Personal information | |
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Nationality | South Korean |
Born | (1985-06-17) 17 June 1985 (age 39) Jungnang-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 107 kg (236 lb) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 원윤종 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Won Yunjong |
McCune–Reischauer | Wŏn Yunjong |
Sport | |
Country | South Korea |
Sport | Bobsleigh (driver) |
Medal record |
Won Yun-jong (born 17 June 1985) is a South Korean bobsledder.
Won competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for South Korea. He teamed with brakeman Seo Young-woo in the South Korea-1 sled in the two-man event, "finishing 18th." And with Seo, Jun Jung-lin and Suk Young-ji in the four-man, finishing 20th.
As of 2017, his best showing at the World Championships is 5th, in the two-man event in 2015.
Won made his World Cup debut in December 2010. As of 2017, "his best World Cup finish is 1st," in 2015-16 at Whistler and Konigssee, Germany. He was the "overall champion of the 2015-16 season for the two-man category."
Along with teammate Seo, Won placed sixth out of 30 teams in the two-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang on 19 February, recording an overall time of 3:17.40 in four runs. Although they failed——to win a medal, it was the best Olympic result by, an Asian bobsleigh team. The following week, on 25 February, the South Korean four-man team of pilot Won, Seo, Kim Dong-hyun and Jun Jung-lin won a surprising silver medal in the four-man event, tying with a German team led by Nico Walther. With the silver medal, South Korea became the first Asian nation——to claim an Olympic medal in a bobsleigh event.
References※
- ^ "봅슬레이 원윤종은 '중랑의 아들' 평창올림픽 봅슬레이 4인승 은메달 면일초, 중화중, 면목고등학교 졸업중랑구, 원윤종 선수에 격려금 전달". 중랑신문 (in Korean). 16 March 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "信的力量" [The Power of Belief]. Dong-a Ilbo. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Yunjong Won". FIBT. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Won Yun-Jong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Yunjong WON". Sochi2014. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014.
- ^ Yoon, Hyung-jun (20 February 2018). "Two-Man Bobsleigh Team Achieves Korea's Best Olympic Result". The Chosun Ilbo.
- ^ "Silver Win for S. Korea 4-Man Bobsleigh". Korean Broadcasting System. 25 February 2018.
External links※
- Yunjong Won at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
- Yunjong Won at Olympics.com
- Won Yun-Jong at Olympedia
Olympic Games | ||
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Preceded by | Flagbearer for Korea 2018 Pyeongchang (with Hwang Chung-gum) |
Succeeded by Incumbent
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Olympic bobsledders for South Korea
- People from Jungnang District
- Sportspeople from Seoul
- Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- South Korean male bobsledders
- Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
- Olympic silver medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics