Jun Woong-tae

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Jun Woong-tae ({{Korean|전웅태||Jeon Ung-tae}}, born 1 August 1995) is a South Korean modern pentathlete.

Sports career

The athlete from Seoul was the first Korean player to win a ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after a series of victories, including winning the UIPM World Cup in 2018,{{Cite web|title=South Korea's Jun wins gold at men's Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Hungary - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/07/c_137160875.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810043828/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/07/c_137160875.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 10, 2020|access-date=2021-07-21|website=www.xinhuanet.com}} winning a gold medal at the Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang in the same year,{{Cite web|last=주 |first=경돈|date=2018-09-01|title=(LEAD) (Asian Games) S. Korea's Jun Woong-tae wins gold in men's modern pentathlon|url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20180901002351315|access-date=2021-07-21|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=en}} and a bronze medal in the individual event at the World Championships in 2019.{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=10 April 2021|title=Jun wins men's title at UIPM World Cup in Sofia|work=Inside the Games|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1106467/jun-woong-tae-uipm-world-cup-sofia}} Woongtae also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's event, achieving 19th place.{{cite web|title=Woongtae Jun|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/woongtae-jun|url-status=dead|website=Rio2016.com|publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games|accessdate=3 September 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826110154/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/woongtae-jun|archivedate=26 August 2016}}

Woongtae started out as a swimmer, before being encouraged by one of his teachers at the Seoul Sports Middle School to pursue modern pentathlon. He trained and mastered the five disciplines of the sport with the support of his school, the Gwangju City Hall and the [http://www.pentathlon.or.kr/ Korean Modern Pentathlon Federation], as well as the unequivocal support from his parents.

As of July 21, 2021, Woongtae Jun is 4th in the UIPM Senior Global World Championships Ranking and 1st in the UIPM Senior World Cup Ranking,{{Cite web|date=2021-07-20|title=Woongtae JUN|url=https://www.uipmworld.org/athlete/woongtae-jun|access-date=2021-07-21|website=Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM)|language=en}} making him one of the sports' most promising medal prospects for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games {{Cite web|date=2021-07-08|title="만능 스포츠맨 상징 근대5종, 새 역사 기다리세요"|url=https://www.donga.com/news/Sports/article/all/20210707/107845692/1|access-date=2021-07-21|website=The Dong-a Ilbo|language=ko}}

When reflecting on his performance during the 2016 Rio Olympics, Woongtae candidly spoke of his inexperience at the time and spoke of his commitment to train harder and prepare more, with hopes of being selected to represent South Korea and win a medal at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|date=2020-05-27|title=Road to Tokyo: Team energy fuels Olympic dream for Woongtae JUN (KOR)|url=https://www.uipmworld.org/news/road-tokyo-team-energy-fuels-olympic-dream-woongtae-jun-kor|access-date=2021-07-21|website=Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM)|language=en}}

"I will definitely win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics next year and make the modern pentathlon into the most important event in Korea."{{Cite web|date=2020-06-15|title=근대5종 국가대표 전웅태 "도쿄올림픽 연기돼 정말 다행"|url=https://woman.chosun.com/client/news/viw.asp?cate=C01&mcate=M1003&nNewsNumb=20200667076|access-date=2021-07-21|website=woman.chosun.com|language=ko}}

At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in August 2021, Jun won the bronze medal in men's individual modern pentathlon, behind winner Joe Choong and silver medalist Ahmed El-Gendy. His bronze medal was the first Olympic medal from a competitor from South Korea in this sport.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/134973 |website=olympedia.org |title=Jeon Ung-Tae |access-date=8 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/19002500 |website=olympedia.org |title=Individual, Men |access-date=8 November 2021}}