Park Jang-soon
Personal information
Born (1968-04-10) April 10, 1968 (age 55)
Boryeong, South Korea
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 74 kg
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta 74 kg
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 68 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Toronto 74 kg

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

  1. ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Wrestling" Archived 2008-05-31 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 7, 2008)
  2. ^ "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Wrestling" Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 7, 2008)
  3. ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Wrestling" Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 7, 2008)

External links

Olympic Champions in freestyle welterweight
Asian Games Champions in Wrestling – Men's Freestyle Lightweight
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