Chon Jong-won (born February 7, 1996) is a South Korean competition climber, who won the IFSC Climbing World Cup in 2015 and 2017 in the competition bouldering discipline and competed in the 2020 Olympics.

[3] Chon reached the finals of the IFSC World Cup four times in 2015 and finished 6th in Toronto, 2nd in Chongquing, 1st in Haiyang, and 3rd in Munich.

These rankings were enough for him to win the season, ahead of Jan Hojer of Germany and Adam Ondra of the Czech Republic.

[4] In 2016, he came 3rd in the IFSC World Cup in Chongqing, 4th in Navi Mumbai, and 2nd in Munich.

He also came first place in La Sportiva Legends Only, with impressive shows of finger strength.