Yoo Won-jeong is a South Korean

paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

boccia player. He participated at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

in the

boccia Boccia ( ) is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name "boccia" is derived from the Latin word for "boss" – '. The sport is contested at local, national and international levels, by athletes ...

competition, being awarded the

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

in the individual BC1 event.

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Paralympic Games profile
Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) South Korean boccia players Boccia players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in boccia Paralympic boccia players for South Korea Paralympic bronze medalists for South Korea 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-Paralympic-medalist-stub