Jang Sung-ho

Korean spelling
Hangeul	장성호
Hanja	張 盛 晧
Revised Romanization	Jang Seong-ho
McCune- Reischauer	Chang Sŏng-ho
See also : Korean name

Jang Sung-ho (born January 12, 1978 ) is a former South Korean judoka . He was second in the 2004 Olympic Games in the light heavyweight division, the weight class up to 100 kilograms.

Athletic career

The 1.90 m tall Jang Sung-ho was Junior World Champion in 1996. In 1998 he took third place at the World Student Championships. In 1999 he won the Asian Championships in Wenzhou by defeating the Iranian Khosro Dalir Moeini . At the World Championships in Birmingham , he defeated the Canadian Nicolas Gill in the round of 16 and the German Daniel Gürschner in the quarter-finals . With his victory over the Russian Alexander Michailin he reached the final, which he lost against the Japanese Kōsei Inoue . The following year he lost to the Algerian Sami Belgroun in his first fight at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney .

At the 2001 World Championships in Munich, Jang was already defeated by the Hungarian Antal Kovács in the round of 16 , and with four wins in the round of hope he won a bronze medal. A month later he lost to the Japanese Keiji Suzuki in the light heavyweight final at the Universiade in Beijing . Jang also competed in the open class and won the title by beating Uzbek Abdullo Tangriyev in the final . In 2002, Jang lost to Keiju Suzuki in the final of the Asian Games in Busan . The following year he was defeated in the final of the Asian Championships in Jeju to the Kazak Asqat Schitkejew . Schitkejew won the following year at the Asian Championships in Almaty ahead of Jang Sung-ho. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Jang won the quarter-finals against the Israeli Ariel Zeevi and the semifinals against the German Michael Jurack . The final won the Belarusian Ihar Makarau with Waza-ari.

In 2005 Jang won the title at the Asian Championships in Tashkent against Asqat Schitkejew. At the World Championships in Cairo , Jang retired early in the light heavyweight division against the Hungarian Dániel Hadfi , and in the open class he finished fifth. At the Asian Games in Doha in 2006 , Jang defeated Asqat Schitkejew in the semifinals and the Japanese Satoshi Ishii in the final . The following year Schitkejew and Jang met in the final of the Asian Championships in Jeju, this time the Kazakh won again. At the end of his career, Jang Sung-ho competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. After defeating Cuban Oreydis Despaigne in the round of 16, he lost to Mongolian Naidangiin Tüwschinbajar in the quarter-finals . After a victory in the hope round over the German Benjamin Behrla and a defeat against the Georgian Lewan Schorscholiani , Jang finished in seventh place.

Web links

• Jang Sung-ho in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Tournament results at judoinside.com

Footnotes

1. ↑ Asian Championships 1999 at judoinside.com
2. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
3. ↑ Universiade 2001 at judoinside.com
4. ↑ Asian Games 2002 at judoinside.com
5. ↑ Asian Championships 2003 at judoinside.com
6. ↑ Asian Championships 2004 at judoinside.com
7. ↑ The presentation follows the match balance at judoinside.com, at SportsReference Elco van der Geest is named as the semi-final opponent instead of Jurack.
8. ↑ Asian Championships 2005 at judoinside.com
9. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Jang is the family name here, Sung-ho is the first name.