Jung Jin-Hwa
Personal information
Nationality South Korea
Born (1989-05-25) 25 May 1989
Ulsan, South Korea
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportModern pentathlon
Coached byNam Kyung-Guk[1]
Medal record
Men's modern pentathlon
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Rome Relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Berlin Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Moscow Relay
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cairo Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Alexandria Relay
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest Relay
Silver medal – second place 2021 Cairo Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Rome Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Rome Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kaohsiung Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Moscow Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Cairo Team
Bronze medal – third place2023 BathTeam
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Individual
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team

Jung Jin-Hwa (also Jeong Jin-Hwa, Korean: 정진화; born May 25, 1989, in Ulsan) is a modern pentathlete from South Korea.[2] He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he finished eleventh in the men's event, tying for the best result for a South Korean with Kim Mi-Seop at Atlanta in 1996.[1]

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.

At the 2016 Olympics, he finished in 13th place.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jinhwa Jung". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeong Jin-Hwa. Original name: 정 진화. Other name: Jung Jin-Hwa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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