Jo O-ryeon (Korean: 조오련, 5 October 1952 – 4 August 2009) was a South Korean freestyle swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He later practiced long-distance open-water swimming, swimming the Korea Strait in 1980, and at the end of that year was awarded the Chreongryong Medal for his athletic feats. In 1982, he swam the English Channel, crossing from England-to-France in 9:35. In 2003 Jo served on the Korean Olympic Committee.[1]
Jo O-ryeon
Personal information
Born
(1952-10-05)5 October 1952
Died
4 August 2009(2009-08-04) (aged 56) Haenam, South Korea
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
ryeon, korean, 조오련, october, 1952, august, 2009, south, korean, freestyle, swimmer, competed, events, 1972, summer, olympics, later, practiced, long, distance, open, water, swimming, swimming, korea, strait, 1980, that, year, awarded, chreongryong, medal, athl. Jo O ryeon Korean 조오련 5 October 1952 4 August 2009 was a South Korean freestyle swimmer He competed in two events at the 1972 Summer Olympics He later practiced long distance open water swimming swimming the Korea Strait in 1980 and at the end of that year was awarded the Chreongryong Medal for his athletic feats In 1982 he swam the English Channel crossing from England to France in 9 35 In 2003 Jo served on the Korean Olympic Committee 1 Jo O ryeonPersonal informationBorn 1952 10 05 5 October 1952Died4 August 2009 2009 08 04 aged 56 Haenam South KoreaSportSportSwimmingMedal record Representing South Korea Asian Games 1970 Bangkok 400m freestyle 1970 Bangkok 1500m freestyle 1974 Tehran 400m freestyle 1974 Tehran 400m freestyle 1974 Tehran 200m freestyle 1978 Bangkok 200m butterflyReferences edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Jo O ryeon Olympic Results Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 3 December 2016 Retrieved 20 November 2016 External links editJo O ryeon at Olympedia nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a South Korean swimmer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jo O ryeon amp oldid 1215145304, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
