Won Yun-jong (born 17 June 1985) is a South Korean bobsledder.[3]
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Born | 17 June 1985 Jungnang-gu, Seoul, South Korea[1] |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 107 kg (236 lb) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 원윤종 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Won Yunjong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Wŏn Yunjong |
| Sport | |
| Country |  South Korea |
| Sport |  Bobsleigh (driver) |
Medal record | |
Won competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for South Korea. He teamed with brakeman Seo Young-woo in the South Korea-1 sled in the two-man event, finishing 18th, and with Seo, Jun Jung-lin and Suk Young-ji in the four-man, finishing 20th.[4][5]
As of 2017, his best showing at the World Championships is 5th, in the two-man event in 2015.[3]
Won made his World Cup debut in December 2010. As of 2017, his best World Cup finish is 1st, in 2015-16 at Whistler and Konigssee, Germany.[3] He was the overall champion of the 2015-16 season for the two-man category.
Along with teammate Seo, Won placed sixth out of 30 teams in the two-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang on 19 February, recording an overall time of 3:17.40 in four runs. Although they failed to win a medal, it was the best Olympic result by an Asian bobsleigh team.[6] The following week, on 25 February, the South Korean four-man team of pilot Won, Seo, Kim Dong-hyun and Jun Jung-lin won a surprising silver medal in the four-man event, tying with a German team led by Nico Walther. With the silver medal, South Korea became the first Asian nation to claim an Olympic medal in a bobsleigh event.[7]
References
edit- ^ "봅슬레이 원윤종은 '중랑의 아들' 평창올림픽 봅슬레이 4인승 은메달 면일초, 중화중, 면목고등학교 졸업중랑구, 원윤종 선수에 격려금 전달". 중랑신문 (in Korean). 16 March 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "信的力量" [The Power of Belief]. Dong-a Ilbo. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ a b c "Yunjong Won". FIBT. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Won Yun-Jong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Yunjong WON". Sochi2014. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014.
- ^ Yoon, Hyung-jun (20 February 2018). "Two-Man Bobsleigh Team Achieves Korea's Best Olympic Result". The Chosun Ilbo.
- ^ "Silver Win for S. Korea 4-Man Bobsleigh". Korean Broadcasting System. 25 February 2018.
