Won Myong Gyong at the Jangsan Sports Club is the winner of the women’s 50kg category event of the 2025 World Wrestling Championships.

Born in Sinam District of Chongjin City in North Hamgyong Province, she was fond of sports in her childhood.

She was selected as a reserve wrestler of the Jangsan Sports Club in her young age and there she learned the rudiments of the sport.

Kim Hak Won, coach of the club in charge of her training, recalled that it was hard to find such player as Won who underwent training and controlled her weight every day without skipping even for a day all through those years.

Once Myong Gyong was going to take up other sport, as it was so difficult to control her body weight.

But her father who served the army in his youth scolded her severely when she returned home. Saying that it is not so easy to exalt the honour of the country, he told his daughter never to think of returning home before succeeding in wrestling.

At her father’s admonition, she braced herself and made a fresh start.

Her persevering efforts enabled her to be picked as a national team member soon after she began her career and she became physically stronger and acquired high skills as she participated in different international games.

She was placed third at the 2025 Asian Wrestling Championships in March last year and trained hard with a determination to win without fail the 2025 World Wrestling Championships.

She took part in the women’s 50kg category event of the 2025 world championships and overpowered all her opponents to become a world champion.

It took her less than six months to possess the skills to cope with any game situations, because she exerted herself to attain her highly set training goals.

Like this, her firm resolution to repay the love and trust of the motherly Workers’ Party of Korea with gold medals and her persevering practice bore the proud fruit of winning the world championship.