Tong-gu Chung and the development of elite sport in South Korea: A biographical study
- Authors
- Nam, B.H.; Love, A.; Lim, S.
- Issue Date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Keywords
- Human rights; Leadership; Politics; Pragmatism; South Korea; Sport
- Citation
- Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science, v.6, no.3, pp.231 - 247
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science
- Volume
- 6
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 231
- End Page
- 247
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/86133
- DOI
- 10.1080/21640599.2017.1356640
- ISSN
- 2164-0602
- Abstract
- This study examines the career of Tong-Gu Chung, a South Korean athlete, coach, and sport administrator. As a wrestler, Chung was a national champion. As a coach, he guided the South Korean wrestling team at the 1976 Olympic Games. As an administrator, he served as president of the Korea National Sport University. In these roles, which coincided with a time of military rule in South Korea, Chung was known as a harsh, authoritarian leader. However, since the end of military rule, Chung has held a much different set of leadership roles, working with organizations that support the educational and professional development of retired athletes. The current study explored these apparent contradictions in Chung’s career through a biographical approach, using pragmatism as an analytical lens. © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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