Park Myung-suk

Park Myung-Suk (also Park Myeong-Seok; 박명석; born January 9, 1970) is a South Korean former Olympic wrestler.[1]

Wrestling career

His sports club is Ma San City Hall.[1]

Park won the gold medals at the 1989 Asian Wrestling Championships: 74.0 kg Greco-Roman, the 1992 and 1993 Asian Championships: 82.0 kg Greco-Roman, and the 1997 and 1998 Asian Championships: 85.0 kg Greco-Roman.[1]

He competed for South Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at the age of 22, in Wrestling--Men's Middleweight (82 kg), Greco-Roman.[1] He lost to Thomas Zander of Germany in the first round, beat Jean-Pierre Wafflard of Belgium in the second round, and was defeated by Magnus Fredriksson of Sweden in the third round.[2]

Park also competed for South Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta at the age of 26 in Wrestling--Men's Middleweight (82 kg), Greco-Roman, and came in 14th.[1]

References
  1. "Park Myeong-Seok Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. "International Wrestling Database".


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