Koo Ji-won
Date of birth | 20 July 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 122 kg (19 st 3 lb; 269 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Revised Romanization | Gu Jiwon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Ku Chiwon |
Koo Ji-won (born 20 July 1994) is a South Korean-born, Japanese rugby union player who plays as a prop.[1] He currently plays for the Sunwolves[2] in Super Rugby and Honda Heat in Japan's domestic Top League, and the Japanese national team.[3][4] Koo Ji-Won has lived in Japan since he was 2 years old.
International[]
After only two Super Rugby appearances for the Sunwolves, which included one start, Koo received his first call-up to his adopted country, Japan's senior squad ahead of the 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Ji-won Koo ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Koo Jiwon". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Koo Ji-won itsrugby Profile". itsrugby. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Koo Ji-Won". Japan Rugby Club. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Tighthead prop Koo Ji-won set to earn first cap for Japan against Tonga". The Japan Times Online. 17 November 2017. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Mie Honda Heat players
- Japan international rugby union players
- Rugby union props
- South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- South Korean rugby union players
- Sunwolves players
- Kobelco Kobe Steelers players
- Japanese rugby union biography stubs
- South Korean sportspeople stubs
- Asian rugby union biography stubs