Jung Jin-hwa
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| Nationality |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 May 1989 Ulsan, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Modern pentathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Nam Kyung-Guk[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jung Jin-Hwa (also Jeong Jin-Hwa, Korean: 정진화; born May 25, 1989, in Ulsan) is a modern pentathlete from South Korea.[2] He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he finished eleventh in the men's event, tying for the best result for a South Korean with Kim Mi-Seop at Atlanta in 1996.[1]
Jung also won an individual bronze medal at the 2012 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Rome, Italy, finishing behind the Russians, world champion Aleksander Lesun and two-time Olympic champion Andrey Moiseev.
At the 2016 Olympics, he finished in 13th place.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jinhwa Jung". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeong Jin-Hwa. Original name: 정 진화. Other name: Jung Jin-Hwa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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