Yun Won-chol

Yun Won-Chol

Yun Won-chol (left) vs Haithem Mahmoud, Rio 2016
Personal information
Nationality	North Korea
Born	(1989-07-03) 3 July 1989 (age 28) North Pyongan, North Korea
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Greco-Roman
Club	April 25 Sports Club
Coached by	Choe Hak
Medal record FILA Wrestling World Championships 2013 Budapest 55 kg 2015 Las Vegas 59 kg Asian Games 2014 Incheon 59 kg Asian Wrestling Championships India 2013 55 kg Astana 2014 59 kg

Yun Won-Chol (Korean pronunciation: [ju.nwʌn.tsʰʌl] or [jun] [wʌn.tsʰʌl]; born July 3, 1989 in North Pyongan) is an amateur North Korean Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's featherweight category. Yun represented North Korea at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men's 55 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to South Korea's Choi Gyu-Jin, who was able to score three points in two straight periods, leaving Yun without a single point. He became the world champion after he defeated Choi in the final at Budapest.

He competed for North Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 59 kg division. He defeated Haithem Mahmoud Fahmy of Egypt in the first round. He was then defeated by Elmurat Tasmuradov of Uzbekistan in the quarterfinals. Yun was the flag bearer for North Korea during the closing ceremony.