Jo Jin-Saeng

Jo Jin-Saeng
Personal information
Nationality South Korea
Born (1965-02-23) 23 February 1965
South Korea
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Korean name
Hangul 조진생
Hanja 趙鎭生
Revised Romanization Jo Jinsaeng
McCune–Reischauer Cho Chinsaeng
Sport
Country  South Korea
Sport Middle-distance running

Jo Jin-Saeng (born 23 February 1965) is a South Korean Olympic middle-distance runner. He represented his country in the men's 1500 meters and the men's 4 x 400 meters relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics. His time was a 3:45.63 in the 1500, and a 3:14.71 in the 4 x 400 relay.[1]

Jo is the youngest of six children. His father Jo Pan-geum was a farmer. He attended North Jeolla Sports High School (전북체육고등학교).[2]

References

  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/jo-jin-saeng-1.html Sports Reference
  2. 전북체고 1년 趙鎭生 [North Jeolla Sport High School first-year student Jo Jin-saeng]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 12 December 1981. Retrieved 10 August 2017.



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