Bang Gui-man

Bang Gui-man (also Bang Gwi-man, Korean: 방 귀만; born May 4, 1983 in Namyangju, Gyeonggi) is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the men's lightweight category.[2] He represented his nation South Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics, picked up four medals in the 66 and 73-kg division at the Asian Judo Championships, and recently earned a bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.[3] Throughout his sporting career, Bang trained for Namyangju City Hall's elite judo squad under his longtime coach and mentor Cho In-chul.[1]

Bang Gui-man
Personal information
Full nameBang Gui-man
Nationality South Korea
Born (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983
Namyangju, Gyeonggi,
South Korea
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)73 kg
ClubNamyangju City Hall[1]
Coached byCho In-chul[1]
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Team
2014 Incheon 73 kg
Asian Championships
2007 Kuwait City 66 kg
2009 Taipei 73 kg
2004 Almaty 66 kg
2005 Tashkent 66 kg
In this Korean name, the family name is Bang.

Bang qualified for the South Korean squad in the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing third and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in Almaty. He lost his opening match to Brazilian judoka and 1996 Olympic bronze medalist Henrique Guimarães, who successfully scored an ippon and an ōuchi gari (big inner reap), at two minutes and twenty-one seconds.[4][5]

When South Korea hosted the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Bang culminated his ten-year career medal drought from the international scene to score an ippon victory over 2012 Olympian Navruz Jurakobilov of Uzbekistan for a bronze in the men's 73 kg class.[6] Two days later, he helped his fellow South Korean teammates outplay their Kazakh rivals to top the medal podium with a gold in the team competition.[7]

After the World Cup in Rome on October 2010 he tested positive for banner stimulant drug methylhexanamine and was banned for 2 years.[8]

References
  1. "2014 Asian Games Profile: Bang Gui-man". 2014 Incheon. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bang Gui-man". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  3. "Kunihiro Places Fifth at KRA Korea World Cup". Team USA. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  4. "Judo: Men's Half-Lightweight (66kg/146 lbs) Round of 32". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. "Henrique Guimarães estréia com vitória por ippon" [Henrique Guimarães debuts with a victory by an ippon] (in Portuguese). Universo Online. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  6. Kim, Bo-ram; Park, So-jung (21 September 2014). "Olympic champ Kim Jae-bum re-claims Asiad gold". Yonhap. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  7. "South Korean fencers prove dominance once again". Korea Times. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  8. "비운의 유도 천재' 방귀만, 2년 만에 부활" [Judo star Bang Gui-man banned for two years.]. joins.com (in Korean).


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