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New Star of Korea- the future suitable substitute for the 3times world
champion
Aug 2018—according to WT official website, Korean new Star Battles into the Big League.
Jun Jang is a third-year high school student, he is the latest entrant to the most formidable squad in the game: Team Korea. According to those in the know, he is the only serious challenger to fellow team-mate and three-time World Champion Tae Hun- Kim – and is already, thanks to victory in Moscow, a Grand Prix champion.
The 18-year-old from Chuncheon Province in central Korea, has been practicing taekwondo since the age of seven, but only started competing at age 12. He is currently a student at Hongsong High School, where his coach is Athens Olympic bronze medalist Song Myeong-seob.
A 4th Dan black belt, Jang has – in addition to his Moscow Grand Prix medal – first places wins at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Burnaby, Canada, and an Asian Championship title from the Asian Championships held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, this May.
As an athlete, his target is gold at Tokyo 2020 – but after that he has – like many teenagers – no clear where he is heading. “I want an Olympic gold medal,” he said. “I have no other plans beyond taekwondo at this time.
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