Won Yun-jong

Won Yun-jong (born 17 June 1985) is a South Korean bobsledder.[2]

This is a Korean name; the family name is Won.

Won Yun-jong

Personal information
Nationality	South Korean
Born	(1985-06-17) 17 June 1985 Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	107 kg (236 lb)
Korean name
Hangul	원윤종
Hanja	元潤鐘[1]
Revised Romanization	Won Yunjong
McCune–Reischauer	Wŏn Yunjong
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Bobsleigh (driver)
Medal record Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Four-man

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.[3][4]

As of 2017, his best showing at the World Championships is 5th, in the two-man event in 2015.[2]

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.[2] 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 February 19, 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.[5] The following week, on February 25, 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.[6]

References

1. "信的力量" [The Power of Belief]. Dong-a Ilbo. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
2. "Yunjong Won". FIBT. Archived from the original on 2013-12-31.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Won Yun-Jong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
4. "Yunjong WON". Sochi 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-03-19.
5. Yoon, Hyung-jun (February 20, 2018). "Two-Man Bobsleigh Team Achieves Korea's Best Olympic Result". The Chosun Ilbo.
6. "Silver Win for S. Korea 4-Man Bobsleigh". Korean Broadcasting System. February 25, 2018.

External links

• Yunjong WON at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation

Olympic Games
Preceded by Lee Kyou-hyuk Ri Song-chol	Flagbearer for  Korea 2018 Pyeongchang (with Hwang Chung-gum)	Succeeded by Incumbent