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Former National Team Coach Park Jong-Hak, ‘Korea’s First World Championship Gold Medalist’, Passes Away

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The Korea Judo Association announced on the 22nd that Park Jong-hak, the former head coach of the national judo team and the "Emperor of Judo" who won the first gold medal in Korean judo history at the World Championships, passed away on the 21st at the age of 68. He won the first gold medal in Korean judo history in the men's 71kg class at the 1981 World Championships held in Maastricht, Netherlands, and pursued a career as a coach after retiri…

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The Korea Judo Association announced on the 22nd that Park Jong-hak, the former head coach of the national judo team and the "Emperor of Judo" who won the first gold medal in Korean judo history at the World Championships, passed away on the 21st at the age of 68. He won the first gold medal in Korean judo history in the men's 71kg class at the 1981 World Championships held in Maastricht, Netherlands, and pursued a career as a coach after retiri…

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조선일보 broke the news in on Sunday, March 22, 2026.
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