Yun Won-chol

Yun Won-Chol
Personal information
Nationality  North Korea
Born (1989-07-03) 3 July 1989
North Pyongan, North Korea
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Greco-Roman
Club April 25 Sports Club[1]
Coached by Choe Hak[1]
Medal record
FILA Wrestling World Championships
2013 Budapest 55 kg
2015 Las Vegas 59 kg
Asian Games
2014 Incheon 59 kg
Asian Wrestling Championships
India 2013 55 kg
Astana 2014 59 kg
Yun Won-chol
Chosŏn'gŭl 윤원철
Revised Romanization Yun Won-cheol
McCune–Reischauer Yun Wŏn-chŏl
This is a Korean name; the family name is Yun.

Yun Won-Chol (born July 3, 1989 in North Pyongan) is an amateur North Korean Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's featherweight category.[1][2] Yun represented North Korea at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men's 55 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to South Korea's Choi Gyu-Jin, who was able to score three points in two straight periods, leaving Yun without a single point. He became the world champion after he deafeated Choi in the final at Budapest.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Yun Won-Chol". London 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Yun Won-Chol". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Men's 55kg Greco-Roman Round of 16 Finals". London 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.

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