Chang Yong-heung
| Date of birth | 12 November 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb; 12 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chang Yong-heung (born 12 November 1993) is a South Korean rugby sevens player.[1] He competed for South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Rugby career
[edit]Chang competed for South Korea in the men's sevens tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2][3] He also represented South Korea at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, South Africa.[3][4]
He appeared on the reality show Physical: 100 in Season 2, however, he left the show before the eighth episode as he chose to lead the South Korean sevens squad to the delayed 2022 Asian Games in 2023.[3][5] He eventually won a silver medal at the Games.[5][6]
He previously played for Japanese club, Urayasu D-Rocks, in the Rugby League One competition.[7] He also featured on Netflix's Korean reality show, Rugged Rugby: Conquer or Die in December 2024.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chang Yong-heung". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens - Australia vs Republic of Korea - Pool A Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Mukherjee, Ankita (2 April 2024). "Why did Chang Yong-Heung Quit Physical: 100 Season 2 – Underground?". Yahoo Entertainment. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Korea Men's Sevens Squad Confirmed for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". RugbyAsia247. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ a b Shreya, Kumari (3 April 2024). "Why Did Chang Yong-Heung Leave Physical 100?". The Cinemaholic. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b LeGardye, Quinci (10 December 2024). "'Rugged Rugby: Conquer or Die' Gives the Sport the 'Physical: 100' Treatment—Here's What to Know About the Athletes". Marie Claire Magazine. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Rugby: NTT Comms win reflects Top League's multinational flavor". Kyodo News+. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
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- 1993 births
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- Male rugby sevens players
- Olympic rugby sevens players for South Korea
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- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games silver medalists in rugby sevens
- Asian Games bronze medalists in rugby sevens
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- South Korean rugby union players
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