Jung Il-woo (athlete)

Jung Il-woo (Korean: 정일우; born 28 March 1986) is a South Korean athlete specialising in the shot put.[2] He won a bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

Jung Il-woo
Personal information
Born (1986-03-28) 28 March 1986
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight110 kg (243 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put

His personal bests in the event are 19.49 metres outdoors (Sapporo 2015) and 19.24 metres indoors (Ashgabat 2017).[3] Both are current national records.

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  South Korea
2010 Asian Games Guangzhou, China 9th Shot put 16.94 m
2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 8th Shot put 18.17 m
2016 Asian Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 6th Shot put 17.45 m
2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 3rd Shot put 19.24 m
2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 4th Shot put 19.15 m
2019 Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 6th Shot put 18.64 m

References
  1. "Ashgabat 2017 | The 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (Indoor Athletics) Athlete Profile : JUNG Ilwoo". ashgabat2017.com. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. Jung Il-woo at World Athletics
  3. "All-Athletics profile". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.


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