Yang Jung-mo

South Korean freestyle wrestler
Yang Jung-mo

Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal 62 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1978 Mexico City 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Minsk 62 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1978 Bangkok 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 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

  1. ^ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Wrestling". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. ^ 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 DatabaseEdit on Wikidata
  • Yang Jung-Mo at Olympics.comEdit on Wikidata
  • Yang Jung-Mo at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
  • Jung-Mo Yang at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
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  • 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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  • 1954–1958: 62 kg
  • 1962–1966: 63 kg
  • 1970–1994: 62 kg
  • 1998: 63 kg
  • 2002–2010: 60 kg
  • 2014: 61 kg


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