Yeo Seo-jeong is a South Korean artistic gymnast.
22 Facts About Yeo Seo-jeong
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Yeo Seo-jeong is the 2020 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2023 World bronze medalist, the 2018 Asian Games champion, and the 2022 Asian champion on vault.
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Yeo Seo-jeong is the first South Korean female gymnast to win an Olympic medal and the first to win a World Championships medal.
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Yeo Seo-jeong was born on 20 February 2002 in Yongin-si.
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Yeo Seo-jeong's mother won a team bronze medal in the 1994 Asian Games, and her father, Yeo Hong-chul, was the 1996 Olympic silver medalist on vault.
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Yeo Seo-jeong said in 2018 that she enjoys vault because of her father.
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Yeo Seo-jeong was then selected to compete at the 2018 Asian Games alongside Ham Mi-ju, Kim Ju-ry, Lee Eun-ju, and Yun Na-rae.
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Individually, Yeo Seo-jeong won the gold medal on vault, and she placed ninth in the all-around, eighth on beam, and seventh on floor.
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Yeo Seo-jeong then competed at the World Championships where she placed fifth in the vault final.
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Yeo Seo-jeong's final meet of the season was the Voronin Cup where she won vault gold, all-around silver, and floor exercise bronze, and she placed eighth on the uneven bars and balance beam.
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Yeo Seo-jeong won the gold medal on the vault at the Melbourne World Cup.
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Yeo Seo-jeong placed fourth in the all-around at the Korean National Team Selection meet.
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At the 2019 Korea Cup, Yeo Seo-jeong became the first woman to land the handspring double twist vault.
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Yeo Seo-jeong competed at the Swiss Cup alongside Lee Jun-ho, and they finished seventh as a team.
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At the 2020 Olympic Games, Yeo Seo-jeong competed in the vault final and performed her eponymous vault, which had the highest difficulty value in the final.
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Yeo Seo-jeong finished with an average score of 14.733 and won the bronze medal behind Brazilian Rebeca Andrade and American MyKayla Skinner.
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Yeo Seo-jeong then competed at the 2022 World Championships and placed seventh in the vault final.
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Yeo Seo-jeong competed at the 2023 City of Jesolo Trophy, helping South Korea win the team silver medal behind Italy.
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Yeo Seo-jeong then won the bronze medal in the all-around at the South Korean Championships.
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Yeo Seo-jeong competed at the World Championships where she helped Korea place 11th as a team during qualifications.
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Yeo Seo-jeong won the bronze medal in the all-around at the Korean National Team Selection competition, leading to her selection for the 2024 Summer Olympics team alongside Eom Do-hyun, Lee Da-yeong, Lee Yun-seo, and Shin Sol-yi.
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Yeo Seo-jeong has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.