Jung Seung-gi (Korean: 정승기; born 27 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.

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Jung Seung-gi

Jung in 2020
Personal information
Nationality	South Korean
Born	(1999-03-17) 17 March 1999 (age 25) 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 2023 St. Moritz Men

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Jung was born on March 27, 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.