Lee Seung-su
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| Born | 20 July 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –81 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | R16 (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 5th (2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Champ. | 5th (2017, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 11103 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 55954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 24 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lee Seung-su (Korean: 이승수; born 20 July 1990) is a South Korean judoka.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit]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
[edit]| Judo Record[12] | |
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| Total | 42 |
| Wins | 25 |
| by Ippon | 18 |
| Losses | 17 |
| by Ippon | 3 |
References
[edit]- ^ IJF profile
- ^ 2018 Asian Games profile
- ^ "SeungSu Lee, Judoka, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ World of judo (31 August 2015), Japan vs South Korea World Judo Team Championships 2015 – Astana, retrieved 16 May 2016
- ^ "JudoInside – News – Japanese men defeat Korean by 3–2 in world team final". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ TheMilestone19 (30 April 2015), Korean "Reverse Seoi Nage" Compilation, retrieved 16 May 2016
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ judoofficial (5 December 2015), Tchrikishvili(GEO)-Lee(KOR)-81kg FINAL Tokyo Grand Slam 2015, retrieved 16 May 2016
- ^ "(CISM Games) S. Korea collects two golds in judo, wrestling – The Korea Observer". The Korea Observer. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Old rivals fight for spot on the nat'l judo squad". 9 November 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ 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
- ^ "IJF World Rankings May 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Judobase.org". www.judobase.org. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
External links
[edit]- Lee Seung-soo at the International Judo Federation
- Lee Seung-soo at JudoInside.com
- Lee Seung-soo at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Lee Seung-soo at Olympics.com
- Lee Seung-soo at Olympedia
- Lee Seung-su at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Lee Seung-su at The-Sports.org
- South Korean male judoka
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for South Korea
- Summer World University Games medalists in judo
- Judoka at the 2018 Asian Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games competitors for South Korea
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century South Korean people
- Military World Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Military World Games medalists in judo
- 21st-century South Korean sportsmen