Young Soon-won

Jung Soon-won (born October 12, 1973 ) is a retired South Korean wrestler . He was runner- up in free style light flyweight world championship in 1994 .

Career

Jung Soon-won began wrestling as a teenager in 1986. He focused on free style and was a member of Samsung Life Sports Club Seoul . His trainer was You In-tak. He started at a height of 1.60 meters in the lightest weight class of men's wrestling, the light flyweight, which at the time had a weight limit of 48 kg. Later he started in the flyweight (up to 52 kg or 54 kg body weight).

His international career as a wrestler began in 1993. He finished 4th in the light flyweight championship in Ulan Bator . Just one year later, in 1994, he achieved the greatest success of his career at the World Cup in Istanbul , where he was runner-up behind Alexis Vila from Cuba .

In 1995 Jung Soon-won was also Asian light flyweight champion in Manila ahead of Masanori Toita from Japan and Tümendembereliin Dsüünbajan from Mongolia. At the World Cup that year in Atlanta he was not very successful because he only came in 13th there. A year later he missed the medal ranks at the Olympic Games in Atlanta with a 5th place. There he defeated Vladimir Torgowkin, Kyrgyzstan and Luwsan-Ischiin Sergelenbaatar , Mongolia , lost to Kim Il-ong , North Korea and Wugar Orudschow , Russia and still triumphed over Vitali Railean from Moldova . In December 1996 he won the bronze medal at the Universities World Cup in Tehran in flyweight with a 3rd place behind Gholamreza Mohammadi , Iran and Herman Accountiev , Belarus .

In the following years he won no more medals at the international championships. In 1997 he finished 4th at the Asian Flyweight Championships. At the 1998 World Cup in Tehran, he came in flyweight with two wins and two defeats on the 9th place and at the Asian Games in 1998 in Bangkok he finished fourth again.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1993	4th	Asian Championship in Ulan Bator	Half flying	behind Kim Il, North Korea, Tserenbaataryn Chosbajar , Mongolia and Chen Zheng Bin, China
1994	2.	World Cup in Istanbul	Half flying	behind Alexis Vila , Cuba, in front of Peter Jumschanow, Russia and Asen Tschetow, Bulgaria
1995	1.	Asian Championship in Manila	Half flying	from Masanori Toita, Japan and Tümendembereliin Dsüünbajan , Mongolia
1995	13.	World Cup in Atlanta	Half flying	Winner: Wugar Orudschow , Russia, in front of Alexis Villa Perdomo
1996	5.	OS in Atlanta	Half flying	after victories over Vladimir Torgovkin, Kyrgyzstan and Luwsan-Ischiin Sergelenbaatar , Mongolia, defeats against Kim Il-Ong and Wugar Orudijew and a victory over Vitali Railean, Moldova
1996	3.	Universities World Cup in Tehran	To fly	behind Gholamreza Mohammadi, Iran and Herman Accountiev, Belarus
1997	4th	Asian Championship	To fly	behind Jin Ju-Dong, North Korea, Hainiu Ping, China and Gholamreza Mohammadi
1998	9.	World Cup in Tehran	To fly	after a defeat against Gholamreza Mohammadi, victories over Tümendembereliin Dsüünbajan and Wilfredo García , Cuba and a defeat against Amiran Kartanow , Greece
1998	4th	Asia Games in Bangkok	To fly	behind Jin Ju-Dong, Behnam Tayebi-Kermani, Iran and Maulen Mamirow , Kazakhstan

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Half fly weight, weight class up to 48 kg, fly weight, up to 1996 up to 52 kg, then up to 54 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• "Foeldeak Wrestling Database" website

Web links

• Profile of Jung Soon-won at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Jung Soon-won 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, Soon-won is the first name.