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Jang Jae-sung

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Jang Jae-sung
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 63 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Ankara 63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Sofia 69 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bangkok 63 kg
Silver medal – second place 1994 Hiroshima 62 kg

Jang Jae-Sung (Korean장재성; Hanja張在成; born March 15, 1975, in Incheon) is a retired South Korean freestyle wrestler.

Career

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Jang first garnered attention in the 1992 World Junior Wrestling Championships, held in Cali, Colombia, where he won the gold medal in the freestyle 63 kg class.

Jang won the silver medal in the freestyle 62 kg class at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he defeated reigning world champion Elbrus Tedeyev of Ukraine 3–1 in the quarterfinals but lost to Tom Brands of United States 7–0 in the gold medal match.

Jang accumulated another Olympic medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he lost to eventual gold medalist Mourad Oumakhanov of Russia in the semifinals but beat 1997 world champion Mohammad Talaei of Iran in the bronze medal match.

Post career

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Jang participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics as an assistant coach of the South Korean national freestyle wrestling team. He currently serves as an assistant coach in the LH Wrestling Club.

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