Cho Sung-mo
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| Full name | Cho Sung-mo | ||||||||||||
| National team |
 South Korea | ||||||||||||
| Born |
6 January 1985 Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Jack Simon (U.S.)[1] | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Cho Sung-mo | |
| Hangul | 조성모 |
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| Hanja | 趙成模 |
| Revised Romanization | Jo Seongmo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Cho Sŏngmo |
Cho Sung-mo (also Jo Seong-mo, Korean: 조성모; born January 6, 1985) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.[2] He established a South Korean record of 15:12.32 to earn a silver medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.[1] During his swimming career, Cho has been training most of the time between the United States and Mexico, under veteran coach and long-time mentor Jack Simon.[1]
Cho made his Olympic debut, as South Korea's youngest male swimmer (aged 15), at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Swimming in heat three of the men's 1500 m freestyle, Cho faded down the stretch to round out the field in last place and thirty-third overall on the morning prelims in 15:50.45.[3][4]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Cho qualified again for the men's 1500 m freestyle by posting a FINA B-standard entry time of 15:19.49 from the Summer Universiade in Daegu.[5][6] He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including top medal favorite David Davies of Great Britain. Cho rounded out the field to last place by a 13.38-second margin behind Russia's Alexey Filipets in 15:43.43. Cho failed to advance into the final, as he placed twenty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.[7][8]
References
- 1 2 3 "China and Japan Share the Gold on Day 5 of Asian Games; China's Wu and Xu Shine". Swimming World Magazine. 4 October 2002. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ "Cho Sung-mo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 143. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ↑ "[올림픽/수영]조성모·장희진 자유형 예선탈락" [Olympic swimming: Freestyle stalwarts Cho Sung-mo and Jang Hee-jin eliminated] (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ↑ Jeffrey, Josh (31 August 2003). "Klochkova Leads Ukraine to Team Crown at World University Games, USA Is Second". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (20 August 2004). "Men's 1500 Freestyle, Prelims Day 7: David Davies Fastest, Posts British Record 14:57.03". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2013.