Jung Sung-il

This is a Korean name; the family name is Jung.
Jung Sung-il
Personal information
Country represented South Korea
Born (1969-10-21) October 21, 1969[1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Retired 1996

Jung Sung-il (October 21, 1969) is a South Korean retired competitive figure skater. He is the 1991 Winter Universiade silver medalist. He placed as high as sixth at the World Junior Championships (1988) and 14th at the World Championships (1991). A three-time Olympian, he placed 22nd at the 1988 Winter Olympics, 21st at the 1992 Winter Olympics, and 17th at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Following his retirement from competitive skating in 1996,[2] Jung became a coach. His former students include Choi Young-Eun[3] and Lee Dong-Whun.[4]

From 2003 to 2010, Jung toured with Disney on Ice's "100 Years of Magic" show. In 2010, he returned to South Korean to work as a coach.

Competitive highlights

International
Event 1983–84 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
Olympics 22nd 21st 17th
Worlds 22nd 15th 14th 20th 20th
NHK Trophy 4th 5th 9th 4th 9th 7th
Skate America 10th
Universiade 2nd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 15th 8th 18th 6th
National
South Korean
J. = Junior level

References

  1. ↑ "Jung Sung-Il". Sports Reference.
  2. ↑ Kyunghyang Shinmun, April 4, 1996. p16
  3. ↑ Young-Eun CHOI at the International Skating Union
  4. ↑ Dong-Whun LEE at the International Skating Union


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