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| When the gold medal was decided at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Photo=Sports Chosun DB |
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'Wrestling Legend'Park Jang-soon, director of the Samsung Life Wrestling Team, has been appointed as the chairman of the Sports Safety Foundation.
The Sports Safety Foundation was officially inaugurated on the 15th as the 6th chairman of the board of directors by Park Jang-soon, a former Olympic wrestling gold medalist' he said.
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| Park Jang-soon, chairman of the 2004 Athens Olympic Wrestling Team as coach. Photo =Sports Chosun DB |
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| Coach Park Jang-soon consoled Kim Hyun-woo, his favorite player, who missed the bronze medal when he was a member of the national wrestling team at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Photo =Sports Chosun DB |
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Park won a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He achieved three consecutive Olympic finals and achieved the feat of a grand slam by winning the gold medal at the 1993 Toronto World Championships and the gold medal at the 1990 Beijing Asian Games. He is the first Korean to be named in the World Wrestling Federation (UWW) Hall of Fame. Since retirement, he has served as the national coach of Guangzhou in 2010, Incheon Asian Games in 2014, and Rio Olympics in 2016, and has devoted his energy to nurturing the younger players as the head coach of the Samsung Life Wrestling Team so far. His students include the 2004 Athens Olympics silver medal questionnaire, the 2012 London gold medal, and the 2016 Rio bronze medalist Kim Hyun-woo. Since then, he has built various careers as a player, leader, and administrator, including the director of the Korea Sports Council and the director of the Korea Wrestling Association.
Park Jang-soon, the new chairman of the board, was appointed through the 27th board of directors on the 9th and officially took office on the 15th after approval by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The term of office is two years, and it is possible to serve consecutive terms only once. Immediately after taking office, Chairman Park said, "We will do our best to establish the Sports Safety Foundation as a safety partner trusted by both sportsmen and the public." expressed his feelings.
Chairman Park's inauguration marked the beginning of another Olympic gold medalist as the head of a sports organization, following Yoo Seung Min, president of the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation, Ha Hyung-joo, president of the Los Angeles Olympic Games (1984), and Chung Jin-wan, president of the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled (the 2000 Sydney Paralympics shooting ban).
Meanwhile, the Sports Safety Foundation is a public interest foundation under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and provides integrated sports safety management services such as sports safety education, deductions, and inspections.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
