Han Kum-ok

Han Kum-ok
Chosŏn'gŭl	한금옥
Revised Romanization	Han Geum-ok
McCune- Reischauer	Han Kŭmok
See also : Korean name

Han Kum-ok (born September 22, 1987 in Pyongyang , North Korea) is a North Korean wrestler . In 2009 she became vice world champion in the weight category up to 51 kg.

Career

Han Kum-ok only started wrestling at the age of 18 in 2005. She belongs to the wrestling team of the Ministry of Commerce in Pyongyang and is trained by Kang Chang-yong. At a height of 1.56 meters, she initially ranked in the weight class up to 51 kg. Since 2012 she started in the weight class up to 55 kg, which is Olympic.

Han Kum-ok was on the international wrestling mat for the first time in 2009 at the Asian Championship in Pattaya. She took second place in the weight class up to 51 kg behind Tatjana Amanchol-Bakatschuk from Kazakhstan. In the same year she also took part in the World Championships in Herning / Denmark. She was also able to convince there. She defeated Oleksandra Kohut , Ukraine, Roksana Zasina, Poland and Natalja Budu, Moldova and reached the final, in which she lost quite clearly against Sofia Mattsson from Sweden (0: 2 rounds, 0: 7 points). But that made her runner-up in her first international year.

In 2010 Han Kum-ok won a bronze medal at the Asian Championships in New Delhi behind Li Hui and Juldiz Eschimowa from Kazakhstan. She could not start at the World Cup in Moscow that year because North Korea did not take part. In 2011 she won a bronze medal again at the Asian Championships in Tashkent. Only Zhao Shasha from China and Dawaasüchiin Otgontsetseg from Mongolia placed in front of her. At the 2011 World Cup in Istanbul, she lost after victories against Natalja Budu and Whitney Conder from the United States to Mareko Shidochi from Japan. Since this did not reach the final, she was eliminated and took 7th place.

In 2012, Han Kum-ok won the qualification for the Olympic Games in London by winning the qualifying tournament in Taiyuan. To do this, she was promoted to the 55 kg weight class. In London, she met Jackeline Rentería Castillo from Colombia in her first fight . In a tough and hard fight, she lost a bit unhappy with 1: 2 rounds, although she was ahead on points with 10: 9. Jackeline Renteria did not make it into the Olympic final, so Han Kum-ok was eliminated and ended up in 10th place.

In April 2013 she won a bronze medal for the third time at the Asian Championships in New Delhi. Her results there were: victory over Um Ji-eun , South Korea, defeat against Yang Senlian , China and victory over Miruyet Dinbajewa, Kazakhstan.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2009	2.	Asian Championship in Pattaya	up to 51 kg	behind Tatjana Amanschol-Bakatschuk , Kazakhstan, in front of Zeng Qingping, China and Dawaasüchiin Otgontsetseg , Mongolia
2009	2.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	up to 51 kg	after victories over Oleksandra Kohut, Ukraine, Roksana Zasina, Poland and Natalja Budu, Moldova and a defeat against Sofia Mattsson, Sweden
2010	3.	Asian Championship in New Delhi	up to 51 kg	behind Li Hui, China and Jildiz Eschimowa, Kazakhstan
2011	3.	Asian Championship in Tashkent	up to 51 kg	behind Zhao Shasha, China and Otgontsetseg Davaasuch
2011	7th	World Cup in Istanbul	up to 51 kg	after victories over Natalja Budu and Whitney Conder, USA and defeat against Mareka Shidochi, Japan
2012	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Taiyuan / China	up to 55 kg	before Sündewiin Bjambatseren , Mongolia, Salina Sidakowa, Belarus and Zhang Lan , China
2012	10.	OS in London	up to 55 kg	after losing to Jackeline Renteria Castillo, Colombia
2013	3.	Asian Championship in New Delhi	up to 55 kg	after defeating Um Ji-eun, South Korea, defeating Yang Senlian, China and defeating Miruyet Dinbajewa, Kazakhstan

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website

Web links

• Han Kum-ok 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. Han is the family name here, Kum-ok is the first name.