Lee Jung-baek

Korean spelling
Hangeul	이정백
Revised Romanization	I jeong-baek
McCune- Reischauer	I Chŏngpaek
See also : Korean name

Lee Jung-baek (born August 27, 1986 ) is a South Korean wrestler . He is two-time Asian champion in the Greco-Roman style in bantamweight .

Career

Lee Jung-baek started wrestling as a teenager in 2001. He focuses on the Greco-Roman style. He is a member of the Wrestling Club of Kyong Nam University and is trained by An Dae-hyun. At a height of 1.60 meters, he has always started in the lightest weight class in men's wrestling, the bantam weight, which reaches up to 55 kg body weight.

In June 2006 he took part in an international championship for the first time. He finished 2nd at the Asian Junior Championship in Jeju / South Korea behind the exceptional wrestler Hamid Soryan Reihanpour from Iran . At the Junior World Championships this year in Vilnius , where he lost again to Reihanpour, he came in 7th place.

In 2006 he became the senior Asian champion for the first time in Alma-Ata ( Astana ). He referred Cha Kwang-Su , North Korea , Hamid Banitamin, Iran and Akbar Kusijew, Uzbekistan to their places. In 2007 he could not defend this title, but came in 3rd place at the Asian Championships in Bishkek behind Hamid Soryan Reihanpour and Cha Kwang-Su.

In the years 2008 to 2010 he was not used in any international championships. In 2011 he took 3rd place at the Asian Championships in Tashkent behind Arsen Eralijew from Kyrgyzstan and Ildar Hafisow from Uzbekistan and in 2012 he was again Asian champion in Gumi / South Korea ahead of Elmurat Tasmuradow, Uzbekistan and Kanybek Dscholtschubekow, Kyrgyzstan. In 2012 he was also used at the Olympic qualification tournament in Astana, but with a 7th place clearly missed the qualification norm. In May 2012 he won the World Cup in Saransk ahead of Hamid Soryan Reihanpour. At the Olympic Games in 2012, the South Korean Wrestling Association was represented by Choi Gyu-jin .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2005	2.	Asian Junior Championship in Jeju	Bantam	behind Hamid Soryan Reihanpour, Iran, in front of Ryo Minemura, Japan and Shanat Nurgasin, Kazakhstan
2005	7th	Junior World Championships in Vilnius	Bantam	after defeating Vadims Zovnarenko, Latvia , defeating Hamid Soryan Reihanpour, defeating Kazuma Kuramoto, Japan and defeating Baurschan Orasbekow, Kazakhstan
2006	2.	World Cup in Budapest	Bantam	behind Bayram Özdemir , Turkey , in front of Jagniel Hernandez, Cuba and Sergei Petrow, Russia
2006	1.	Asian Championship in Alma-Ata	Bantam	before Cha Kwang-Su , North Korea, Hamid Banitamin, Iran and Akbar Kusiev, Uzbekistan
2007	3.	Asian Championship in Bishkek	Bantam	behind Hamid Soryan Reihanpour and Cha Kwang-Su
2008	2.	World Cup in Szombathely	Bantam	behind Nasir Mankijew , Russia, in front of Peter Modos , Hungary and Pour Yasin Bahrami, Iran
2010	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Szombathely	Bantam	before Rövşən Bayramov , Azerbaijan , Rajinder kumar, India and Kohei Hasegawa , Japan
2010	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Bantam	behind Peter Modos and Kohei Hasegawa
2011	2.	Slovenian Grand Prix in Murska Sobota	Bantam	behind Roman Amojan , Armenia , in front of Jan Hocko, Czech Republic and Bekchan Mankijew , Russia
2011	7th	Dan Kolow & Nikola Petrow Memorial in Burgas	Bantam	Winner: Alexandar Kostadinow ahead of Wenelin Wenkow , both Bulgaria
2011	3.	Asian Championship in Tashkent	Bantam	behind Arsen Eralijew, Kyrgyzstan and Ildar Hafisow, Uzbekistan
2012	1.	Asian Championship in Gumi / South Korea	Bantam	in front of Elmurat Tasmuradow, Uzbekistan and Kanybek Dscholtschubekow, Kyrgyzstan
2012	7th	Olympic qualification tournament in Astana	Bantam	Winner: Kohei Hasegawa ahead of Hamid Soryan Reihanpour
2012	1.	World Cup in Saransk	Bantam	before Hamid Soryan Reihanpour and Madi Scharbolow, Kazakhstan

Explanations

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

swell

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

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, Jung-baek is the first name.