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    Yang Jung-mo

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    In this Korean name, the family name is Yang.
    Yang Jung-mo

    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 (Korean: 양정모; 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[edit]

    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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