Jong Song-ok

Jong Song -ok ( born August 18, 1974 in Haeju ) is a North Korean marathoner.

Jong began her career in 1995 with a time of 2:29:57 hours. In 1996 she improved to 2:29:54 hours and finished at the 1996 Olympics in 2:35:31 hours twentieth place. In 1998, she was third in the Beijing Marathon.

She was largely unknown, but not inexperienced when she took at the 1999 World Championships in Seville. The temperature at the start of 24 ° C. By the finish, the temperature had increased to 32 ° C. In this heat run, the Ethiopian Fatuma Roba took about ten kilometers to the top and quickly had a considerable lead. But Jong and the Japanese Ari Ichihashi fought zoom and took over just before the 40 km mark the top. The two Asians remained to the finish line next to each other, and ultimately won the North Korean with a national record of 2:26:59 hours with three seconds ahead of the Japanese. Third was the Romanian Lidia Simon ago Fatuma Roba. Jong was thus the first IAAF World Champion from North Korea.

Jong is a sports teacher and has been with her ​​husband, the owner of the current Marathon - country record, Kim Jung -won, a son. She is 1.54 m tall and 47 kg.