Lee In-jeong, President of the Asian Mountain Federation, Armored Seok Cho Jae-kwan, Leader Award
Apr 28, 2025
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Since January, the Sogang Min-gwan Food and Sports Foundation (Chairman Chung Dae-chul) has held three sports awards screening committees for athletes recommended from all walks of life and announced the winners of each category on the 28th. Chairman Lee In-jeong was unanimously selected as the grand prize winner. Chung Kang-sun, head of the national team for the Paris Olympics, will receive the Achievement Award, and Jang Myung-hee, president of the Asian Skating Union, will receive the Special Achievement Award.
Chairman Lee In-jeong is a former professional mountain climber who conquered Manaslo in 8,156 meters for the first time in Korea as the leader of Dongguk University in 1980. While serving as the president of the Korea Mountain Federation since 2005, he laid the foundation for developing mountaineering into a sport. It has contributed to raising Korea's mountains to the top of the world. In particular, it received high marks for its great contribution to expanding the base of sports by providing scholarships to a total of 741 promising athletes in various sports for 35 years after establishing the Taein Stadium Association in 1990.
Jeong Kang-sun, head of the Paris Olympic Games (Chairman of the Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province Sports Council), contributed to making the world's top 10 by setting the record for the most medals in the Olympics (13 gold, 9 silver, and 10 bronze medals). Chairman Jang Myung-hee is a living witness to Korea's ice skating development, which is serving six consecutive terms as the chairman of the Asian Skating Union even at the age of 94.
The national team coach and gold medalist, who confirmed the potential of Korean sports at the Paris Olympics and Paris Paralympics, were selected as the winners for the leader award and the best player.
Armored-stone shooting team coach (professor at Korea Sports University), who raised the highest record ever with three gold medals and three bronze medals at the Paris Olympics, and Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall), who won the first three gold medals in men's archery as the oldest member of South Korea's archery, were selected as the leader and best player in the non-disabled category.
In the disabled category, he also won both the Leader Award and the Most Valuable Player Award at the Paris Paralympics table tennis.
Director Cho Jae-kwan (Gwangju Metropolitan Government), who won 14 medals including two gold medals, three silver medals, and nine bronze medals, won the Leader's Award, and became the first Korean in the category of intellectual disability to win the
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Chung Hee-don, chairman of the Asian Sports Journalists' Federation (former director of SBS Sports Journalists' Department), was recommended by the Korea Sports Journalists' Federation for the first time in two years. Chairman Chung Hee-don, who began his career as a sports reporter for SBS in 1995, has been a sports journalist for the past 30 years, and is currently the chairman of the Asian Sports Journalists Federation and vice chairman of the World Sports Journalists Federation, serving as a spearhead for promoting the activities of Korean sports reporters to the world.
The Dream Tree Award, which was newly established last year and marks its second year this year, will be won by Lee Joon-hee (Changwon Angolpo Middle School), the boxing youth representative, and Kim Seo-yul (Sejong Bu Kang Middle School), the taekwondo youth representative, respectively.
Winners will be awarded 10 million won in prize money, 5 million won in merit awards, media awards, leader awards, and best player awards, along with 3 million won in prize money for the Dream Tree Award.
Chung Dae-chul, chairman of the Foundation for Food and Rural Affairs, said, `All the winners are unrivalled experts and global leaders in their fields,' and added, `I hope that Dr. Sogang will continue to devote himself to the will of Dr. Gong Min-sik, who laid the foundation for the development of sports in Korea.'
The award ceremony will be held at 11:30 a.m. on May 9 (Friday) at the State Queen Room on the 7th floor of the Koreana Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul.
◇ List of winners of the 17th Sogang Sports Awards
▶ Daesang Lee In-jeong, Chairman of the Asian Mountain Federation
▶Kongro Sang-sang Chung Kang-sun, Head of the Republic of Korea at the 2024 Paris Olympics (Chairman of the Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province Sports Council)
▶ Chairman of the Asian Skating Union, Jang Myung-hee, Special Achievement Award
▶ Leader Award Armored Seok, Shooting Director of the Paris Olympics (Professor of Korea Sports University), Cho Jae-kwan, Table Tennis Director of the Paris Paralympics (Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall)
▶ Chung Hee-don, chairman of the Asian Sports Journalists' Federation, in the press
▶ Best Player Award Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall/Archery) Kim Ki-tae (Seoul Metropolitan Government/ Disabled Table Tennis)
▶ Dream Tree Award Lee Joon-hee (Changwon Angolpo Middle School/Boxing) Kim Seo-yul (Sejongbu Kangjung/Taegwondo)
▶Special Award Kim Chae-yeon (Gunpo Suri High School/Figure Skating) Shim Si-yeon (GCM/Tennis)
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
