Won Yun-jong (born 17 June 1985) is a South Korean
bobsledder
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Seo Young-woo
Seo Young-woo ( ko, 서영우, born 27 October 1991) is a South Korean bobsledder who competes as the brakeman for the two-man bobsled piloted by Won Yun-jong as well as a push crewman for the four-man bobsled also piloted by Won Yun-jong.
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in the South Korea-1 sled in the two-man event, finishing 18th, and with Seo,
Jun Jung-lin
Jun Jung-lin (born 27 January 1989) is a South Korean bobsledder who competes as the brakeman for the two-man bobsled piloted by Kim Dong-hyun as well as a push crewman for the four-man bobsled piloted by Won Yun-jong.Suk Young-ji in the four-man, finishing 20th.
As of 2017, his best showing at the
World Championships
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is 5th, in the two-man event in
2015
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Won made his
World Cup
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debut in December 2010. As of 2017, his best World Cup finish is 1st, in 2015-16 at Whistler and Konigssee, Germany. He was the overall champion of the 2015-16 season for the two-man category.
Along with teammate Seo, Won placed sixth out of 30 teams in the two-man event at the
Pyeongchang
Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seou ...
on February 19, recording an overall time of 3:17.40 in four runs. Although they failed to win a medal, it was the best Olympic result by an Asian bobsleigh team. The following week, on February 25, the South Korean four-man team of pilot Won, Seo, Kim Dong-hyun and
Jun Jung-lin
Jun Jung-lin (born 27 January 1989) is a South Korean bobsledder who competes as the brakeman for the two-man bobsled piloted by Kim Dong-hyun as well as a push crewman for the four-man bobsled piloted by Won Yun-jong.four-man event, tying with a German team led by
Nico Walther
Nico Walther (born 7 June 1990) is a German bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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. With the silver medal, South Korea became the first Asian nation to claim an Olympic medal in a bobsleigh event.