Park Jang-soon
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Born | (1968-04-10) April 10, 1968 (age 56) Boryeong, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Park Jang-Soon (Korean: 박장순; Hanja: 朴章洵; RR: Bak Jang-sun; born April 10, 1968) is a retired South Korean freestyle wrestler, world champion and Olympic champion.
Olympics
He received a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1] He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[2] At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta he received a silver medal.[3]
World championships
Park won a gold medal at the 1993 FILA Wrestling World Championships in Toronto, defeating former Olympic and world champion Dave Schultz in the final match. He became the first South Korean wrestler to win both a wrestling world championship and an Olympic gold medal.
References
- ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Wrestling" Archived 2008-05-31 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 7, 2008)
- ^ "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Wrestling" Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 7, 2008)
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Wrestling" Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 7, 2008)
External links
- Park Jang-soon at the International Wrestling Database
- Park Jang-soon at Olympedia
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- 1904 Charles Ericksen (NOR)
- 1924 Hermann Gehri (SUI)
- 1928 Arvo Haavisto (FIN)
- 1932 Jack van Bebber (USA)
- 1936 Frank Lewis (USA)
- 1948 Yaşar Doğu (TUR)
- 1952 William Smith (USA)
- 1956 Mitsuo Ikeda (JPN)
- 1960 Douglas Blubaugh (USA)
- 1964 İsmail Ogan (TUR)
- 1968 Mahmut Atalay (TUR)
- 1972 Wayne Wells (USA)
- 1976 Jiichiro Date (JPN)
- 1980 Valentin Raychev (BUL)
- 1984 David Schultz (USA)
- 1988 Kenny Monday (USA)
- 1992 Park Jang-soon (KOR)
- 1996 Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
- 2000 Brandon Slay (USA)
- 2004 Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
- 2008 Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
- 2012 Jordan Burroughs (USA)
- 2016 Hassan Yazdani (IRI)
- 2020 Zaurbek Sidakov (ROC)
- 1904: 71.67 kg
- 1924–1936: 72 kg
- 1948–1960: 73 kg
- 1964–1968: 78 kg
- 1972–1996: 74 kg
- 2000: 76 kg
- 2004–present: 74 kg
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