Jang Jeong-min

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Jang Jeong-min
Date of birth (1994-11-10) 10 November 1994 (age 30)
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017– South Korea (0)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2017– South Korea
Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Team

Jang Jeong-min (born 10 November 1994) is a South Korean rugby sevens player. [1] He competed for South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Early career

Jang was in middle school when he discovered rugby and decided to join his school's rugby club. [2] He continued playing rugby at Yonsei University. [2]

Rugby career

Jang was a member of the South Korean sevens team that competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [3] [4] He also represented South Korea at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, South Africa. [5]

In 2023, He was selected in the South Korean fifteens squad for the Asia Rugby Championship in June. [6] Later in September that year, he competed in rugby sevens at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. [7] He scored a brace of tries to help his side beat China in the semi-final and secure a spot in the gold medal playoff. [7] They eventually won silver after their 14–7 loss to Hong Kong in the final. [8] [9]

References

  1. "Jang Jeong-min". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 "The Korean Rugby Team's Olympic Debut". The Yonsei Annals (in Korean). 5 September 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  3. "Men's Sevens Squads for Tokyo 2020 from Asia". Asia Rugby. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  4. "Tokyo Olympics: Men's Sevens Preview". Americas Rugby News. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  5. "Korea Men's Sevens Squad Confirmed for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". RugbyAsia247. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  6. "Asia Rugby Championship 2023 - Hong Kong China, South Korea & Malaysia". RugbyAsia247. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  7. 1 2 Bulley, Jim (26 September 2023). "Korea dominates semifinal to lock in gold or silver in rugby sevens". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  8. "What The Asian Rugby Unions Have Said After Hangzhou Asian Games 2022". RugbyAsia247. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  9. Bulley, Jim (26 September 2023). "Rugby sevens team earn first Asiad silver medal in 17 years". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. Retrieved 1 April 2025.