Chung Hoon

Chung Hoon
Personal information
Born (1969-04-29) 29 April 1969
OccupationJudoka
Korean name
Hangul
정훈
Hanja
鄭勳
RRJeong Hun
MRChŏng Hun
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍71 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (1992)
World Champ. (1993)
Asian Champ. (1990, 1991, 1994)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona ‍–‍71 kg
World Championships
1993 Hamilton ‍–‍71 kg
1991 Barcelona ‍–‍71 kg
Asian Games
1990 Beijing ‍–‍71 kg
1994 Hiroshima ‍–‍71 kg
Asian Championships
1991 Osaka ‍–‍71 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF145
JudoInside.com3661
Updated on 5 June 2023

Chung Hoon (Korean정훈; born 29 April 1969) is a South Korean judoka.[1]

He was born in Buan County, North Jeolla Province, South Korea.

Chung was the World Champion at ‍–‍71 kg in 1993. He won a bronze medal in the 1991 World Championships.

Chung represented South Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics, winning bronze in the Lightweight division. In the semifinal, he lost to Hungarian Bertalan Hajtós. Next year, Chung went up against the Hungarian judoka again in the final at the World Championship and avenged the loss by decision.

Chung retired from competitive judo after winning his second Asian Games gold medal in 1994. Chung has been serving as a judo instructor and professor for Yong-In University and the head coach of the South Korean national judo team.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chung Hoon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.