Ji Young-jun

{{Short description|South Korean long-distance runner (born 1981)}}

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Ji Young-jun ({{Korean|hangul=지영준|hanja=池永駿}}; born 15 October 1981 in Seoul) is a South Korean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. His personal best times are 13:49.99 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Shibetsu; 29:42.38 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Uijeongbu; and 2:08:30 hours in the marathon, achieved in April 2009 in Daegu.

He finished seventeenth at the 2004 Olympic Games,{{World Athletics}} and seventh at the 2006 Asian Games.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} He also competed at the 2003 and 2009 World Championships; on the latter occasion he did not finish the race.

After a few years off his top form, he re-established himself at the 2009 Daegu Marathon by knocking thirteen seconds off his best to win the race in a time of 2:08:30.[http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=50151.html Korean marathon hope re-emerges to win 2009 Daegu Int. Marathon]. IAAF (2009-04-13). Retrieved on 2010-10-16.

He won the gold medal in the marathon at the 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China, running 2:11:11.