Choi Gyu-jin

Korean spelling
Hangeul	최규진
Revised Romanization	Choe Gyu-jin
McCune- Reischauer	Ch'oe Kyuchin
See also : Korean name

Choi Gyu-jin (born June 28, 1985 ) is a South Korean wrestler . He was runner-up in the world and Asian championships in 2010 and participated in the 2012 Olympic Games in London in Greco-Roman style.

Career

Choi Gyu-jin began wrestling as a teenager in 1998, but only came into contact with top-class sport during his military service. For this reason there are no outstanding results from his junior years. He now belongs to the Cho pe Seoul Tajean wrestling club and is trained by Jin Hyung-gyun. It starts only in the Greco-Roman style and with a height of 1.68 meters wrestles in the lightest weight class for men, the bantam weight, which goes up to 55 kg body weight.

His first international competition he competed in was the 2008 World Military Championship in Split . He took the excellent 2nd place behind the Iranian Mohsen Hajipour. In 2009 he was used at the Asian Championships in Pattaya , but only came in 10th there. He did a little better at the 2009 World Cup in Herning, Denmark . He came there to victories over Arsen Eraliejew, Kyrgyzstan , Jorge Cardoso, Venezuela and Jani Haapamäki , Finland . But then he lost against Roman Amojan , Armenia and in the consolation round against Rövşən Bayramov from Azerbaijan and finished in 7th place.

In 2010 he was Asian bantamweight champion in New Delhi ahead of Rajender Kumar from India , Kanybek Dscholtschubekow, Kyrgyzstan and Marat Garipow, Kazakhstan . He achieved the greatest success of his career in September 2010 when he reached the finals at the World Cup in Moscow with victories over Elgin Elwais, Palau , Elçin Əliyev , Azerbaijan, Peter Modos , Hungary and the 2008 Olympic champion Nasir Mankijew , Russia advanced, in which he was defeated, however, against the outstanding Hamid Soryan Reihanpour from Iran .

In 2011 he did not do so well at the World Cup in Istanbul . He won there over Ildar Hafisow, Uzbekistan , Idelfonso Arangure from Mexico and Roman Amojan, but then lost to Bekchan Mankijew from Russia. Since this did not reach the final, he was eliminated and came in 7th place. This place was not enough to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London . In April he therefore played the qualifying tournament in Taiyuan / People's Republic of China , which he won ahead of Ayhan Karakus, Turkey and Elmurat Tasmuradow, Uzbekistan. At the Olympic Games himself he won over Yun Won-Chol from North Korea and Gustavo Balart-Marin from Cuba , then he lost to Rövşən Bayramov from Azerbaijan and in the consolation round also against Mingijan Semjonow from Russia and therefore just missed the 5th place Medal ranks.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2008	2.	Military World Cup in Split	Bantam	behind Mohsen Hajipour, Iran, in front of Jermaine Hodge, USA and Wugar Ragimow , Ukraine
2009	10.	Asian Championship in Pattaya	Bantam	Winner: Kohei Hasegawa , Japan ahead of Joginder Singh, India
2009	7th	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	Bantam	after victories over Arsen Eralijew, Kyrgyzstan , Jorge Cardoso, Venezuela and Jani Haapamäki , Finland and defeats against Roman Amojan , Armenia and Rövşən Bayramov, Azerbaijan
2010	2.	Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs	Bantam	behind Ildar Hafisow, Uzbekistan, in front of Kohei Hasegawa and Alexandar Kostadinow , Bulgaria
2010	1.	Asian Championship in New Delhi	Bantam	before Rajender Kumar, India, Kanybek Dscholtschubekow, Kyrgyzstan and Marat Geripow, Kazakhstan
2010	2.	World Cup in Moscow	Bantam	after victories over Elgin Elwais, Palau, Elçin Əliyev, Azerbaijan, Peter Modos, Hungary and Nasir Mankijew, Russia and a defeat against Hamid Soryan Reihanpour, Iran
2010	10.	Asia Games in Guangzhou	Bantam	Winner: Kohei Hasegawa ahead of Kanybek Dscholtschubekow
2011	3.	World Cup in Minsk	Bantam	behind Asqat Qudaibergenow , Kazakhstan and Valeri Borgojakow, Russia
2011	1.	Presidents Cup of Kazakhstan in Astana	Bantam	before Asqat Qudaibergenow, Virgil Munteanu, Romania and Orhan Akhmedow, Azerbaijan
2011	7th	World Cup in Istanbul	Bantam	after victories over Ildar Hafisow, Idelfonso Arangure, Mexico and Roman Amojan and a defeat against Bekchan Mankijew
2011	1.	FILA test tournament in London	Bantam	before Iwan Blattsew, Russia, Saman Abdulvali, Iran and Li Shujin , China
2012	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Taiyuan / China	Bantam	from Ayhan Karakas, Turkey and Elmurat Tasmuradow, Uzbekistan
2012	5.	OS in London	Bantam	after victories over Yun Won-chol , North Korea and Gustavo Balart-Marin, Cuba and defeats against Rövşən Bayramov and Mingijan Semjonow, Russia

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Bantam weight, weight class up to 55 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• "Foeldeak Wrestling Database" website

Web links

• Choi Gyu-jin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Choi is the family name here, Gyu-jin is the first name.