Jang Jeong-min
| Date of birth | 10 November 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jang Jeong-min (born 10 November 1994) is a South Korean rugby sevens player.[1] He competed for South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Early career
Jang was in middle school when he discovered rugby and decided to join his school's rugby club.[2] He continued playing rugby at Yonsei University.[2]
Rugby career
Jang was a member of the South Korean sevens team that competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3][4] He also represented South Korea at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, South Africa.[5]
In 2023, He was selected in the South Korean fifteens squad for the Asia Rugby Championship in June.[6] Later in September that year, he competed in rugby sevens at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[7] He scored a brace of tries to help his side beat China in the semi-final and secure a spot in the gold medal playoff.[7] They eventually won silver after their 14–7 loss to Hong Kong in the final.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Jang Jeong-min". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ a b "The Korean Rugby Team's Olympic Debut". The Yonsei Annals (in Korean). 5 September 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Men's Sevens Squads for Tokyo 2020 from Asia". Asia Rugby. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Men's Sevens Preview". Americas Rugby News. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Korea Men's Sevens Squad Confirmed for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". RugbyAsia247. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Asia Rugby Championship 2023 - Hong Kong China, South Korea & Malaysia". RugbyAsia247. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Bulley, Jim (26 September 2023). "Korea dominates semifinal to lock in gold or silver in rugby sevens". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "What The Asian Rugby Unions Have Said After Hangzhou Asian Games 2022". RugbyAsia247. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Bulley, Jim (26 September 2023). "Rugby sevens team earn first Asiad silver medal in 17 years". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
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External links
- Jang Jeong-min at Olympedia
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