Professor Chang Ung
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Professor Chang Ung
By: International Jendo Federation (JF)--Philjendo 02:57, 16 June 2008 (GMT)
Entry in the IOC
- 1996
Country
- PRK / Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Personal Data
- Born
- 5 July 1938 Pyong Yang
- Marital Status
- Married, four children
- Education
- Graduate of Pyongyang University of Physical Education and Sports
- Career
- Military service officer (1956-1966); lecturer in basketball at Pyongyang Specialized School of Sports (1970-1974); official at the DPR Korea Sports Guidance Committee (1974-1980); Vice-Chairman of the Physical Culture and Sports Guidance Committee (1998-) then 1st Vice-Chairman (2002); Deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly of DPR Korea (2003-)
- Sports Praciced
- Basketball
- Sports Career
- National basketball team captain (1956-1967); Pyongyang Sports Club basketball coach (1968-1973)
- Sports Administration
- Member of the DPR Korea Basketball Association (1974-1980) then standing member and Vice-President (1980-1986); NOC full-time Assistant Secretary General (1980-1985), full-time Secretary General (1985-1998) then Vice-President (1998-); President of DPR Korea Rowing Association (1985-1989); Deputy Chief of the DPRK NOC Delegation to talk (1990-April 1991) with South Korean NOC for the Unified Teams of Table Tennis in World Championships in Japan 1991 and Football Youth Championships in Portugal 1991; Vice-President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) (1991-1992); Advisor to OCA President (1992-); Secretary General of the Organising Committee of 2nd East Asian Games in 1995 in Pyongyang; Representative of NOC to talk with IOC and South Korean NOC for Joint March of North and South NOC Teams at Opening Ceremony of Olympic Games in Sydney. Activities in Taekwondo and Martial Arts: Vice-President (1979-1988) then 1st Vice-President (1989-1993) of the DPR Korea Martial Arts Federation; Founding Member (1980), Member (1984-1988) then Standing Adviser of the DPR Korea Taekwondo Committee (1998-); Executive President of the Preparatory Committee for Uniting Taekwondo (1994-); Vice-President (May 2001-September 2002) then President of IMGC (September 2002-August 2006); President of the International Taekwondo Federation (September 2002-); Chairman of the Martial Art Committee of GAISF (February 2003-April 2005)
- Awards and Distinctions
- Professorship at the China Renmin University (2005)
- IOC HISTORY
- Member of the Sport for All Commission (1997-); member of the International Relations Commission (2005-)
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