Won Yun-jong explained

Won Yun-jong
Nationality:South Korean
Birth Date:1985 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Jungnang-gu, Seoul, South Korea[1]
Height:1.82 m
Weight:107 kg
Sport: Bobsleigh (driver)
Module:
Child:yes
Hangul:원윤종
Hanja:[2]
Rr:Won Yunjong
Mr:Wŏn Yunjong

Won Yun-jong (born 17 June 1985) is a South Korean bobsledder.[3]

Won competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for South Korea. He teamed with brakeman Seo Young-woo in the South Korea-1 sled in the two-man event, finishing 18th, and with Seo, Jun Jung-lin and Suk Young-ji in the four-man, finishing 20th.[4] [5]

As of 2017, his best showing at the World Championships is 5th, in the two-man event in 2015.

Won made his World Cup debut in December 2010. As of 2017, his best World Cup finish is 1st, in 2015-16 at Whistler and Konigssee, Germany. He was the overall champion of the 2015-16 season for the two-man category.

Along with teammate Seo, Won placed sixth out of 30 teams in the two-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang on 19 February, recording an overall time of 3:17.40 in four runs. Although they failed to win a medal, it was the best Olympic result by an Asian bobsleigh team.[6] The following week, on 25 February, the South Korean four-man team of pilot Won, Seo, Kim Dong-hyun and Jun Jung-lin won a surprising silver medal in the four-man event, tying with a German team led by Nico Walther. With the silver medal, South Korea became the first Asian nation to claim an Olympic medal in a bobsleigh event.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 봅슬레이 원윤종은 '중랑의 아들' 평창올림픽 봅슬레이 4인승 은메달 면일초, 중화중, 면목고등학교 졸업중랑구, 원윤종 선수에 격려금 전달 . 중랑신문 . 16 March 2018 . 25 February 2024 . ko.
  2. News: 信的力量 . The Power of Belief . . 3 March 2016 . 6 July 2016.
  3. Web site: Yunjong Won . . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231223438/http://www.fibt.com/bobsleigh/athletes.html?athl_id=129897 . 31 December 2013.
  4. Won Yun-Jong . https://web.archive.org/web/20161204050813/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/won-yun-jong-1.html . dead . 4 December 2016.
  5. Web site: Yunjong WON . Sochi2014 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140319223503/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-yunjong-won . 19 March 2014.
  6. News: Two-Man Bobsleigh Team Achieves Korea's Best Olympic Result . 20 February 2018 . . Hyung-jun . Yoon.
  7. News: Silver Win for S. Korea 4-Man Bobsleigh . 25 February 2018 . Korean Broadcasting System.