Yeo Hong-chul
Appearance
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Born | Gwangju, South Korea | May 28, 1971|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 4+1⁄2 in (164 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eponymous skills | "Yeo I" and "Yeo II" in vault | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yeo Hong-Chul (Hangul: 여홍철, Hanja: 呂洪哲, Revised Romanization: Yeo Hong-cheol; born 28 May 1971 in Gwangju) is a retired South Korean gymnast. He won the silver medal in the vault event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He also participated in 1992 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics. After the 2000 Summer Olympics, he announced his retirement.
He also competed on the Japanese obstacle course show, Sasuke, three different times (7th, 8th, 11th tournaments), but failed to clear the first stage on all three tries.
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- Living people
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- South Korean male artistic gymnasts
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- Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Sasuke (TV series) contestants
- Asian Games medalists in gymnastics
- Gymnasts at the 1994 Asian Games
- Gymnasts at the 1998 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- Universiade medalists in gymnastics
- Universiade gold medalists for South Korea
- Universiade silver medalists for South Korea
- Hamyang Yeo clan
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