Chung Hoon (born April 29, 1969 in

Buan County Buan County (''Buan-gun'') is a county in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is bounded by the city of Jeongeup on the east, the county of Gochang on the south, the city of Gimje on the north, and Yellow Sea on the west. Buan is divided into ...

Jeollabuk-do North Jeolla Province (; ''Jeollabuk-do''), also known as Jeonbuk, is a province of South Korea. North Jeolla has a population of 1,869,711 (2015) and has a geographic area of 8,067 km2 (3,115 sq mi) located in the Honam region in the southwest ...

) is a South Korean

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo") ...

. Chung was the World Champion at 71 kg in 1993. He won a bronze medal in the 1991 World Championships. Chung represented South Korea in the 1992 Olympic Games, winning bronze in the Lightweight division. In the semifinal, he lost to Hungarian

Bertalan Hajtós Bertalan Hajtós (born 28 September 1965 in Miskolc) is a Hungarian judoka. He competed at the 1988, 1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodn ...

. Next year, Chung went up against the Hungarian judoka again in the final at the World Championship and avenged the loss by decision. Chung retired from competitive judo after winning his second Asian Game gold medal in 1994. Chung has been serving as a judo instructor and professor for

Yong-In University Yong In University is a private university located in Samga-dong, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Founded as a judo school, it expanded to the present-day comprehensive private university offering both undergraduate and gradua ...

and the head coach of the South Korean national judo team.

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