He won his event at the 1970 Asian Games, 1970 and 1971 world championships and 1972 Summer Olympics.

[1][2] He felt extremely pressured to perform well at the 1972 Olympics, and thus complained of an early burnout.

He was then working in his home town for the family business (a liquor shop) and in 1983 was invited to coach the Korean national team up to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

[3] As a coach, he advised Mitsuru Sato who later won gold at the 1988 Olympics, to attend Nippon Sport Science University.

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