Hong Un-jong
{{Short description|North Korean artistic gymnast}}
{{Family name hatnote|Hong||lang=Korean}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
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| full_name = Hong Un-jong
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| country = {{PRK}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|03|09|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Hamgyong, North Korea{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Hong Un-Jong |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/hong-un-jong-1.html |access-date=12 September 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701033003/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/hong-un-jong-1.html |archive-date=1 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}
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| height = 1.55 m
| discipline = WAG
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| club = Pyongyang Sports Club
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| headcoach = Kim Chun-phil
| assistcoach = Choe Kyong-hui
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| choreographer = Kim Chun-phil
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{{MedalCountry | {{PRK}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|2008 Beijing|Vault}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Nanning|Vault}}
{{MedalSilver |2015 Glasgow|Vault}}
{{MedalBronze|2013 Antwerp|Vault}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Incheon|Vault}}
{{MedalSilver | 2014 Incheon | Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2006 Doha|Vault}}
{{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}}
{{MedalGold|2009 Belgrade|Vault}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Kazan|Vault}}
{{MedalBronze|2009 Belgrade|Uneven bars}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2006 Surat|Vault}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 Putian|Vault}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 Putian|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|East Asian Games}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Tianjin|Vault}}
{{MedalBronze|2013 Tianjin|Team}}
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{{Infobox Korean name/auto
| hangul = %홍은정
| hanja = 洪恩情
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Hong Un-jong ({{Korean|hangul=홍은정}}; born 9 March 1989) is a North Korean artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic champion and 2014 World Champion on vault. She was the first North Korean female gymnast to win a medal at the Olympics.{{cite web|title=North Korea Gymnastics |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PRK/summer/GYM/ |website=sports-reference |access-date=20 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620202229/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PRK/summer/GYM/ |archive-date=20 June 2015 |df=dmy-all }}
Career
She was an individual event finalist on the vault at the 2007 World Championships and the bronze medalist on the event at the 2006 Asian Games.
Hong represented North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she won the gold medal in the women's vault competition. This was the first Olympic medal for a North Korean woman in Olympic gymnastics.
Hong won the gold medal in vault at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan (tied with Russian gymnast Ksenia Afanasyeva) and is the bronze medalist on vault at the 2013 World Championships.
The following year she won the vault final at the World Championships. She performed the two most difficult vaults in the final.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/11679659/hong-un-jong-denies-simone-biles-3rd-gold-gymnastics-worlds |title=Simone Biles denied third gold |date=11 October 2014 |website=ESPN |access-date=11 October 2014}} In 2015 Hong again represented North Korea at the World Championships held in Glasgow. Though she retained her full difficulties and performed impressively, she failed to defend her title and won a silver medal instead. She was behind Russia's Maria Paseka by 0.033 point. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she qualified second into vault finals behind Simone Biles. In the finals she performed a solid Cheng to start. For her second vault, she became the first female gymnast to ever attempt a triple twisting yurchenko vault; however she under rotated and sat down the vault, getting the vault devalued to an Amanar, and ultimately missed the podium.
Age controversy
{{Further|Hong Su-jong#2010 age controversy}}
Hong Un-jong is the sister of Hong Su-jong, with whom she shares a 9 March birthday. Hong Su-jong had three different birth dates listed for her (1985, 1986, or 1989) at various competitions.{{cite web|last1=Turner|first1=Amanda|title=North Korean Gymnast's Age Under Dispute|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1937:north-korean-gymnasts-age-under-dispute&catid=2:news&Itemid=53|website=International Gymnast Magazine|access-date=20 June 2015|date=30 September 2010}} At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she competed under the 1985 birth date, but the 1989 birth date would have meant that she was too young to compete.{{cite web|title=One Woman, Three Birthdays|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/sports/03sportsbriefs-northkorea.html?_r=0|website=The New York Times|access-date=20 June 2015|date=2 October 2010}} In November 2010, Hong Su-jong was permanently banned from all international competition as a consequence of providing inconsistent age information. North Korea was also banned from all international competition until October 2012 due to this incident, which most significantly included the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|title=London 2012 Olympics: North Korean gymnasts suspended for age falsification|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/8114590/London-2012-Olympics-North-Korean-gymnasts-suspended-for-age-falsification.html|website=The Telegraph|access-date=20 June 2015|date=6 November 2010}} Hong Un-jong has never been personally implicated in the age falsification, but the consequent country-wide ban meant that she could not defend her Olympic title on vault.
In a video, Hong Un-jong appeared to admit that Hong Su-jong is her twin.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AxRUKAtiXE?t=1m40s "Hong Un-jong admitting being twins with her sister at 1m40s"] Choson Sinbo If accurate, this would mean that Hong Su-jong was in fact born in 1989, confirming the age falsification.
Competitive history
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! align=center | Event ! style="width:30px;" | Team ! style="width:30px;" | AA ! style="width:30px;" | VT ! style="width:30px;" | UB ! style="width:30px;" | BB ! style="width:30px;" | FX | |||||||
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| rowspan="1"|2005 | align=left|East Asian Games | {{bronze3}} | |||||
| rowspan="2"|2006 | align=left|Asian Championships | {{silver2}} | {{gold1}} | ||||
| align=left|Asian Games | DQ | {{bronze3}} | |||||
| rowspan="2"|2007 | |||||||
| bgcolor=#CCCCFF
|align=left|World Championships | 4 | ||||||
| rowspan="2"|2008 | align=left|Maribor World Cup | {{gold1}} | 4 | ||||
| bgcolor=98FB98
|align=left|Olympic Games | {{gold1}} | ||||||
| rowspan="2"|2009 | align=left|Summer Universiade | DQ | {{gold1}} | {{bronze3}} | |||
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|align=left|World Championships | {{N/A}} | 5 | |||||
| rowspan="1"|2010 | align=left|Moscow World Cup | {{gold1}} | 6 | ||||
| rowspan="1"|2011 | colspan=7; rowspan=2; align=center | North Korea banned from international competition | ||||||
| rowspan="1"|2012 | |||||||
| rowspan="3"|2013 | align=left|Summer Universiade | {{gold1}} | |||||
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|align=left|World Championships | {{N/A}} | {{bronze3}} | |||||
| align=left|East Asian Games | {{bronze3}} | {{gold1}} | 7 | 6 | |||
| rowspan="3"|2014 | align=left|Osijek World Cup | 8 | |||||
| align=left|Asian Games | {{silver2}} | {{gold1}} | |||||
| bgcolor=#CCCCFF
|align=left|World Championships | {{gold1}} | ||||||
| rowspan="2"|2015 | |||||||
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|align=left|World Championships | {{silver2}} | ||||||
| rowspan="2"|2016 | |||||||
| bgcolor=98FB98
|align=left|Olympic Games | 6 |
References
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External links
- {{FIG|bio=22728|lic=6015|name=HONG Un Jong}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|un-jong-hong|Un Jong HONG}}
- {{databaseolympics|UnJonHon01|Hong UnJong}}
- {{Olympedia|117720|Hong Un-Jong}}
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