Chung Hoon (; born 29 April 1969) is a South Korean

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. He was born in

Buan County Buan County (, ''Buan-gun'') is a county in Jeonbuk State, 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 1 ' ...

North Jeolla Province North Jeolla Province, officially Jeonbuk State (), is a Special Self-governing Province of South Korea in the Honam region in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula. Jeonbuk borders the provinces of South Chungcheong to the north, North Gyeo ...

, South Korea. Chung was the World Champion at 71 kg in

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

. He won a bronze medal in the 1991 World Championships. Chung represented South Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics, winning bronze in the Lightweight division. In the semifinal, he lost to Hungarian Bertalan Hajtós. 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

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gold medal in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

. Chung has been serving as a judo instructor and professor for Yong-In University and the head coach of the South Korean national judo team.

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* * * Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Living people 1969 births Martial artists from North Jeolla Province Olympic medalists in judo Asian Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1990 Asian Games Judoka at the 1994 Asian Games South Korean male judoka Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Goodwill Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games 20th-century South Korean sportsmen 21st-century South Korean people South Korean judoka coaches {{SouthKorea-judo-bio-stub