Won Yun-jong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Won Yun-jong

South Korean bobsledder

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1985

Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea

Profession: bobsledder

Nationality: South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Won Yun-jong (born 17 June 1985) is a South Korean bobsledder.Won competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for South Korea.
He teamed with brakeman Seo Young-woo in the South Korea-1 sled in the two-man event, finishing 18th, and with Seo, Jun Jung-lin and Suk Young-ji in the four-man, finishing 20th.As of 2017, his best showing at the World Championships is 5th, in the two-man event in 2015.Won made his World Cup debut in December 2010.
As of 2017, his best World Cup finish is 1st, in 2015-16 at Whistler and Konigssee, Germany.
He was the overall champion of the 2015-16 season for the two-man category. Along with teammate Seo, Won placed sixth out of 30 teams in the two-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang on February 19, recording an overall time of 3:17.40 in four runs.
Although they failed to win a medal, it was the best Olympic result by an Asian bobsleigh team.
The following week, on February 25, the South Korean four-man team of pilot Won, Seo, Kim Dong-hyun and Jun Jung-lin won a surprising silver medal in the four-man event, tying with a German team led by Nico Walther.
With the silver medal, South Korea became the first Asian nation to claim an Olympic medal in a bobsleigh event.