Cho Sung-mo explained
| Cho Sung-mo |
| Fullname: | Cho Sung-mo |
| Strokes: | Freestyle |
| Coach: | Jack Simon (U.S.) |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Gyeonggi-do, South Korea |
| Height: | 1.740NaN0 |
| Weight: | 720NaN0 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
| Hangul: | 조성모 |
| Rr: | Jo Seongmo |
| Mr: | Cho Sŏngmo |
Cho Sung-mo (also Jo Seong-mo, Korean: 조성모; born January 6, 1985) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.[1] He established a South Korean record of 15:12.32 to earn a silver medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.[2] During his swimming career, Cho has been training most of the time between the United States and Mexico, under veteran coach and long-time mentor Jack Simon.[2]
Cho made his Olympic debut, as South Korea's youngest male swimmer (aged 15), at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Swimming in heat three of the men's 1500 m freestyle, Cho faded down the stretch to round out the field in last place and thirty-third overall on the morning prelims in 15:50.45.[3] [4]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Cho qualified again for the men's 1500 m freestyle by posting a FINA B-standard entry time of 15:19.49 from the Summer Universiade in Daegu.[5] [6] He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including top medal favorite David Davies of Great Britain. Cho rounded out the field to last place by a 13.38-second margin behind Russia's Alexey Filipets in 15:43.43. Cho failed to advance into the final, as he placed twenty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.[7] [8]
Notes and References
- Cho Sung-mo. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234616/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/jo-seong-mo-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 22 April 2013.
- News: China and Japan Share the Gold on Day 5 of Asian Games; China's Wu and Xu Shine . . 4 October 2002 . 22 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131228201941/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4188.asp . 28 December 2013 .
- Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . . 143 . 26 March 2013 .
- News: [올림픽/수영]조성모·장희진 자유형 예선탈락]. Olympic swimming: Freestyle stalwarts Cho Sung-mo and Jang Hee-jin eliminated. ko. The Dong-a Ilbo. 22 September 2000. 9 November 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208185415/http://news.donga.com/List/Series_70050000000106/3/70050000000106/20000922/7585297/1. 8 December 2015.
- Web site: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 24 March 2013.
- News: Jeffrey. Josh. Klochkova Leads Ukraine to Team Crown at World University Games, USA Is Second. Swimming World Magazine. 31 August 2003. 22 April 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130411222652/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/5822.asp. 11 April 2013.
- Web site: Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 3. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
- News: Thomas . Stephen . Men's 1500 Freestyle, Prelims Day 7: David Davies Fastest, Posts British Record 14:57.03 . . 20 August 2004 . 22 April 2013 . dead . https://archive.today/20130630094555/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7916.asp . 30 June 2013 .
