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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