Hong Un-Jong
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| Full name | Hong Un Jong | ||||||||||||
| Country represented |  North Korea |
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| Born | March 9, 1989 Hamgyong, North Korea |
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| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International | ||||||||||||
| Club | Pyongyang Sports Club | ||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Kim Chun Phi | ||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Choe Kyong Hui | ||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Kim Chun Phi | ||||||||||||
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Hong Un Jong (born March 9, 1989 in Hamgyong, North Korea) is a North Korean artistic gymnast. She was an individual event finalist on the vault at the 2007 World Championships and the bronze medalist on the event at the 2006 Asian Games. Hong represented North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she won the gold medal in the women's vault competition. This was the first Olympic medal for a North Korean woman in Olympic gymnastics.[1] Hong is capable of performing a triple twisting Yurchenko style vault.
She is the younger sister or possibly twin sister of Hong Su Jong. They share the generation name Jong.[citation needed]
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- ^ NBC Television, Olympic Evening, 17 Aug 2008
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