Lee Seung-soo

Lee Seung Soo
이승수
Born (1990-07-20) July 20, 1990
South Korea
Native name 이승수
Nationality South Korean
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Division Half-middleweight
Style Judo
Fighting out of Seoul, South Korea
Team Taeneung Korea Judo National Team
Trainer Song Dae-nam
Rank 2nd degree black belt in Judo
University Yongin University

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

Lee is the South Korea national team's primary half-middleweight fighter, having represented it 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.[2][3]

His main skill is seoi nage, a trademark of the Korea national team.[4]

On the International Judo Federation circuit, he has won a silver medal at the 2015 Grand Slam in Tokyo[5] 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.[6]

Lee became Korea's half-middleweight representative after defeating double world champion Wang Ki-chun as the latter ascended from lightweight.[7] He has consistently won the national title in the weight division, however lost to Wang in the 2015 Korea National Championships.[8]

Lee is prudently ranked No. 29 in the world rankings,[9] and is the second ranked in Korea for the Olympic qualifiers after Wang.

Competitive record

Judo Record[10]
Total 42
Wins 25
by Ippon 18
Losses 17
by Ippon 3

References

  1. "SeungSu Lee, Judoka, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  2. World of judo (2015-08-31), Japan vs South Korea World Judo Team Championships 2015 - Astana, retrieved 2016-05-16
  3. "JudoInside - News - Japanese men defeat Korean by 3-2 in world team final". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  4. TheMilestone19 (2015-04-30), Korean "Reverse Seoi Nage" Compilation, retrieved 2016-05-16
  5. judoofficial (2015-12-05), Tchrikishvili(GEO)-Lee(KOR)-81kg FINAL Tokyo Grand Slam 2015, retrieved 2016-05-16
  6. "(CISM Games) S. Korea collects two golds in judo, wrestling - The Korea Observer". The Korea Observer. 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  7. "Old rivals fight for spot on the nat'l judo squad". Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  8. KBS World TV (2015-12-29), Cool Kiz on the Block | 우리동네 예체능 - The National Judo Competition, part 2 (2015.12.29), retrieved 2016-05-16
  9. "IJF World Rankings May 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  10. "Judobase.org". www.judobase.org. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
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