Cho Sung-min (also ''Jo Seong-min'', ko, 조성민; born January 29, 1987, in Seoul) is a South Korean sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (

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) and open match racing classes. He claimed a bronze medal, as a member of the South Korean sailing team, in match racing at the

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, and later represented South Korea at the

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. As of September 2013, Cho is ranked no. 134 in the world for two-person dinghy class by the

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. Cho made his official debut at the

in Guangzhou, where he captured a bronze medal for the South Korean team in a match duel against the host nation China with a scintillating record of 3–1. At the

in London, Cho competed as a boat crew member in the men's 470 class after receiving a berth from the World Championships in

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. Teaming with his partner and skipper

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in the opening series, Cho pulled off a twenty-second-place finish in a fleet of twenty-seven boats with an accumulated net score of 169 points.

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* * * * 1987 births Living people Olympic sailors of South Korea South Korean male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470 Asian Games medalists in sailing Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Sailors at the 2002 Asian Games Sailors at the 2010 Asian Games Sailors at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Sportspeople from Seoul Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 470 {{SouthKorea-sport-bio-stub