Jung Sun-Yong (born 11 March 1971) is a female

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. At the age of 14, she was the youngest judoka ever to represent South Korea in 1985. Jung won two medals at the

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and

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World Championships, and also gained a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Jung won the

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three consecutive times, the Fukuoka International Female Judo Championship five times, and the Paris Open (Tournoi de Paris) three times. Jung retired right after the 1996 Olympics, and currently serves as a teacher in elementary school.

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* * * 1971 births Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for South Korea Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Living people Olympic medalists in judo Asian Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1994 Asian Games South Korean female judoka Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Universiade medalists in judo Goodwill Games medalists in judo Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games 20th-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-judo-bio-stub