Jung Jin-hwa

In this Korean name, the family name is Jung.

Jung Jin-Hwa (also Jeong Jin-Hwa, Korean: 정진화; born May 25, 1989, in Ulsan) is a modern pentathlete from South Korea.^[2] He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he finished eleventh in the men's event, tying for the best result for a South Korean with Kim Mi-Seop at Atlanta in 1996.^[1]

Jung Jin-Hwa

Personal information
Nationality	South Korea
Born	(1989-05-25) 25 May 1989 (age 35) Ulsan, South Korea
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Modern pentathlon
Coached by	Nam Kyung-Guk[1]
Medal record Men's modern pentathlon Representing  South Korea World Championships 2012 Rome Relay 2015 Berlin Team 2016 Moscow Relay 2017 Cairo Individual 2019 Budapest Team 2022 Alexandria Relay 2019 Budapest Relay 2021 Cairo Relay 2012 Rome Individual 2012 Rome Team 2013 Kaohsiung Team 2016 Moscow Individual 2016 Moscow Team 2017 Cairo Team 2023 Bath Team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team 2014 Incheon Individual 2014 Incheon Team

Jung also won an individual bronze medal at the 2012 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Rome, Italy, finishing behind the Russians, world champion Aleksander Lesun and two-time Olympic champion Andrey Moiseev.

At the 2016 Olympics, he finished in 13th place.^[2]

References

1. "Jinhwa Jung". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeong Jin-Hwa. Original name: 정 진화. Other name: Jung Jin-Hwa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

External links

• Jinhwa JUNG at UIPM (archived page from Pentathlon.org)