Park Jang-soon

Park Jang-Soon (Korean: ; Hanja: ; RR: Bak Jang-sun; born April 10, 1968) is a retired South Korean freestyle wrestler, world champion and Olympic champion.

Park Jang-soon
Personal information
Born (1968-04-10) April 10, 1968
Boryeong, South Korea

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)
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