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Nam Dong-hoon

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Nam Dong-Hong
Personal information
Nationality South Korea
Born (1984-05-01) 1 May 1984 (age 40)
Daegu, South Korea
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportModern pentathlon
ClubKorean Armed Forces
Coached byKang Kyung-Hyo

Nam Dong-Hong (also Nam Dong-Hun, Korean: 남 동훈; born May 1, 1984, in Daegu) is a South Korean modern pentathlete.[1] He is also a silver medalist at the 2008 Korean Open & Asian Championships in Seoul, and is currently ranked no. 123 in the world by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM).

Nam qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's modern pentathlon, along with his teammate Lee Choon-Huan. During the competition, Nam struggled in the early segments, with poor scores in pistol shooting and a one-touch épée fencing. He managed to attain a sixteenth-place finish in freestyle swimming, but displayed a weak performance in the riding segment, when he completed the show jumping course in thirtieth place, and incurred a total of 380 penalties (both obstacle and time). In the cross-country running segment, Nam finished the 3 km race, with a fastest time and an Olympic record of 8:55.57.[2] Nam's best result in the last round, however, was insufficiently enough to reach the top position, finishing only in twenty-eighth place with a score of 4,968 points.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nam Dong-Hong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Modern Pentathlon – Men's Running 3000m". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Modern Pentathlon – Men's Event". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
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