Jung Sun-yong

This is a Korean name; the family name is Jung.
Jung Sun-yong
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Women's Judo
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta -56 kg
World Championships
1995 Chiba -56 kg
1989 Belgrade -56 kg
Asian Games
1994 Hiroshima -56 kg
Asian Championships
1991 Osaka -56 kg
1993 Macau -56 kg
1995 New Delhi -56 kg
1988 Damascus -56 kg
Jung Sun-yong
Hangul 정선용
Hanja
Revised Romanization Jeong Seon-yon
McCune–Reischauer Chŏng Sŏn-yong

Jung Sun-Yong (born March 11, 1971) is a female South Korean judoka.

At the age of 14, she was the youngest judoka ever to represent South Korea in 1985.

Jung won two medals at the 1989 and 1995 World Championships, and also gained a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Jung won the Asian Championship three consecutive times, the Fukuoka International Female Judo Championship five times, and the Paris Open (Tournoi de Paris) three times.

She retired right after the 1996 Olympics, and currently serves as a teacher in elementary school.


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