Lee Seung-su

Lee Seung-soo (Hangul: 이승수; born 20 July 1990) is a South Korean judoka.[1][2][3]

Lee Seung-soo
Born (1990-07-20) 20 July 1990
Native name이승수
NationalitySouth Korean
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb; 12 st 11 lb)
DivisionHalf-middleweight
StyleJudo
Fighting out ofSeoul, South Korea
TeamTaeneung Korea Judo National Team
TrainerSong Dae-nam
Rank2nd degree black belt in Judo
UniversityYongin University
Medal record
World Championships
2018 BakuMixed team

Career

Lee is the South Korea national team's primary half-middleweight fighter, having represented them at the 2014 and 2015 World Judo Championships. He was also chosen as the half-middleweight representative in the 2015 World team competition, where he won a silver medal.[4][5]

His main skill is seoi nage, a trademark of the Korea national team.[6]

On the International Judo Federation circuit, he has won a silver medal at the 2015 Grand Slam in Tokyo[7] and the 2013 Grand Prix in Jeju and Rijeka.

A soldier of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, Lee has participated in various military games, and most notably won the gold medal at the 2015 Military World Games in Mungyeong.[8]

Lee became Korea's half-middleweight representative after defeating double world champion Wang Ki-chun as the latter ascended from lightweight.[9] He has consistently won the national title in the weight division, however lost to Wang in the 2015 Korea National Championships.[10]

Lee is ranked No. 29 in the world rankings,[11] and is the second ranked in Korea for the Olympic qualifiers after Wang.

Competitive record
Judo Record[12]
Total 42
Wins 25
by Ippon 18
Losses 17
by Ippon 3

References
  1. IJF profile
  2. 2018 Asian Games profile
  3. "SeungSu Lee, Judoka, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  4. World of judo (31 August 2015), Japan vs South Korea World Judo Team Championships 2015 – Astana, retrieved 16 May 2016
  5. "JudoInside – News – Japanese men defeat Korean by 3–2 in world team final". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  6. TheMilestone19 (30 April 2015), Korean "Reverse Seoi Nage" Compilation, retrieved 16 May 2016
  7. judoofficial (5 December 2015), Tchrikishvili(GEO)-Lee(KOR)-81kg FINAL Tokyo Grand Slam 2015, retrieved 16 May 2016
  8. "(CISM Games) S. Korea collects two golds in judo, wrestling – The Korea Observer". The Korea Observer. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  9. "Old rivals fight for spot on the nat'l judo squad". Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  10. KBS World TV (29 December 2015), Cool Kiz on the Block | 우리동네 예체능 – The National Judo Competition, part 2 (2015.12.29), retrieved 16 May 2016
  11. "IJF World Rankings May 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  12. "Judobase.org". www.judobase.org. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
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