Jo Jin-Saeng

Jo Jin-Saeng

Personal information
Nationality	South Korean
Born	(1965-02-23) February 23, 1965 (age 59) South Korea
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Korean name
Hangul	조진생
Hanja	趙鎭生
Revised Romanization	Jo Jinsaeng
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Chinsaeng
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Middle-distance running

Jo Jin-Saeng (born February 23, 1965) is a South Korean Olympic middle-distance runner. He represented his country in the men's 1500 meters and the men's 4 x 400 meters relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics. His time was a 3:45.63 in the 1500, and a 3:14.71 in the 4 x 400 relay.^[1]

Jo is the youngest of six children. His father Jo Pan-geum was a farmer. He attended North Jeolla Sports High School [ko].^[2]

References

1. Jo Jin Saeng at Sports Reference Sports Reference
2. 전북체고 1년 趙鎭生 [North Jeolla Sport High School first-year student Jo Jin-saeng]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. December 12, 1981. Retrieved August 10, 2017.