John Tarkong
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | John Tarkong, Jr. |
| Nationality |  Palau |
| Born | 7 December 1965 Washington, D.C., United States |
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| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Wrestling |
| Style | Greco-Roman |
| Club | Palauan Amateur Wrestling Federation |
| Coach | Lee Joong-Sub |
John Tarkong, Jr. (born December 7, 1965 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States) is a retired amateur Palauan Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's heavyweight category.[1] Tarkong represented Palau at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[2] During his sporting career, he has been training for the Palauan Amateur Wrestling Federation under his personal coach Lee Joong-Sub.
Tarkong qualified for the Palauan squad, as a 38-year-old, in the men's 96 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by receiving a berth from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3] He received two straight losses due to technical superiority and no classification points in a preliminary pool match against Kyrgyzstan's Gennady Chkhaidze and Bulgaria's Kaloyan Dinchev, finishing twentieth overall out of twenty-two wrestlers.[4][5]
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