Jung Seung-gi

Jung Seung-gi
	Jung in 2020
Personal information
Nationality	South Korean
Born	17 March 1999 (age 27); Paju, South Korea
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Skeleton
Club	Gangwon Provincial Office
Turned pro	2014
Coached by	Jaemyung Kim; Koshi Kazuhiro; Jeff Pain;
Medal record
Men's skeleton
Representing South Korea
World Championships

Overview

Jung Seung-gi (Korean: 정승기; born 17 March 1999)^[1] is a South korean skeleton racer. Jung finished in ninth place in the men's skeleton at the 2019 IBSF World Championships in Whistler, and won a gold medal at the 2018 Intercontinental Cup in Winterberg. He won a bronze medal at the 2023 IBSF World Championships for the first time since Yun Sungbin’s bronze medal back in 2019.

Jung was born on March 17, 1999, in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. In 2014, he was first introduced to the world of Skeleton sport. In 2018, Jung was one of the young Korean athletes who carried the Olympic Flag into the Olympic Stadium at the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.^[2] In 2023, Jung graduated from Catholic Kwandong University with a Bachelor's degree on Sports Rehabilitation.

Season	Place	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
2019–20	12th	904	LPL1 15	LPL2 13	WIN 9	LPG 11	IGL 9	KON 15	STM -	SIG 11
2020–21	21st	360	SIG1 -	SIG2 -	IGL1 -	IGL2 -	WIN -	STM -	KON 25	IGL3 9
2021–22	9th	1104	IGL1 7	IGL2 4	ALT1 22	WIN1 11	ALT2 16	SIG 3	WIN2 11	STM 13
2022–23	4th	1478	WHI 2	PCT 2	LPL 3	WIN 13	ALT1 4	ALT2 7	IGL 2	SIG 7