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Lee Seung-su
Personal information
Born (1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 34)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍81 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR16 (2016)
World Champ.5th (2015)
Asian Champ.5th (2017, 2018)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Baku Mixed team
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tokyo ‍–‍81 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Paris ‍–‍81 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Rijeka ‍–‍81 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Jeju ‍–‍81 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hohhot ‍–‍81 kg
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Sana'a ‍–‍73 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei ‍–‍81 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kazan Men's team
Profile at external databases
IJF11103
JudoInside.com55954
Updated on 24 November 2022

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

Career

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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

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

References

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  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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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". 9 November 2015. 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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