<Anchor> There
is a 51-year-old female golfer who has lost one leg in an accidental accident, but wears a prosthetic leg and challenges a pro.
Reporter Seo Dae-won met Mr. Han Jeong-won, a'prosthetic golfer' who does not know the impossible.
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Recently, a middle-aged golfer with a disability caught the eye in an audition program to discover prospects for women's golf.
[Hello.
He is a'prosthetic golfer' Han
Jeong-won,
who has stronger legs than anyone else.] Although the
challenge itself attracted attention, Han Jeong-won showed off his high-level skills and impressed him.
[Park Se-ri/Tokyo Olympic Women's Golf Team Manager: I think you will be very modeled and thank you very much for giving me hope.]
Han Jeong-won, a 51-year-old physical education teacher, lost her left leg in a car accident 8 years ago.
[Han Jeong-won/Geeheung High School Physical Education Teacher: After an accident, I cut off and only thought of going back to school.
Just let me play with my kids
So I rehabilitated really hard.]
After one year and seven months after hard rehabilitation, I went back to school and kept my appointments with my students. Later, I started playing golf late and opened a new life with my talents blooming.
He won the World Championships for the Disabled in the United States and competed with non-disabled people in the domestic long-strike competition and flew 243 meters to win the prize.
Han Jung-won's dream is to compete with non-disabled athletes on the senior tour by becoming a semi-professional.
[Han Jeong-won/Giheung High School Physical Education Teacher: While playing golf, I don't feel any disabilities.
I think golf is the sport that both the disabled and non-disabled people can play together.]
Disability is no longer a'problem' for Han Jeong-won, a'prosthetic golfer' who runs toward a dream.
[Han Jeong-won/Giheung High School Physical Education Teacher: I want to show my children more of constantly challenging themselves.
I would like to hear from my children
that'My
teacher is a disabled person, but I live really hard.']
(Video coverage: Jo Jeong-hwan, video editing: Park Chun-bae)