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{{Short description|North Korean artistic gymnast}}
{{Family name hatnote|Hong||lang=Korean}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox gymnast
| name = Hong Un-jong
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| full_name = Hong Un-jong
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| country = {{PRK}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|03|09|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Hamgyong Province|Hamgyong]], [[North Korea]]<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Hong Un-Jong |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/hong-un-jong-1.html |access-date=12 September 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701033003/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/hong-un-jong-1.html |archive-date=1 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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| height = 1.55 m
| discipline = WAG
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| club = Pyongyang Sports Club
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| headcoach = Kim Chun-phil
| assistcoach = Choe Kyong-hui
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| choreographer = Kim Chun-phil
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| show-medals = yes
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{{MedalCountry | {{PRK}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's vault|Vault]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2014 Nanning]]|Vault}}
{{MedalSilver |[[2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2015 Glasgow]]|Vault}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2013 Antwerp]]|Vault}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Gymnastics at the 2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]]|Vault}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]] | [[Gymnastics at the 2014 Asian Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]]|Vault}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade|Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 Summer Universiade|2009 Belgrade]]|[[Gymnastics at the 2009 Summer Universiade|Vault]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2013 Summer Universiade|2013 Kazan]]|[[Gymnastics at the 2013 Summer Universiade|Vault]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2009 Summer Universiade|2009 Belgrade]]|[[Gymnastics at the 2009 Summer Universiade|Uneven bars]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Gymnastics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2006 Surat]]|Vault}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2012 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2012 Putian]]|Vault}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2012 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2012 Putian]]|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[East Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Gymnastics at the 2013 East Asian Games|2013 Tianjin]]|Vault}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Gymnastics at the 2013 East Asian Games|2013 Tianjin]]|Team}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto
| hangul  = %홍은정
| hanja = 洪恩情
}}

'''Hong Un-jong''' ({{Korean|hangul=홍은정}}; born 9 March 1989) is a [[North Korea]]n [[Artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]]. She is the [[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's vault|2008 Olympic champion]] and [[2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2014 World Champion]] on vault. She was the first North Korean female gymnast to win a medal at the Olympics.<ref name=firstgymmedal>{{cite web|title=North Korea Gymnastics |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PRK/summer/GYM/ |website=sports-reference |access-date=20 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620202229/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PRK/summer/GYM/ |archive-date=20 June 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

== Career ==
She was an individual event finalist on the [[Vault (gymnastics)|vault]] at the [[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2007 World Championships]] and the bronze medalist on the event at the 2006 [[Asian Games]].

Hong represented North Korea at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing, where she won the gold medal in the [[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's vault|women's vault]] competition. This was the first Olympic medal for [[North Korea at the Olympics|a North Korean woman]] in [[Olympic gymnastics]].<ref name=firstgymmedal />

Hong won the gold medal in vault at the [[2013 Summer Universiade]] in [[Kazan]] (tied with Russian gymnast [[Ksenia Afanasyeva]]) and is the bronze medalist on vault at the [[2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2013 World Championships]].

The following year she won the vault final at the [[2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]. She performed the two most difficult vaults in the final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/11679659/hong-un-jong-denies-simone-biles-3rd-gold-gymnastics-worlds |title=Simone Biles denied third gold |date=11 October 2014 |website=ESPN |access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref> In 2015 Hong again represented North Korea at the [[2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] held in [[Glasgow]]. Though she retained her full difficulties and performed impressively, she failed to defend her title and won a silver medal instead. She was behind Russia's [[Maria Paseka]] by 0.033 point. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she qualified second into vault finals behind Simone Biles. In the finals she performed a solid Cheng to start. For her second vault, she became the first female gymnast to ever attempt a triple twisting yurchenko vault; however she under rotated and sat down the vault, getting the vault devalued to an Amanar, and ultimately missed the podium.

== Age controversy ==
{{Further|Hong Su-jong#2010 age controversy}}
Hong Un-jong is the sister of [[Hong Su-jong]], with whom she shares a 9 March birthday. Hong Su-jong had three different birth dates listed for her (1985, 1986, or 1989) at various competitions.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Turner|first1=Amanda|title=North Korean Gymnast's Age Under Dispute|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1937:north-korean-gymnasts-age-under-dispute&catid=2:news&Itemid=53|website=International Gymnast Magazine|access-date=20 June 2015|date=30 September 2010}}</ref> At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], she competed under the 1985 birth date, but the 1989 birth date would have meant that she was too young to compete.<ref>{{cite web|title=One Woman, Three Birthdays|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/sports/03sportsbriefs-northkorea.html?_r=0|website=The New York Times|access-date=20 June 2015|date=2 October 2010}}</ref> In November 2010, Hong Su-jong was permanently banned from all international competition as a consequence of providing inconsistent age information. North Korea was also banned from all international competition until October 2012 due to this incident, which most significantly included the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=London 2012 Olympics: North Korean gymnasts suspended for age falsification|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/8114590/London-2012-Olympics-North-Korean-gymnasts-suspended-for-age-falsification.html|website=The Telegraph|access-date=20 June 2015|date=6 November 2010}}</ref> Hong Un-jong has never been personally implicated in the age falsification, but the consequent country-wide ban meant that she could not defend her Olympic title on vault.

In a video, Hong Un-jong appeared to admit that Hong Su-jong is her twin.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AxRUKAtiXE?t=1m40s "Hong Un-jong admitting being twins with her sister at 1m40s"] Choson Sinbo</ref> If accurate, this would mean that Hong Su-jong was in fact born in 1989, confirming the age falsification.

== Competitive history ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
|-
! align=center | Year
! align=center | Event
! style="width:30px;" | Team
! style="width:30px;" | AA
! style="width:30px;" | [[Gymnastics vault|VT]]
! style="width:30px;" | [[Gymnastics uneven bars|UB]]
! style="width:30px;" | [[Gymnastics balance beam|BB]]
! style="width:30px;" | [[Gymnastics floor|FX]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|'''2005'''||align=left|[[Gymnastics at the 2005 East Asian Games|East Asian Games]]|| {{bronze3}} || || || || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''2006'''||align=left|[[2006 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships|Asian Championships]]|| {{silver2}} || || {{gold1}} || || ||
|-
|align=left|[[Gymnastics at the 2006 Asian Games|Asian Games]]|| DQ || ||{{bronze3}}|| || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''2007'''
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF
|align=left|[[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]|| || || 4 || || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''2008'''||align=left|[[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|Maribor World Cup]]|| || || {{gold1}} || 4 || ||
|-bgcolor=98FB98
|align=left|'''[[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]'''|| || || {{gold1}} || || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''2009'''||align=left|[[Gymnastics at the 2009 Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]] || DQ || || {{gold1}} || {{bronze3}} || ||
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF
|align=left|[[2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]|| {{N/A}} || || 5 || || ||
|-
|rowspan="1"|'''2010'''||align=left|[[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|Moscow World Cup]]|| || || {{gold1}} || 6 || ||
|-
|rowspan="1"|'''2011''' ||colspan=7; rowspan=2; align=center | North Korea banned from international competition
|-
|rowspan="1"|'''2012''' 
|-
|rowspan="3"|'''2013'''||align=left|[[Gymnastics at the 2013 Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]]|| || || {{gold1}} || || ||
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF
|align=left|[[2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || {{N/A}} || || {{bronze3}} || || ||
|-
|align=left|[[Gymnastics at the 2013 East Asian Games|East Asian Games]]||{{bronze3}}|| || {{gold1}} || || 7 || 6 
|-
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2014 in artistic gymnastics|2014]]'''||align=left|[[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|Osijek World Cup]]|| || || 8 || || ||
|-
|align=left|[[Gymnastics at the 2014 Asian Games|Asian Games]]|| {{silver2}} || || {{gold1}} || || ||
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF
|align=left|[[2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]|| || || {{gold1}} || || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''2015'''
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF
|align=left|[[2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]|| || || {{silver2}} || || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''2016'''
|-bgcolor=98FB98
|align=left|'''[[Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]'''|| || || 6 || || ||
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{FIG|bio=22728|lic=6015|name=HONG Un Jong}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|un-jong-hong|Un Jong HONG}}
* {{databaseolympics|UnJonHon01|Hong UnJong}}
* {{Olympedia|117720|Hong Un-Jong}}

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