Park Jang-Soon (; born April 10, 1968) is a retired

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, world champion and Olympic champion.

Olympics

He received a silver medal at the

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."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 7, 2008) He won a gold medal at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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."1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 7, 2008) At the

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he received a silver medal."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Wrestling"
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World championships

Park won a gold medal at the 1993 FILA Wrestling World Championships in

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, defeating former Olympic and world champion Dave Schultz in the final match. He became the first South Korean wrestler to win both a wrestling world championship and an Olympic gold medal.

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