Ji Sang-jun (; born December 12, 1973) is a retired male

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...

and freestyle

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from

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

, who represented his native country at two consecutive

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, starting in

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(1992). He is best known for winning a gold medal at the

1995 Summer Universiade The 1995 Summer Universiade, also known as the XVIII Summer Universiade, took place in Fukuoka, Japan. Emblem The symbol mark is a motif of "U", expressing passion and energy in the flickering flames of a burning torch. In the flames one sees bot ...

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1973 births Living people South Korean male backstroke swimmers South Korean male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for South Korea Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1990 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Universiade medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade People from Goesan County Sportspeople from North Chungcheong Province {{SouthKorea-swimming-bio-stub