Jang Jeong-min
South Korean rugby sevens player
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Jang Jeong-min (born 10 November 1994) is a South Korean rugby sevens player.[1] He competed for South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
| Born | 10 November 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early career
Jang was in middle school when he discovered rugby and decided to join his school's rugby club.[2] He continued playing rugby at Yonsei University.[2]
Rugby career
Jang was a member of the South Korean sevens team that competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3][4] He also represented South Korea at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, South Africa.[5]
In 2023, He was selected in the South Korean fifteens squad for the Asia Rugby Championship in June.[6] Later in September that year, he competed in rugby sevens at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[7] He scored a brace of tries to help his side beat China in the semi-final and secure a spot in the gold medal playoff.[7] They eventually won silver after their 14–7 loss to Hong Kong in the final.[8][9]
