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| Born | September 11, 1991 Busan, South Korea | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | |||||||||||
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Park Ji-ho (born 11 September 1991) is a South Korean diver. He competed in the 10 metre platform event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [1] In 2010, Park won bronze in the synchronized 3 metre springboard event at the Asian Games with Son Seong-cheol. [2]
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