Personal information | |
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Nationality | South Korean |
Born | 8 October 1962 |
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Sport | Wrestling |
Yun Gyeong-jae (born 8 October 1962) is a South Korean wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics. [1]
South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 175 competitors, 116 men and 59 women, took part in 97 events in 19 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Seoul, a traditional Korean segment was performed at the closing ceremony.
South Korea was the host nation and competed as Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 401 competitors, 269 men and 132 women, took part in 218 events in 27 sports.
South Korea competed as Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 226 competitors, 154 men and 72 women, took part in 134 events in 24 sports.
Empress Myeongseong is a 2001 and 2002 South Korean television series that aired on KBS2.
Jeong is a Latin alphabet rendition of the Korean family name "정", also often spelled Chung, Jung, Joung or Jong. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 2,407,601 people by this name in South Korea or 4.84% of the population. The Korean family name "정" is mainly derived from three homophonous hanja. 鄭 (2,151,879), 丁 (243,803) and 程 (11,683). The rest of the homophonous hanjas include: 政 (139), 桯 (41), 定 (29), 正 (22) and 情 (5).
Kyung-jae, Gyeong-jae, and Kyoung-jae are various Latin-alphabet spellings of a single Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja with which the name is written. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 20 hanja with the reading "jae" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
The South Korea men's national volleyball team represents South Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Korea Volleyball Association. The Republic of Korea (ROK) has competed in the Olympic Games eight times, but has not featured since the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The national team's best performance at the Olympic Games was 5th place at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, California, United States. The national team at the FIVB World Championship competed nine times, with their best result at 4th place in 1978. On continental level, The national team won three gold medals at the Asian Games in 1978, 2002 and 2006. And at the Asian Championship, the national team won four gold medals, two of these was at home in 1989 Seoul and 2001 Changwon and the other two are in 1993 and 2003. The national team now ranks 32nd in the FIVB World Rankings and their current head coach is Im Do-heon.
Yoon Soo-Kyung, also spelled as Yun Su-Gyeong, is a South Korean team handball player and Olympic medalist. She played with the South Korean team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where the team received a silver medal.
Yun Won-Chol is an amateur North Korean Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's featherweight category. Yun represented North Korea at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 55 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing to South Korea's Choi Gyu-Jin, who was able to score three points in two straight periods, leaving Yun without a single point.
Yun Mi-gyeong is a South Korean sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Twelve men's teams competed in basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Kim Jae-gyeong is a South Korean boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
The following teams and players took part in the women's volleyball tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles.
The following teams and players took part in the women's volleyball tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in Seoul.
Jang Gyeong-mu is a South Korean wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 57 kg at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Choi Gyeong-su is a South Korean wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 62 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Kim Hwa-gyeong is a South Korean wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 48 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
The following squads and players competed in the men's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
The following squads and players competed in the men's handball tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics.