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___MASK6___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK80___ ( ROK ), is a sovereign state in East Asia , constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula . Jeon Ki - young (  , born July 11 , 1973 in Cheongju , Chungcheongbuk - do ) is a retired judoka who competed in the - 78 kg and - 86 kg divisions . Jeon has won three consecutive world championships ( 1993 , 1995 , 1997 ) , twice beating the Hidehiko Yoshida in dramatic fashion in the finals . He has also won six world cup titles . The crowning moment in Jeon ' s judo career came in winning the gold medal in the men ' s middleweight division at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta , U . S . He defeated Armen Bagdasarov of Uzbekistan in the final match by ippon . In his march to the gold , Jeon won every match by ippon , except the 1st round match against the Dutch judoka Mark Huizinga , who would go on to dominate the weight once Jeon himself retired . Jeon retired from competition at a relatively young age of 25 in 1999 , citing both knee injuries and an absence of motivation due to lack of competition . He retired undefeated in both Olympic and world championship competition . In 2003 , PRIDE FC and Antonio Inoki tried to sign Jeon to fight Yoshida under MMA rules ( using the fact that Jeon have never lost against Yoshida in judo ) but Jeon refused offers . Cheongju is the capital and largest city of North Chungcheong Province in ___MASK6___ . North Chungcheong Province , or Chungcheongbuk - do , is a province in the centre of ___MASK6___ . It was formed in 1896 from the northeastern half of the former Chungcheong province . The provincial capital is Cheongju .