Yun Cho-rong

Yun Cho-Rong

Personal information
Nationality	South Korea
Born	(1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 35) Chuncheon, Gangwon, South Korea
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Modern pentathlon
Coached by	Kang Kyung-Hyo

In this Korean name, the family name is Yun.

Yun Cho-Rong (Korean: 윤초롱; born September 1, 1989, in Chuncheon, Gangwon) is a South Korean modern pentathlete.^[1] She also won a gold medal for the women's individual event at the 2006 Asian Modern Pentathlon Championships in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Yun qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed as a lone female athlete in the women's modern pentathlon. During the competition, Yun struggled in the early segments, with poor scores in pistol shooting and a one-touch épée fencing, but managed to attain twenty-fourth-place finishes in freestyle swimming and show jumping. In the end, Yun finished the event with cross-country running in thirty-third place, for a total score of 4,872 points.^[2]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yun Cho-Rong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
2. "Women's Modern Pentathlon". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.

External links

• UIPM Profile
• NBC Olympics Profile