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Yang Jung-mo

Yang in 1976
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal 62 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1978 Mexico City 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Minsk 62 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1978 Bangkok 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 1974 Teheran 62 kg

Yang Jung-Mo (Korean양정모; Hanja梁正模; born January 22, 1953, in Busan) is a retired South Korean Olympic freestyle wrestler and the first Olympic champion from South Korea. He received a gold medal in the featherweight division of wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Wrestling". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yang Jeong-Mo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
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