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Medal record Men's judo Competitor for South Korea Olympic Games Bronze 1992 Barcelona -71 kg World Championships Gold 1993 Hamilton -71 kg Bronze 1991 Barcelona -71 kg Asian Games Gold 1994 Hiroshima -71 kg Gold 1990 Beijing -71 kg Asian Championships Gold 1991 Osaka -71 kg Chung Hoon Hangul 정훈 Hanja 鄭勳 Revised Romanization Jeong Hun McCune–Reischauer Chŏng Hun Chung Hoon (born April 29, 1969 in Buan County, Jeollabuk-do) is a South Korean judoka.
Chung was the World Champion at 71 kg in 1993. He won a bronze medal in the 1991 World Championships.
Chung represented South Korea in the 1992 Olympic Games, winning bronze in the Lightweight division. In the semifinal, he lost to Hungarian Bertalan Hajtós. Next year, Chung went up against the Hungarian judoka again in the final at the World Championship and avenged the loss by decision.
Chung retired from competitive judo after winning his second Asian Game gold medal in 1994.
Chung has been serving as a judo instructor and professor for Yong-In University and the head coach of the South Korean national judo team.
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Categories:- South Korean judoka
- Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka of South Korea
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
- Living people
- 1969 births
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Asian Games medalists in judo
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