JUNG Yura

Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: 6 Feb 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

Place of birth: BUSAN

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Women KOR Republic of Korea	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #04 NOR Norway 39 KOR Republic of Korea 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #10 KOR Republic of Korea 36 NED Netherlands 43	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #15 JPN Japan 24 KOR Republic of Korea 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #20 MNE Montenegro 28 KOR Republic of Korea 26	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #25 KOR Republic of Korea 31 ANG Angola 31	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Quarterfinal #34 SWE Sweden 39 KOR Republic of Korea 30	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2012	London, GBR
10	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Women	2011	Brazil
12	Women	2013	Serbia
14	Women	2015	Denmark

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	Indonesia

Asian Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	Japan
1	Women	2017	Republic of Korea

God Yu-Ra (hani.co.kr, 15 Jan 2019)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Daegu Metropolitan City Hall [Republic of Korea] since 2010

Lee Jae Seo [club], KOR; Kang Jae-Won [national], KOR

Position style:

Right wing (yna.co.kr, 14 Jun 2021)

Left (hani.co.kr, 15 Jan 2019)

In April 2017 she underwent surgery on her right knee due to a ruptured cruciate ligament. She has had three other surgeries due to persistent right knee injuries between 2010 and 2019. (news1.kr, 31 Aug 2018; hani.co.kr, 15 Jan 2019)

She tore the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her left knee during a match against France at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and was forced to withdraw from the event. (Athlete, 05 Aug 2016; chosun.com, 09 Aug 2012)

National league:

Handball Korea League [KOR] (handballkorea.com 23 Feb 2021)

She took up the sport seriously in grade seven of middle school in Masan, Republic of Korea. (Athlete, 05 Aug 2016; hani.co.kr, 15 Jan 2019)

She initially tried handball in grade four of primary school, as a coach was looking for a left-handed player. Although she considered quitting the sport, she was invited to join the school team by a coach who persuaded her to continue for one more week. (Athlete, 05 Aug 2016; hani.co.kr, 15 Jan 2019)

Competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Handball TV YouTube channel, 04 May 2018)

Korean handball player Choi Im-Jeong. (hani.co.kr, 15 Jan 2019)

Her family. (Handball TV YouTube channel, 04 May 2018)

Philosophy:

"It ain't over till it's over." (Athlete, 05 Aug 2016)

In 2018 she received the Player of the Year Award from the Korea Handball Federation. (chosun.com, 22 Feb 2019)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
She considered retiring from competitive handball after she ruptured a cruciate ligament in her right knee in April 2017. "After the surgery, I almost decided to quit the sport. At that time I was touched by my family who told me, 'It is okay to quit', because they used to say, 'You can do it again'. I felt that they became very empathetic with me despite really wanting to see me play again. It also motivated me to return to competitive action." (Handball TV YouTube channel, 04 May 2018)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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