John Tarkong

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John Tarkong
Personal information
Full nameJohn Tarkong, Jr.
NationalityFlag of Palau.svg  Palau
Born (1965-12-07) 7 December 1965 (age 54)
Washington, D.C., United States
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Style Greco-Roman
ClubPalauan Amateur Wrestling
Federation
CoachLee Joong-Sub

John Tarkong, Jr. (born December 7, 1965 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States) is a retired amateur Palauan Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's heavyweight category. [1] Tarkong represented Palau at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [2] During his sporting career, he has been training for the Palauan Amateur Wrestling Federation under his personal coach Lee Joong-Sub.

Tarkong qualified for the Palauan squad, as a 38-year-old, in the men's 96 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by receiving a berth from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [3] He received two straight losses due to technical superiority and no classification points in a preliminary pool match against Kyrgyzstan's Gennady Chkhaidze and Bulgaria's Kaloyan Dinchev, finishing twentieth overall out of twenty-two wrestlers. [4] [5]

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