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Jeon Ki-young

Personal information

Born

11 July 1973 (age 51)

Occupation

Judoka

Height

179 cm (5 ft 10 in)

Korean name

전기영

全己盈

Jeon Gi-yeong

Chŏn Ki-yŏng

Sport

Country

South Korea

Sport

Judo

Weight class

–78 kg, –86 kg

Achievements and titles

Olympic Games

(1996)

World Champ.

(1993, 1995, 1997)

Asian Champ.

(1995)

Medal record

Men's judo

Representing South Korea
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	‍–‍86 kg
World Championships
	1993 Hamilton	‍–‍78 kg
	1995 Chiba	‍–‍86 kg
	1997 Paris	‍–‍86 kg
Asian Championships
	1995 New Delhi	‍–‍86 kg
	1996 Ho Chi Minh	‍–‍86 kg

Profile at external databases

IJF

23316

JudoInside.com

3677

Updated on 4 June 2023

Jeon Ki-young (Korean: 전기영, born 11 July 1973 in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province) is a retired judoka who competed in the ‍–‍78 kg and ‍–‍86 kg divisions.

Jeon has won three consecutive world championships (1993, 1995 & 1997), twice beating the Hidehiko Yoshida in dramatic fashion in the finals. He has also won six world cup titles.

The crowning moment in Jeon's judo career came in winning the gold medal in the men's middleweight division at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, U.S.^[1] He defeated Armen Bagdasarov of Uzbekistan in the final match by ippon. In his march to the gold, Jeon won every match by ippon, except the 1st round match against the Dutch judoka Mark Huizinga, who would go on to dominate the weight once Jeon himself retired.

Jeon retired from competition at a relatively young age of 25 in 1999, citing both knee injuries and an absence of motivation due to lack of competition. He retired undefeated in both Olympic and world championship competition.

In 2003, PRIDE FC and Antonio Inoki tried to sign Jeon to fight Yoshida under MMA rules (using the fact that Jeon have never lost against Yoshida in judo^[2]) but Jeon refused offers.^[3]

Championships & accomplishments

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1997 World Championships 86 kg class in Paris, France – gold medal
1997 French Open 86 kg class in Paris, France – gold medal
1997 East Asian Games 86 kg class in Busan, Korea – silver medal
1997 & 1994 Austrian Open 86 kg class in Leonding, Austria – gold medal
1996 Olympic Games 86 kg class in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. – gold medal
1995 World Championships 86 kg class in Makuhari, Chiba, Japan – gold medal
1995 Asian Championships 86 kg class in New Delhi, India – gold medal
1995 Dutch Open 86 kg class in 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands – gold medal
1994 German Open 78 kg class in Munich, Germany – gold medal
1993 World Championships 78 kg class in Hamilton, Canada – gold medal
1993 French Open 78 kg class in Paris, France – gold medal

References

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^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeon Ki-young". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
^ "JudoInside, the latest judo results, news, photos, videos and stats".
^ http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?Total_ID=421611 ^{[bare URL]}

External links

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Jeon Ki-young at the International Judo Federation
Jeon Ki-young at JudoInside.com
Jeon Ki-young at AllJudo.net (in French)
Jeon Ki-young at Olympics.com
Jeon Ki-young at Olympedia
Jeon Ki-young at The-Sports.org
Jeon Ki-young on Instagram
Judo Legend
Youtube Video

Olympic Champions in Judo – Middleweight Men

1964–1976: –80 kg • 1980–1996: –86 kg • 2000–: –90 kg

v t e World Judo Championships — Men's Middleweight
1965–75: −80 kg • 1979–97: −86 kg • 1999–present: −90 kg
1965: Isao Okano 1967: Eiji Maruki 1969: Isamu Sonoda 1971: Shōzō Fujii 1973: Shōzō Fujii 1975: Shōzō Fujii 1979: Detlef Ultsch 1981: Bernard Tchoullouyan 1983: Detlef Ultsch 1985: Peter Seisenbacher 1987: Fabien Canu 1989: Fabien Canu 1991: Hirotaka Okada 1993: Yoshio Nakamura 1995: Jeon Ki-young 1997: Jeon Ki-young 1999: Hidehiko Yoshida 2001: Frédéric Demontfaucon 2003: Hwang Hee-tae 2005: Hiroshi Izumi 2007: Irakli Tsirekidze 2009: Lee Kyu-won 2010: Ilias Iliadis 2011: Ilias Iliadis 2013: Asley González 2014: Ilias Iliadis 2015: Gwak Dong-han 2017: Nemanja Majdov 2018: Nikoloz Sherazadishvili 2019: Noël van 't End 2021: Nikoloz Sherazadishvili 2022: Davlat Bobonov 2023: Luka Maisuradze 2024: Goki Tajima
List of World Judo Championships medalists in Men's Middleweight

v t e World Judo Championships — Men's Half Middleweight
1967–75: −70 kg • 1979–97: −78 kg • 1999–present: −81 kg
1967: Hiroshi Minatoya 1969: Hiroshi Minatoya 1971: Hideki Tsuzawa 1973: Toyokazu Nomura 1975: Vladimir Nevzorov 1979: Shōzō Fujii 1981: Neil Adams 1983: Nobutoshi Hikage 1985: Nobutoshi Hikage 1987: Hirotaka Okada 1989: Kim Byung-joo 1991: Daniel Lascau 1993: Jeon Ki-young 1995: Toshihiko Koga 1997: Cho In-chul 1999: Graeme Randall 2001: Cho In-chul 2003: Florian Wanner 2005: Guillaume Elmont 2007: Tiago Camilo 2009: Ivan Nifontov 2010: Kim Jae-bum 2011: Kim Jae-bum 2013: Loïc Pietri 2014: Avtandili Tchrikishvili 2015: Takanori Nagase 2017: Alexander Wieczerzak 2018: Saeid Mollaei 2019: Sagi Muki 2021: Matthias Casse 2022: Tato Grigalashvili 2023: Tato Grigalashvili 2024: Tato Grigalashvili
List of World Judo Championships medalists in Men's Half Middleweight