Chon Jong-won
{{short description|South Korean climber}}
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| name = Chon Jong-won
| nationality = South Korean
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|02|07}}
| birth_place = Seoul{{Cite web |title=Jongwon CHON |last=Becker |first=Ralf |publisher=Digital ROCK |access-date=17 May 2019 |url=https://www.digitalrock.de/egroupware/ranking/sitemgr/digitalrock/pstambl.html#person=11183&cat=6 |archive-date=18 June 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190618172623/https://www.digitalrock.de/egroupware/ranking/sitemgr/digitalrock/pstambl.html%23person=6487&cat=1#person=11183&cat=6 |url-status=live }}
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| occupation = Professional rock climber
| height = 177 cm
| weight = 60 kg
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| knownfor = Winning World Cup in 2015
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| updated = November 13, 2017
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{{MedalSport | Men's competition climbing }}
{{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Innsbruck|Bouldering}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Cup}}
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{{Medal|Winner|2017|Bouldering}}
{{Medal|Second|2017|Combined}}
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{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul = 천종원
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| rr = Cheon Jongwon
| mr = Ch'ŏn Chongwŏn
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File:Winners men saison IFSC WC 2015 0796.JPG
Chon Jong-won (born February 7, 1996) is a South Korean competition climber, who won the IFSC Climbing World Cup in 2015 and 2017 in the competition bouldering discipline and competed in the 2020 Olympics.
Biography
In 2012 Chon participated in his first international youth competition climbing events. In 2013, he won second place in the Asian Youth Championships. Since 2014 he has climbed as an adult in the IFSC Climbing World Cup in the competition bouldering discipline. In his first season, he reached the finals twice and won fourth place both times. He finished the season at rank 9.IFSC: [http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!type=ranking&cat=ICC_MB&cup=14_WC IFSC Climbing Worldcup 2014: M E N bouldering] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226201817/http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!type=ranking&cat=ICC_MB&cup=14_WC |date=2014-12-26 }}, as of 2014-12-31
Chon reached the finals of the IFSC World Cup four times in 2015 and finished 6th in Toronto, 2nd in Chongquing, 1st in Haiyang, and 3rd in Munich. These rankings were enough for him to win the season, ahead of Jan Hojer of Germany and Adam Ondra of the Czech Republic.IFSC: [http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!type=ranking&cat=ICC_MB&cup=15_WC IFSC Climbing Worldcup 2015: M E N bouldering] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226201817/http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!type=ranking&cat=ICC_MB&cup=15_WC |date=2014-12-26 }}, as of 2015-08-15
In 2016, he came 3rd in the IFSC World Cup in Chongqing, 4th in Navi Mumbai, and 2nd in Munich. He came 1st in Innsbruck, reaching 4th place for the season. He also came first place in La Sportiva Legends Only, with impressive shows of finger strength.
Chon competed in the sport climbing event in Tokyo 2020, placing 10th overall.Olympics: [https://olympics.com/en/athletes/jongwon-chon Olympic Athlete Profile: JONGWON CHON]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108011514/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/jongwon-chon |date=2021-11-08 }}, as of 2023-05-05
In the past, Chon participated in competitions in the disciplines of lead climbing and speed climbing, but since he began climbing in the World Cup, he has specialized in bouldering.
Rankings
= Climbing World Cup =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |
| style="background: #b0e0e6" | Discipline
! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2013 ! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2014 ! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2015 ! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2016 ! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2017 ! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2018 ! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2019 ! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2021 ! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2022 ! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2023 ! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2024 |
|---|
| align="left" | Lead
| 64 | 59 | - | - | 23 | - | 58 | - | 78 | 95 | 58 |
| align="left" | Bouldering
| - | 9 | style="background: gold" | 1 | 4 | style="background: gold" | 1 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| align="left" | Combined
| - | 5 | - | - | style="background: silver" | 2 | | | | | 19 | |
= Climbing World Championships =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |
| style="background: #b0e0e6" | Discipline
! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2014 ! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2016 ! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2018 ! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2019 ! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2021 ! style="background: #b0e0e6" | 2023 |
|---|
| align="left" | Lead
| - | - | 33 | 24 | 32 | 39 |
| align="left" | Bouldering
| 35 | 9 | style="background: silver" |2 | 12 | 49 | 23 |
| align="left" | Speed
| - | - | 110 | 33 | - | - |
| align="left" | Combined
| - | - | 10 | 20 | - | 34 |
Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup
= Bouldering =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||
| width = "55" | Season
! width = "55" style="background: gold;" | Gold ! width = "55" style="background: silver;"| Silver ! width = "55" style="background: #cc9966;"| Bronze ! width = "55" | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2018
| | | | | ||||
| 2019
| | |1 |1 | ||||
| 2021
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| 2022
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| 2023
| | | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
References
{{Reflist|refs=
{{cite web|url=https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/ranking|title=World Cup Rankings|editor=IFSC|date=August 20, 2019|access-date=August 20, 2019|archive-date=February 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209191425/http://ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/ranking|url-status=live}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/component/ifsc/?view=athlete&id=11183|title=Chon's profile and rankings|editor=IFSC|date=August 20, 2019|access-date=August 20, 2019|archive-date=May 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507221540/https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/component/ifsc/?view=athlete&id=11183|url-status=live}}
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{IFSC profile|2052|Jongwon Chon|old_id=11183|archive=20200812034846}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|jongwon-chon|Jongwon Chon}}
- {{Olympedia|144996|Cheon Jong-Won}}
- {{Instagram|chonjongwon96|Chon Jongwon}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chon, Jong-won}}
Category:Sportspeople from Seoul
Category:South Korean rock climbers
Category:IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists
Category:Sport climbers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic sport climbers for South Korea
Category:Sport climbers at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Sport climbers at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
Category:Asian Games medalists in sport climbing