| John Tarkong | |
| Fullname: | John Tarkong, Jr. |
| Birth Date: | 7 December 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Weight: | 960NaN0 |
| Style: | Greco-Roman |
| Club: | Palauan Amateur Wrestling Federation |
| Coach: | Lee Joong-Sub |
| Show Medals: | yes |
John Tarkong, Jr. (born December 7, 1965, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States) is a retired amateur Palauan Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's heavyweight category.[1] Tarkong represented Palau at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[2] During his sporting career, he has been training for the Palauan Amateur Wrestling Federation under his personal coach Lee Joong-Sub.
Tarkong qualified for the Palauan squad, as a 38-year-old, in the men's 96 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by receiving a berth from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3] He received two straight losses due to technical superiority and no classification points in a preliminary pool match against Kyrgyzstan's Gennady Chkhaidze and Bulgaria's Kaloyan Dinchev, finishing twentieth overall out of twenty-two wrestlers.[4] [5]