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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Chuncheon, Gangwon, South Korea | 1 September 1989
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Modern pentathlon |
Coached by | Kang Kyung-Hyo |
Yun Cho-Rong ( Korean: 윤초롱; born September 1, 1989, in Chuncheon, Gangwon) is a South Korean modern pentathlete. [1] She also won a gold medal for the women's individual event at the 2006 Asian Modern Pentathlon Championships in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yun qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed as a lone female athlete in the women's modern pentathlon. During the competition, Yun struggled in the early segments, with poor scores in pistol shooting and a one-touch épée fencing, but managed to attain twenty-fourth-place finishes in freestyle swimming and show jumping. In the end, Yun finished the event with cross-country running in thirty-third place, for a total score of 4,872 points. [2]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Chuncheon, Gangwon, South Korea | 1 September 1989
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Modern pentathlon |
Coached by | Kang Kyung-Hyo |
Yun Cho-Rong ( Korean: 윤초롱; born September 1, 1989, in Chuncheon, Gangwon) is a South Korean modern pentathlete. [1] She also won a gold medal for the women's individual event at the 2006 Asian Modern Pentathlon Championships in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yun qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed as a lone female athlete in the women's modern pentathlon. During the competition, Yun struggled in the early segments, with poor scores in pistol shooting and a one-touch épée fencing, but managed to attain twenty-fourth-place finishes in freestyle swimming and show jumping. In the end, Yun finished the event with cross-country running in thirty-third place, for a total score of 4,872 points. [2]