Jung Sung-il

Jung Sung-il
Personal information
Country represented South Korea
Born (1969-10-21) October 21, 1969[1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Retired 1996
Jung Sung-il
Hangul 정성일
Hanja 鄭星佚
Revised Romanization Jeong Seong-il
McCune–Reischauer Chŏng Sŏng-il

Jung Sung-il (October 21, 1969) is a South Korean retired competitive figure skater. He is the 1991 Winter Universiade silver medalist. He placed as high as sixth at the World Junior Championships (1988) and 14th at the World Championships (1991). A three-time Olympian, he placed 22nd at the 1988 Winter Olympics, 21st at the 1992 Winter Olympics, and 17th at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Following his retirement from competitive skating in 1996,[2] Jung became a coach. His former students include Choi Young-eun[3] and Lee Dong-whun.[4]

From 2003 to 2010, Jung toured with Disney on Ice's "100 Years of Magic" show. In 2010, he returned to South Korea to work as a coach.

Competitive highlights

International
Event 83–84 85–86 86–87 87–88 88–89 89–90 90–91 91–92 92–93 93–94 94–95
Olympics22nd21st17th
Worlds22nd15th14th20th20th
NHK Trophy4th5th9th4th9th7th
Skate America10th
Universiade2nd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds15th8th18th6th
National
South Korean
J = Junior level

References

  1. "Jung Sung-Il". Sports Reference.
  2. Kyunghyang Shinmun, April 4, 1996. p16
  3. Young-Eun CHOI at the International Skating Union
  4. Dong-Whun LEE at the International Skating Union


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