Jang Kyung-gu explained
Jang Kyung-gu |
Birth Date: | 29 May 1990 |
Sport: | Road bicycle racing |
Module: | Hangul: | 장경구 | Mr: | Chang Kyŏng-ku | Rr: | Jang Gyeong-gu | Child: | yes |
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Module2: | Role: | Rider | Proyears1: | 2009 | Proyears2: | 2012 | Proyears3: | 2014–2016 | Child: | yes |
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Show-Medals: | no |
Jang Kyung-gu (born 19 May 1990) is a South Korean road bicycle racer. He competed in the road race competition of 2010 and 2014 Asian Games, finishing 13th and first respectively.[1] He is the first Korean athlete to win a gold medal in the cycling road race since Kim Yong-mi in the women's road race at the 2002 Asian Games.[2]
Major results
- 2010
2nd Overall Tour de Seoul 7th Overall Tour de Korea
1st Stage 7
- 2011
1st Overall Tour de Hokkaido
4th Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2012
4th Overall Tour de Korea
1st Young rider classification
Asian Road Championships
8th Road race
8th Time trial
- 2014
1st Road race, Asian Games
Tour de Korea
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 6
5th Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2015
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Mountains classification Tour de Korea
- 2016
1st Stage 6 Tour de Singkarak
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2017
1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2018
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
6th Road race, Asian Games
- 2021
1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2022
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2023
Tour of Thailand
1st Stage 5
1st Mountains classificationNotes and References
- Web site: Kyung Gu Jang rider results . cyclingdatabase.com . 27 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141227124433/https://www.cyclingdatabase.com/rider/kyung-gu-jang/38144 . 27 December 2014 .
- News: (Asiad) S. Korean Jang Kyung-gu wins gold in men's road race cycling. 27 December 2014. Yonhap News. 28 September 2014.