Kwon Young-woo (also Kwon Yeong-u, Korean: 권 영우; born May 4, 1981, in Seoul) is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the men's middleweight category.[1] He captured two golds in the 81-kg division at the Summer Universiade (2001 and 2003), completed a full set of medals at the Asian Judo Championships, and later finished seventh at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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| Full name | Kwon Young-woo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 May 1983 Seoul, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –81 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | 7th (2004) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 7th (2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Champ. | 
(2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 2260 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 13199 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kwon emerged as a frontrunner and a medal contender at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing, China, where he took home the gold in the 81-kg class against Azerbaijan's Mehman Azizov.[2][3] Two years later, Kwon defeated Spain's Óscar Fernández for an unprecedented second straight gold in his respective division.[4]
Kwon qualified for the South Korean squad in the men's half-middleweight class (81 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing third and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He thwarted France's Cédric Claverie and Cuba's Gabriel Arteaga in the prelims by a waza-ari and a yuko score, before being sanctioned with a penalty and falling short to Greek judoka and eventual Olympic champion Ilias Iliadis in a sudden-death quarterfinal match.[5] In the repechage round, Kwon ran off from his temporary falter with an effortless victory over Australia's Morgan Endicott-Davies, but fell short in a tremendous ippon to Brazilian judoka Flávio Canto within twenty-seven seconds, ending him in the seventh spot.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kwon Young-woo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Mainland ushering in new era as gold haul rises to 9". The China Post. 25 August 2001. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Chinese Women Outshine in Universiade Judo Competition". People's Daily. 25 August 2001. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ Choi, Ja-hyung (9 September 2003). "Hanyangians win medals". Hanyang University. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Iliadis takes out judo gold". ABC News Australia. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Judo: Men's Half-Middleweight (81kg/179 lbs) Repechage Round 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Bronze em Atenas, judoca Flávio Canto anuncia aposentadoria" [Judoka Flávio Canto, bronze medalist in Athens, announced his retirement] (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
External links
edit- Kwon Young-woo at the International Judo Federation
- Kwon Young-woo at JudoInside.com
- Kwon Young-woo at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Kwon Young-woo at Olympics.com
- Kwon Young-woo at Olympedia
- Kwon Young-woo at The-Sports.org
