Cho Yong-chul
South Korean judoka (born 1961)
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| Born | (1961-05-07) 7 May 1961 (age 62) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 조용철 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 趙容澈 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Jo Yong-cheol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Cho Yong-ch‘ŏl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | +95 kg. Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (1984, 1988) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. |  (1985) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Champ. |  (1986) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 165 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 6076 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 18 June 2023. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cho Yong-Chul (born 7 May 1961) is a South Korean judoka.
At the 1985 World Judo Championships in Seoul, Cho won a gold medal, beating double Olympic champion Hitoshi Saito by armlock submission in the final.
Cho won two Olympic bronze medals in the heavyweight division at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games.
External links
- Cho Yong-chul at the International Judo Federation
- Cho Yong-chul at JudoInside.com
- Cho Yong-chul at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Cho Yong-chul at Olympedia
- Cho Yong-chul at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Cho Yong-chul at The-Sports.org
- Cho Yong-chul at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
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World Judo Championships — Men's Heavyweight
1965: +80 kg • 1967–75: +93 kg • 1979–97: +95 kg • 1999–present: +100 kg
- 1965:
Anton Geesink - 1967: Wim Ruska
- 1969:
Shuji Suma - 1971: Wim Ruska
- 1973: Chonosuke Takagi
- 1975: Sumio Endo
- 1979: Yasuhiro Yamashita
- 1981: Yasuhiro Yamashita
- 1983: Yasuhiro Yamashita
- 1985:
Cho Yong-chul - 1987:
Grigory Verichev - 1989: Naoya Ogawa
- 1991: Sergei Kosorotov
- 1993:
David Douillet - 1995: David Douillet
- 1997: David Douillet
- 1999: Shinichi Shinohara
- 2001:
Alexander Mikhaylin - 2003: Yasuyuki Muneta
- 2005: Alexander Mikhaylin
- 2007: Teddy Riner
- 2009: Teddy Riner
- 2010: Teddy Riner
- 2011: Teddy Riner
- 2013: Teddy Riner
- 2014: Teddy Riner
- 2015: Teddy Riner
- 2017: Teddy Riner
- 2018:
Guram Tushishvili - 2019:
Lukáš Krpálek - 2021: Kokoro Kageura
- 2022:
Andy Granda - 2023: Teddy Riner
2023:
Inal Tasoev
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