Jang Kyung-gu (born 19 May 1990) is a South Korean road bicycle racer. He competed in the road race competition of 2010 and 2014 Asian Games, finishing 13th and first respectively.[1] He is the first Korean athlete to win a gold medal in the cycling road race since Kim Yong-mi in the women's road race at the 2002 Asian Games.[2]
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| Born | 29 May 1990 | |||||||||||
| Korean name | ||||||||||||
| Hangul | 장경구 | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Jang Gyeong-gu | |||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Chang Kyŏng-ku | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Country |  South Korea | |||||||||||
| Sport | Road bicycle racing | |||||||||||
| Cycling career | ||||||||||||
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| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Seoul Cycling Team | |||||||||||
| 2012 | Arbö–Gebrüder Weiss–Oberndorfer | |||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Korail Cycling Team | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Major results
edit- 2010
- 2nd Overall Tour de Seoul
- 7th Overall Tour de Korea
- 1st Stage 7
- 2011
- 1st Overall Tour de Hokkaido
- 4th Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2012
- 4th Overall Tour de Korea
- 1st Young rider classification
- Asian Road Championships
- 8th Road race
- 8th Time trial
- 2014
- 1st
Road race, Asian Games - Tour de Korea
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 6
- 5th Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2015
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 1st Mountains classification Tour de Korea
- 2016
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Singkarak
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2017
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2018
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Road race, Asian Games
- 2021
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2022
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2023
- Tour of Thailand
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
Mountains classification
References
edit- ^ "Kyung Gu Jang rider results". cyclingdatabase.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ "(Asiad) S. Korean Jang Kyung-gu wins gold in men's road race cycling". Yonhap News. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
External links
edit- Jang Kyung-gu at UCI
- Jang Kyung-gu at ProCyclingStats
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