Kwon Young-woo

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.

Kwon Young-woo
Personal information
Full nameKwon Young-woo
Nationality South Korea
Born (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)81 kg
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  South Korea
Summer Universiade
2001 Beijing 81 kg
2003 Jeju City 81 kg
Asian Championships
2007 Kuwait City 81 kg
2003 Jeju City 81 kg
2004 Almaty 81 kg
In this Korean name, the family name is Kwon.

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
  1. 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.
  2. "Mainland ushering in new era as gold haul rises to 9". The China Post. 25 August 2001. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  3. "Chinese Women Outshine in Universiade Judo Competition". People's Daily. 25 August 2001. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  4. Choi, Ja-hyung (9 September 2003). "Hanyangians win medals". Hanyang University. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  5. "Iliadis takes out judo gold". ABC News Australia. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  6. "Judo: Men's Half-Middleweight (81kg/179 lbs) Repechage Round 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. "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.
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