John Tarkong
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | John Tarkong, Jr. |
| Nationality |
 Palau |
| Born |
7 December 1965 Washington, D.C., United States |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Wrestling |
| Style | Greco-Roman |
| Club |
Palauan Amateur Wrestling Federation |
| Coach | Lee Joong-Sub |
John Tarkong, Jr. (born December 7, 1965 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States) is a retired amateur Palauan Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's heavyweight category.[1] Tarkong represented Palau at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[2] During his sporting career, he has been training for the Palauan Amateur Wrestling Federation under his personal coach Lee Joong-Sub.
Tarkong qualified for the Palauan squad, as a 38-year-old, in the men's 96 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by receiving a berth from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3] He received two straight losses due to technical superiority and no classification points in a preliminary pool match against Kyrgyzstan's Gennady Chkhaidze and Bulgaria's Kaloyan Dinchev, finishing twentieth overall out of twenty-two wrestlers.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "John Tarkong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ "2004 Athens: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony". Olympics. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ↑ "Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 2004-03-13 Tashkent (UZB) – Men's Greco-Roman 96kg". International Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ "Men's Greco-Roman 96kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ "Nauruan athlete achieves 'personal bests' in weightlifting". Radio Australia (ABC News Australia). 26 August 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2013.