Cho Sung-mo
Personal information
Full nameCho Sung-mo
National team South Korea
Born (1985-01-06) 6 January 1985 (age 39)
Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
CoachJack Simon (U.S.)[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing South Korea
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan 1500 m freestyle
Cho Sung-mo
Hangul
조성모
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJo Seongmo
McCune–ReischauerCho Sŏngmo

Cho Sung-mo (also Jo Seong-mo, Korean: 조성모; born January 6, 1985) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.[2] He established a South Korean record of 15:12.32 to earn a silver medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.[1] During his swimming career, Cho has been training most of the time between the United States and Mexico, under veteran coach and long-time mentor Jack Simon.[1]

Cho made his Olympic debut, as South Korea's youngest male swimmer (aged 15), at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Swimming in heat three of the men's 1500 m freestyle, Cho faded down the stretch to round out the field in last place and thirty-third overall on the morning prelims in 15:50.45.[3][4]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Cho qualified again for the men's 1500 m freestyle by posting a FINA B-standard entry time of 15:19.49 from the Summer Universiade in Daegu.[5][6] He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including top medal favorite David Davies of Great Britain. Cho rounded out the field to last place by a 13.38-second margin behind Russia's Alexey Filipets in 15:43.43. Cho failed to advance into the final, as he placed twenty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "China and Japan Share the Gold on Day 5 of Asian Games; China's Wu and Xu Shine". Swimming World Magazine. 4 October 2002. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cho Sung-mo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 143. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  4. ^ "[올림픽/수영]조성모·장희진 자유형 예선탈락" [Olympic swimming: Freestyle stalwarts Cho Sung-mo and Jang Hee-jin eliminated] (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 22 September 2000. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  6. ^ Jeffrey, Josh (31 August 2003). "Klochkova Leads Ukraine to Team Crown at World University Games, USA Is Second". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. ^ Thomas, Stephen (20 August 2004). "Men's 1500 Freestyle, Prelims Day 7: David Davies Fastest, Posts British Record 14:57.03". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.


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