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. Tarkong represented
Palau at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
, where he became the nation's
flag bearer in the opening ceremony. 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
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
Athens by receiving a berth from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 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.
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1965 births
Living people
Palauan male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Palau
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Washington, D.C.
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