Jung Won-yong

Jung Won-Yong (also Jeong Won-Yong, Korean: 정 원용; born May 16, 1992, in Gyeonggi-do) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events.[1][2] He won a bronze medal, as a member of the South Korean swimming team, in the 400 m freestyle relay at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Jung Won-Yong
Personal information
Nationality South Korea
Born (1992-05-16) 16 May 1992
Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, medley
ClubGyeonggi High School[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2010 Guangzhou 4×100 m freestyle
In this Korean name, the family name is Jung.

Jung qualified for two swimming events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing FINA B-standard entry times of 2:02.50 (200 m individual medley) and 4:18.98 (400 m individual medley) from the FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.[3][4] In the 400 m individual medley, Jung challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including two-time Olympian Raphaël Stacchiotti of Luxembourg. He clinched a fifth spot and twenty-eighth overall by six hundredths of a second (0.06) behind Belarus' Yury Suvorau and Portugal's Diogo Carvalho, outside his entry time of 4:23.12.[5] In his second event, 200 m individual medley, Jung edged out Ukrainian swimmer and double European junior champion Maksym Shemberev of Ukraine to claim a heat one victory by 0.07 of a second, with a time of 2:03.33. Jung failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-second in the preliminary heats.[6]

References
  1. "Jung Won-Yong". London 2012. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jung Won-Yong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  3. "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 200 m individual medley" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  4. "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 400 m individual medley" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  5. "Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 2". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  6. "Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1". London 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.


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