Chung Hoon
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 April 1969 |
| Occupation | Judoka |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 정훈 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong Hun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Hun |
| Sport | |
| Country | South Korea |
| Sport | Judo |
| Weight class | –71 kg |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic Games |  (1992) |
| World Champ. | 
(1993) |
| Asian Champ. | 
(1990, 1991, 1994) |
Medal record | |
| Profile at external databases | |
| IJF | 145 |
| JudoInside.com | 3661 |
| Updated on 5 June 2023 | |
Chung Hoon (born 29 April 1969 in Buan County, Jeollabuk-do) is a South Korean judoka.
Chung was the World Champion at –71 kg in 1993. He won a bronze medal in the 1991 World Championships.
Chung represented South Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics, winning bronze in the Lightweight division. In the semifinal, he lost to Hungarian Bertalan Hajtós. Next year, Chung went up against the Hungarian judoka again in the final at the World Championship and avenged the loss by decision.
Chung retired from competitive judo after winning his second Asian Games gold medal in 1994. Chung has been serving as a judo instructor and professor for Yong-In University and the head coach of the South Korean national judo team.
External links
- Chung Hoon at the International Judo Federation
- Chung Hoon at JudoInside.com
- Chung Hoon at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Chung Hoon at Olympedia
- Chung Hoon at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Chung Hoon at The-Sports.org
- Chung Hoon at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
World Judo Championships — Men's Lightweight | |
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1965: −68 kg • 1975–75: −63 kg • 1979–97: −71 kg • 1999–present: −73 kg | |
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- Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for South Korea
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
- Living people
- 1969 births
- Sportspeople from North Jeolla Province
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Asian Games medalists in judo
- Judoka at the 1990 Asian Games
- Judoka at the 1994 Asian Games
- South Korean male judoka
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
- Goodwill Games medalists in judo
- Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
- 20th-century South Korean people
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