query: country_of_citizenship jeon ki-young
supports: Cheongju is the capital and largest city of North Chungcheong Province in South Korea. Jeon Ki - young (  , born July 11 , 1973 in Cheongju , Chungcheongbuk - do ) is a retired judoka who competed in the -78 kg and -86 kg divisions . Jeon has won three consecutive world championships ( 1993 , 1995 , 1997 ) , twice beating the Hidehiko Yoshida in dramatic fashion in the finals . He has also won six world cup titles . The crowning moment in Jeon 's judo career came in winning the gold medal in the men 's middleweight division at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta , U.S. He defeated Armen Bagdasarov of Uzbekistan in the final match by ippon . In his march to the gold , Jeon won every match by ippon , except the 1st round match against the Dutch judoka Mark Huizinga , who would go on to dominate the weight once Jeon himself retired . Jeon retired from competition at a relatively young age of 25 in 1999 , citing both knee injuries and an absence of motivation due to lack of competition . He retired undefeated in both Olympic and world championship competition . In 2003 , PRIDE FC and Antonio Inoki tried to sign Jeon to fight Yoshida under MMA rules ( using the fact that Jeon have never lost against Yoshida in judo ) but Jeon refused offers . South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. North Chungcheong Province, or Chungcheongbuk-do, is a province in the centre of South Korea. It was formed in 1896 from the northeastern half of the former Chungcheong province. The provincial capital is Cheongju.
candidates: korea south korea
answer: south korea