Yang Jung-mo
South Korean freestyle wrestler
![]() Yang in 1976 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Men's freestyle wrestling | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
Olympic Games ![]() | ||
![]() | 1976 Montreal | 62 kg |
World Championships | ||
![]() | 1978 Mexico City | 62 kg |
![]() | 1975 Minsk | 62 kg |
Asian Games | ||
![]() | 1978 Bangkok | 62 kg |
![]() | 1974 Teheran | 62 kg |
Yang Jung-Mo (Korean: 양정모; Hanja: 梁正模; born January 22, 1953, in Busan) is a retired South Korean Olympic freestyle wrestler and the first Olympic champion from South Korea. He received a gold medal in the featherweight division of wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1][2]
References
- ^ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Wrestling". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yang Jeong-Mo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
External links
- Yang Jung-Mo at the International Wrestling Database
- Yang Jung-Mo at Olympics.com
- Yang Jung-Mo at Olympedia
- Jung-Mo Yang at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
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- 1904:
Benjamin Bradshaw (USA)
- 1908:
George Dole (USA)
- 1920:
Charles Ackerly (USA)
- 1924:
Robin Reed (USA)
- 1928:
Allie Morrison (USA)
- 1932:
Hermanni Pihlajamäki (FIN)
- 1936:
Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)
- 1948:
Gazanfer Bilge (TUR)
- 1952:
Bayram Şit (TUR)
- 1956:
Shozo Sasahara (JPN)
- 1960:
Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR)
- 1964:
Osamu Watanabe (JPN)
- 1968:
Masaaki Kaneko (JPN)
- 1972:
Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS)
- 1976:
Yang Jung-mo (KOR)
- 1980:
Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)
- 1984:
Randall Lewis (USA)
- 1988:
John Smith (USA)
- 1992:
John Smith (USA)
- 1996:
Tom Brands (USA)
- 2000:
Murad Umakhanov (RUS)
- 2004:
Yandro Quintana (CUB)
- 2008:
Mavlet Batirov (RUS)
- 2012:
Toghrul Asgarov (AZE)
- 1904: 61.33 kg
- 1908: 60.3 kg
- 1920–1936: 61 kg
- 1948–1960: 62 kg
- 1964–1968: 63 kg
- 1972–1996: 62 kg
- 2000: 63 kg
- 2004–2012: 60 kg
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