Two Elite Athletes from Dongmyung University Sports Rehabilitation Department Advance to Corporate Teams

Dongmyung University has achieved results in advancing students from its Department of Sports Rehabilitation to corporate teams in shooting and bowling. The department demonstrated its competitiveness as two enrolled students successively secured places on corporate teams.

Dongmyung University announced on February 20 that shooter Jung Yoonjong from the shooting team has joined the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps (Sangmu), and bowler Jang Gayoung from the bowling team has joined the Nam-gu District Office of Busan Bowling Team. Both athletes advanced to the professional stage on the strength of their consistent performances while in school.

Shooting athlete Jung Yoonjong from Dongmyung University.

In 2023, Jung Yoonjong won two titles (two gold medals) at the 8th Daegu Mayor's Cup National Shooting Championships. At the Suhl Junior World Cup in Germany, he earned a gold medal in the rapid-fire pistol team event and placed in the 25m pistol individual event. He has consistently stood out at domestic and international competitions, winning a gold medal in the rapid-fire pistol individual event and a silver medal in the air pistol team event at the Changwon Mayor's Cup National Shooting Championships. In 2023, he was selected for the junior national team and competed on the international stage.

Jang Gayoung is a former youth national team member with the Korea Bowling Association. She passed the youth national team selection trials in 2022 and won a silver medal in the women's university individual event at the 103rd National Sports Festival in the same year. She has continued to demonstrate stable game management, including finishing third in the open division at the 2025 Busan Mayor's Cup National Men's and Women's Bowling Tournament.

Player Jang Gayoung has joined a corporate team.

The Department of Sports Rehabilitation at Dongmyung University operates an athlete-tailored support system that combines performance enhancement training with education on the prevention and rehabilitation of sports injuries.

Department head Bang Hyunseok said, "This is the result of diligently balancing studies and training," adding, "We will continue to focus on nurturing talent with both expertise and practical field capabilities."

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