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)
- 2024:
Razambek Zhamalov (UZB)
- 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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