Jong Yong-ok

Jong Yong -ok (born 24 January 1981) is a North Korean marathoner.

In 2000, she was third at the Pyongyang Marathon, which she won the following year. In 2002, she finished sixth at the Beijing Marathon, in which she had come in the previous year to ninth place. In 2003 she was runner-up in Pyongyang. In the Xiamen marathon was in 2004 and 2005 Seventh Fifth. A second place in Pyongyang Marathon 2006 was followed by a second victory in 2007, this time with the course record and personal best time of 2:26:02. In 2009, she was third in Pyongyang.

Jong has so far participated in the marathon in the Olympics three times: 2000 in Sydney, she was ranked 20, 2004 in Athens at number 21 and in Beijing in 2008 to 36th place In a marathon, the World Athletics Championships 2003 in Paris / Saint- Denis it was ranked 56, the marathon of the World Cup in Helsinki in 2005, she ran as a 14.

In the half marathon of the Universiade 2007, she won the bronze medal, 2008, she was Asian runner-up on the marathon distance.