Jung Yu-ra (born 6 February 1992), also known at Jeong Yu-ra or Jung Yura, is a South Korean

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player for Colorful Daegu and the South Korean national team.

Career

Internationally, Jung has represented

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several times at the Summer Olympics. Her team placed fourth in

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, tenth in

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, and eight at the

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. She was also part of the Korean team that won gold medals at the

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, and another gold at the

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* * * 1992 births Living people South Korean female handball players Olympic handball players for South Korea Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games medalists in handball Handball players at the 2014 Asian Games Handball players at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade medalists in handball Universiade silver medalists for South Korea Handball players from Seoul Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-handball-bio-stub