Yongin-si, Ahn Han-bong, Kim Mi-jeong, and 4 additional Gyeonggi Sports Festival ambassadors appointed

(Yongin = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim In-yu = On the 22nd, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, promoted the ‘2022 Gyeonggi Sports Festival: Samsung Life Wrestling Team Manager Han-bong Ahn, Korea Women’s Judo Team Manager Kim Mi-jeong, Suwon FC Head Coach Lee Jeong-su, and singer Dam-hee Han. was additionally appointed as an ambassador.

Yongin City appointed 4 Gyeonggi Sports Festival ambassadors including Hanbong Ahn and Mijeong Kim

(Yongin = Yonhap News) The city of Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, appointed four ‘2022 Gyeonggi Sports Festival PR ambassadors’ on the 22nd.
(Bottom row, from left) Singer Han Dam-hee, Korean women’s judo team coach Kim Mi-jung, Samsung Life wrestling team coach Ahn Han-bong, and Suwon FC head coach Lee Jeong-soo pose for a commemorative photo after receiving the letter of appointment. 2021.11.22. [용인시 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지] [email protected]

They plan to participate in various activities such as shooting publicity videos and using social networking services (SNS) until next April, when the Gyeonggi-do Sports Festival is held, and also become torch bearers.

Ahn Han-bong is a Greco-Roman 57kg gold medalist in wrestling at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and served as the coach of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic team.

In particular, thanks to Ahn’s cooperation, the city was able to use the Samsung Life Insurance Human Center Stadium in Giheung-gu as a wrestling arena for the Gyeonggi Sports Festival.

Coach Mi-jeong Kim became the first Korean female judo athlete to win a gold medal in the 72 kg class in women’s judo at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Head coach Lee Jung-soo, the hero of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, is a native who graduated from elementary and middle school in Yongin.

Han Dam-hee, who lives in Giheung-gu, debuted with the song ‘Life is’ and is active in various TV programs.

Previously, on the 8th, the city appointed Badminton Olympic gold medalists Ha Tae-kwon and Lee Yong-dae as ambassadors for the 2022 Gyeonggi Sports Festival.

Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do Sports Festival official mascot and emblem
Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do Sports Festival official mascot and emblem

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Gyeonggi-do Sports Complex consists of four local sports events: Gyeonggi-do Sports Festival, Gyeonggi-do Sports Festival for the Disabled, Gyeonggi-do Sports Day for the Disabled, and Gyeonggi-do Life Sports Grand Festival.

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