Jung Ji-hyun

Korean spelling
Hangeul	정지현
Hanja	鄭智 鉉
Revised Romanization	Jeong Ji-hyeon
McCune- Reischauer	Chŏng Chihyŏn
See also : Korean name

Jung Ji-hyun (born March 26, 1983 in Seoul ) is a wrestler from South Korea . The 1.65 meter tall boy was Olympic champion in the Greco-Roman style in the weight class up to 60 kg in 2004 . At the 2008 Olympic Games, Jung Ji-hyun was ninth.

He wrestles in Seoul for the wrestling club Samsung Life and is trained by Kim In-sub .

successes

• 2002, 6th place , Asian Games in Busan , GR, up to 55 kg, winner: Ässet Imanbajew , Kazakhstan ahead of Kang Yong Gyun , North Korea

• 2004, gold medal , OS in Athens , GR, up to 60 kg, after victories over Włodzimierz Zawadzki , Poland , Witali Rahimow , Azerbaijan , Eusebiu Diaconu , Romania , Armen Nasarjan , Bulgaria and Robert Monzon Gonzalez , Cuba

• 2007, 3rd place , World Championships in Baku , GR, up to 60 kg, after victories over Vitali Rahimow, Ali Ashkani Agboloag , Iran , Jiang Sheng , China and Juri Dubinin , Belarus and a defeat against Makoto Sasamoto , Japan

• 2008, 4th place , World Cup in Szombathely , GR, up to 66 kg, behind Ali Mohammadi , Iran, Tamas Lörincz , Hungary and Ambako Watschadse , Russia

• 2008, 9th place , OS in Beijing , GR, up to 60 kg, after defeating Juri Dubinin and losing to Nurbakyt Tengisbajew , Kazakhstan

Web links

• Jung Ji-hyun in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Jung is the family name here, Ji-hyun is the first name.