Won Jeong-sik

Won Jeong-sik

Won at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born 9 December 1990 (1990-12-09) (age 26)
Cheolweon, Gangwon, South Korea[1]
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Spouse(s) Yoon Jin-hee[3]
Sport
Country  South Korea
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) 69 kg
Club Korea National Sport University[4]
Goyang City Hall[5]
Coached by Ahn Hyo Jak[4]

Won Jeong-sik (born 9 December 1990) is a South Korean weightlifter. He competed in the 69 kg division at the 2012[4] and 2016 Olympics and placed seventh-eighth.[2]

Won took up weightlifting aged 14 and has a degree from the Korea National Sport University. He is married to the fellow Olympic weightlifter Yoon Jin-hee, they have two children.[5]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Won Jeong-sik.
  1. Won Jeong-Sik. sports-reference.com
  2. 1 2 "WON Jeongsik". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  3. "Rio 2016: S. Korean Yoon Jin-hee wins bronze in women's weightlifting". The Korea Times. 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  4. 1 2 3 Jeongsik Won. London 2012
  5. 1 2 Jeongsik Won. nbcolympics.com


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