, 1980 ) is a former South Korean Taekwondoin and Olympic champion .

Career

Jung Jae-eun became world champion in Hong Kong in 1997 in the weight class up to 55 kilograms . In 1999 she won the silver medal in Edmonton , before she won the title again at the 2001 World Cup in Jeju . In between, she achieved her greatest career success in 2000 with the Olympic victory in the class up to 57 kilograms. In the final she defeated Trần Hiếu Ngân 2-0 and thus secured the gold medal. Jung secured her last international title in Amman in 2002 when she won the Asian championship in the class up to 55 kilograms.

Web links

Jung Jae-eun on the TaekwondoData .com website
Jung Jae-eun in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Young, Jae-eun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	정재은 (Hangeul)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	South Korean Taekwondoin
DATE OF BIRTH	January 11, 1980