Nationality South Korea Role Olympic athlete Sport Modern pentathlon Height 1.82 m | Coached by Nam Kyung-Guk Weight 74 kg Name Jung Jin-hwa | |
Born 25 May 1989 (age 34) ( 1989-05-25 ) Ulsan, South Korea | ||
Jung Jin-Hwa (also Jeong Jin-Hwa, Korean: 정진화; born May 25, 1989 in Ulsan) is a modern pentathlete from South Korea. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he finished eleventh in the men's event, tying his highest achievement with Kim Mi-Seop at Atlanta in 1996.
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.
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