Ha Tae-yeon

Ha Tae-yeon (born March 27, 1976 ) is a retired South Korean wrestler . He was runner- up in the Greco-Roman style flyweight world championship in 1999 .

Career

Ha Tae-yeon began wrestling as a teenager in 1985. He was a member of Samsung Life Sports Club Seoul and is an insurance employee. He was mainly trained by An Jae-won. The 1.60 meter tall athlete wrestled exclusively in the Greco-Roman style, initially in flyweight and in the last year of his international career in bantamweight . In South Korea he had an unbeatable opponent from 1997 in the two-time Olympic champion Sim Gwon-ho . It was therefore only used in international championships from 1997 to 2000 when Sim Gwon-ho did not start.

Ha Tae-yeon had his first international appearances in 1996. In that year Sim Gwon-ho started a weight class lower, in the light flyweight division. At the 1996 Asian Championships in Xiaoshan / China he came in flyweight behind Khaled Al-Faraj from Syria on the 2nd place. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta he defeated Pappu Jadav, India , then lost to Armen Nazarjan , Armenia , won over Khaled Al-Farj, lost to Dariusz Jabłoński , Poland and then had to fight Dariusz Jabłoński again in the fight for 7th place wrestle, which he defeated in the process.

In 1997 Ha Tae-yeon won the East Asian Games in Busan ahead of Nurum Dusenow, Kazakhstan and Liao Weidong from China . It was also used at the World Cup in Wroclaw that year . He lost his first fight there against Marian Sandu from Romania and then defeated Erik Charaturow, Georgia , Haralambos Muratidis, Greece , Salah Belguidom, France , Lazaro Rivas Scull , Cuba and Han Yuwei, China. His last two fights against Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan , Germany and Simeon Milew , Bulgaria , he lost and finished 6th.

The next start of Ha Tae-yeon at an international championship, it was his most successful, took place again in 1999. He finished 2nd at the World Championships this year in Athens , making him vice world champion. On the way to this success he defeated Paulo Goncalves, Portugal , Hassan Abdullah, Yemen , Boris Radkewitsch, Belarus , Shamseddin Chudaiberdijew , Uzbekistan , Petr Svehla , Czech Republic and Rakhimdschan Assembekow , Kazakhstan. In the final battle he lost to Lazaro Rivas Scull.

In 2000 he was Asian champion in Seoul ahead of Askari Jurschunbajew, Kazakhstan and Hassan Rangraz, Iran. In 2001 and 2002 he took part in the World Championships, but both times without success. In 2001 he arrived in Patras after a victory over uranium Kalilow, Kyrgyzstan and one defeat against Hamou Oubrick, France to 16th place and in 2002 he finished second in Moscow after defeats against Tomoya Murata, Japan and Nepes Gukulow, Tajikistan , not only the 23rd Space. Then he ended his international wrestling career.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1996	2.	Asian Championship in Xiaoshan / China	To fly	behind Khaled Al-Faraj, Syria, in front of Schersod Hudoirdijew, Uzbekistan
1996	7th	OS in Atlanta	To fly	after defeating Pappu Jadav, India, defeating Armen Nazarjan, Armenia, defeating Khaled Al-Faraj, defeating Dariusz Jabłoński , Poland and defeating Dariusz Jabłoński
1996	4th	World Cup in Colorado Springs	To fly	behind Shawn Sheldon , USA , Boris Ambarzumow , Russia and Lazaro Rivas Scull, Cuba
1997	1.	East Asian Games in Busan	To fly	in front of Nurum Dusenow, Kazakhstan and Liao Weidong, China
1997	6th	World Cup in Wroclaw	To fly	after a defeat against Marian Sandu, Romania, victories against Erik Charaturow, Georgia, Haralambos Muratidis, Greece, Salah Belguidom, France, Lazaro Rivas Scull and Han Yuwei, China and defeats against Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan, Germany and Simeon Milew, Bulgaria
1999	2.	World Cup in Athens	To fly	after victories over Paulo Goncalves, Portugal, Hassan Abdullah, Yemen, Boris Radkewitsch, Belarus, Shamseddin Chudaiberdijew, Uzbekistan, Petr Svehla, Czech Republic and Rachimdschan Assembekow, Kazakhstan and a defeat against Lazaro Rivas Scull
2000	1.	Asian Cup in Seoul	To fly	before Askari Jurschunbajew, Kazakhstan and Hassan Rangraz, Iran
2001	16.	World Cup in Patras	To fly	after beating Uran Kalilow, Kyrgyzstan and losing to Hamou Oubrick
2002	23.	World Cup in Moscow	Bantam	after defeats to Tomoya Murata, Japan and Nepes Gukulow, Tajikistan

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Fly weight, until 1996 up to 52 kg, from 1997 to 2001 up to 54 kg body weight, then abolished, bantam weight, since 2002 up to 55 kg body weight

swell

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

Web links

• Ha Tae-yeon 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. Ha is the family name here, Tae-yeon is the first name.