Jung Won-Yong (also ''Jeong Won-Yong'', ko, 정 원용; born May 16, 1992, in

Gyeonggi-do Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na ...

) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events. He won a bronze medal, as a member of the South Korean swimming team, in the 400 m freestyle relay at the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

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. Jung qualified for two swimming events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, by eclipsing FINA B-standard entry times of 2:02.50 (200 m individual medley) and 4:18.98 (400 m individual medley) from the

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. In the 400 m individual medley, Jung challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including two-time Olympian

Raphaël Stacchiotti Raphaël Stacchiotti (born 9 March 1992 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish swimmer, who specialized in the freestyle and individual medley events. He is a four-time Olympian (2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020), a multiple-time Luxembourgian record h ...

of Luxembourg. He clinched a fifth spot and twenty-eighth overall by six hundredths of a second (0.06) behind Belarus'

Yury Suvorau Yury Yurievich Suvorau ( be, Юрый Юр'евіч Сувораў; born March 29, 1991, in Vitebsk) is a Belarusian swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. Suvorau qualified for the men's 400 m individual medley, as a member of th ...

and Portugal's

Diogo Carvalho Diogo Carvalho (born 26 March 1988 in Coimbra) is a Portuguese swimmer. He made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 metre individual medley. He competed in the 200 and 400 m individual medleys at the 2012 Summer Olympics. ...

, outside his entry time of 4:23.12. In his second event, 200 m individual medley, Jung edged out Ukrainian swimmer and double European junior champion

Maksym Shemberev Maksym Shemberev (born 25 September 1993) is a Ukrainian (until 2015) and Azerbaijani (since 2015) swimmer. Career Maksym Shemberev was born and raised in Ukraine. He competes in the Men's individual medley and represented Ukraine until 2015. S ...

of Ukraine to claim a heat one victory by 0.07 of a second, with a time of 2:03.33. Jung failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-second in the preliminary heats.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1992 births Living people South Korean male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for South Korea Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games South Korean male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-swimming-bio-stub