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Born | 2 August 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 강유정 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Gang Yujeong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Kang Yujŏng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –48 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | R32 (2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | R16 (2017, 2018, 2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asian Champ. | (2015, 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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JudoInside.com | 47887 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated on 26 November 2022 |
Kang Yu-jeong (born 2 August 1996) is a South Korean judoka. [1] [2] She represented South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 48 kg event. [3]
As a first-year student at Museon Middle School in Yeosu, Kang won a gold medal in the 42 kg category at the 38th National Junior Sports Festival in 2009. [4] She subsequently attended Yeosu Information Science High School . [5] As of 2019 [update] , she represented the Suncheon City Hall team in domestic competition. [6] She is the silver medallist of the 2018 Judo Grand Slam Paris in the –48 kg category. [7]
In 2021, she competed in the women's 48 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
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