Jinyong PARK

Republic of Korea

Luge

Date of Birth: 17 Nov 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MUJU

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Residence: MUJU

Residence Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Luge	Doubles KOR PARK Jinyong / CHO Jung Myung	12

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 2	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 3	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 4	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 5	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Training Run 6	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Doubles Run 2	Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Team Relay Competition	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
9	Team Relay	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:02:26.543
9	Doubles	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:01:32.672
12	Team Relay	2014	Sochi, RUS	00:02:52.629
18	Doubles	2014	Sochi, RUS	00:01:43.118

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
8	Team Relay	2020	Sochi, RUS	2:48.041
10	Team Relay	2016	Koenigssee, GER	2:50.543
10	Team Relay	2013	Whistler, BC, CAN	2:11.975
11	Team Relay	2017	Innsbruck, AUT	2:10.602
12	Doubles Sprint	2017	Innsbruck, AUT	30.237
13	Team Relay	2012	Altenberg, GER	2:47.810
14	Doubles	2020	Sochi, RUS	1:40.819
15	Doubles Sprint	2019	Winterberg, GER	31.367
15	Doubles	2019	Winterberg, GER	1:28.445
15	Doubles	2016	Koenigssee, GER	1:43.155
15	Doubles	2015	Sigulda, LAT	1:25.587
17	Doubles	2021	Koenigssee, GER	1:42.699
19	Doubles	2017	Innsbruck, AUT	40.150
23	Doubles	2013	Whistler, BC, CAN	37.983
25	Doubles	2012	Altenberg, GER	43.618
DNF	Team Relay	2015	Sigulda, LAT
DSQ	Team Relay	2021	Koenigssee, GER

World Cup Rankings
Season	Doubles	Doubles Sprint	Men's Singles
2021/22	19	21
2020/21	14	16
2019/20	17
2018/19	17
2017/18	27
2016/17	26
2015/16	26
2014/15	24
2013/14	30
2012/13	37
2011/12	34		61

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Doubles
2019/20	1 x 4th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
12	Doubles	2021/22	Winterberg, GER
13	Doubles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
13	Doubles Sprint	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT
14	Doubles	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT
16	Doubles	2021/22	Altenberg, GER
17	Doubles	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
18	Doubles	2021/22	Yanqing, CHN
18	Doubles	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT

Hobbies:

Dance, music.

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Korea National Sport University (Seoul, KOR)

Club name:

Gyeonggi Provincial Office

Coach:

National: Oleg Demchenko (RUS)

Position style:

Front

Debut:

2011 World Cup in Innsbruck (Relay - 11th), with Ryu Sung-Hyun
2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi (Doubles - 18th), with Cho Jung Myung

National team:

2010

Start:

Competed in biathlon until he entered high school. When he quit the sport in 2010, his parents encouraged him to take up luge. (FIL Media Guide, 2020/21; Info 2018)

Reason:

"The thrill of a sled running across the ice cannot be expressed in words." (nate.com, 21 Feb 2018)

Ambition:

"I want to become an athlete that immediately comes to mind when you hear the word 'luge'." (mt.co.kr, 14 Feb 2018)

To win a medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (ghnp.kr, 14 Feb 2018)

Training:

As opposed to their European counterparts who typically complete five runs per day, the Koreans were running up to 10 in the lead up to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. "I started with weight training as soon as I woke up in the morning and trained until seven in the evening, and I fell asleep at eight." (nate.com, 21 Feb 2018)

Memorable:

Competing in front of his home fans at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games while also posting historic results for the host nation with top-10 finishes in both doubles and the relay. (khan.co.kr, 15 Feb 2018)

General Interest

PARTNER
In the 2011/12 season, he partnered with Sung-Hyun Ryu and Hyeok Kwon Ju the following year. In 2013/14, he paired with Cho Jung Myung, and the two only trained together for three months prior to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games where they placed 18th of 19 teams. (tvreport.co.kr, 13 Feb 2014)

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
At the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, along with partner Cho Jung Myung, they became the first doubles team to compete for Korea at an Olympic Winter Games with the highest result for the Asian nation in any luge discipline up to that point (18th). A day later, they were 12th in the relay with Seong Eun-Ryeong and Kim Dong-Hyeon.

Two top-10 finishes of ninth at PyeongChang 2018 (doubles, team relay).

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The team's bronze at the 2015 U23 World Championships in Sigulda was Korea's first medal at a World Championship event.

WORLD CUP
In the 2019/20 season, finishing fourth in doubles at the World Cup in Winterberg was the highest World Cup finish for any Korean luge athlete. The tandem were 0.057 seconds off the podium behind Poland's Wojciech Chmielewski/Jakub Kowalewski, in a race boycotted by many nations due to unsafe track conditions.

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Legend

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