Sim Gwon-ho

Korean spelling
Hangeul	심권호
Hanja	沈 權 虎
Revised Romanization	Sim Gwon-ho
McCune- Reischauer	Sim Kwonho
See also : Korean name

Sim Gwon-ho (born October 12, 1972 in Seongnam , Gyeonggi-do ) is a former South Korean wrestler . He was Olympic champion in the Greco-Roman style in 1996 and 2000 in light flyweight and flyweight .

Career

Sim Gwon-ho started wrestling as a teenager in 1984. He focused on the Greco-Roman style and was mainly trained by Bang Dae-du. He was an employee of the Korean Housing Company and was also a member of that company's sports club in Seoul . The 1.60 meter tall athlete always started in the lightest weight class in men's wrestling. Until 1996, that was the half-flyweight, which had its weight limit of 48 kg and, after this weight class was abolished in 1997, the flyweight, with a weight limit of 54 kg.

As a junior he was not used in any international championships. It was not until he was 20 that he took part in such a championship for the first time, the Asian Championship in Tehran in 1992. He came in the light flyweight behind Masanori Ohashi, Japan and Pappu Jadav, India , on the 3rd place. In 1993 he was runner-up behind Puppa Jadav at the Asian Cup in Hiroshima . In the same year he also took part in a wrestling world championship for the first time. In Stockholm he won a bronze medal behind Wilber Sánchez Amita, Kuba and Zafar Gulijew from Russia . In November 1993 he came to his first important tournament victory in the seniors. He won the World Chup in Heinola / Finland ahead of Jozsef Hamzok , Hungary and Sergei Suworow, Russia.

In 1994 Sim Gwon-ho won the Asian Games in Hiroshima ahead of Alireza Simchah, Iran and Ruslan Gebekow, Kyrgyzstan . At the World Cup this year, he was not used.

In 1995 he won the Asian championship for the first time in Manila ahead of Dimitri Korschunow, Uzbekistan and Fanis Dauletow, Kazakhstan, and in October 1995 at the World Cup in Prague he also won the world championship for the first time ahead of Hiroshi Kado , Japan , Zafar Gulijew and Oleg Kutscherenko , Germany . At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , he continued his winning streak. He was there with victories over Zafar Gulijew, Ioannis Agatzanian, Greece , Gela Papashvili, Georgia and Aljaksandr Paulau , Belarus in a superior style Olympic champion.

In 1997 he renounced in favor of his compatriot Ha Tae-yeon to participate in the world championship. But he started in November 1997 at a World Cup tournament in Tehran in the flyweight division and came in second behind the Russian Boris Ambarzumow and ahead of the Iranian Ali Ashkani Agboalag . In 1998 he was back on the mat at the World Championships in Gävle , where he won his second world title with victories over Moshe Grimberg, Israel , Dilschod Aripow , Uzbekistan, Boris Radkewitsch, Belarus, Oleg Kutscherenko and Marian Sandu , Romania . In December 1998 he also won the Asian Games in Bangkok before Kang Yong-Gyun , North Korea , Wang Hui, China and Dilschod Aripow.

In May 1999 he won again at the Asian Championships in Tashkent before Shamseddin Chudaiberdijew , Uzbekistan and Rachimdschan Assembekow, Kazakhstan. But he again decided not to take part in the World Cup.

At the end of his great career, Sim Gwon-ho became Olympic champion for a second time in Sydney in 2000 . On the way to this success he defeated Dariusz Jabłoński , Poland , Rachimdschan Assembekow, Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan , Germany, Kang Yong-Gyun and Lazaro Rivas Scull from Cuba. In September 2014 he was inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame for his services to wrestling .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1992	3.	Asian Championship in Tehran	Half flying	behind Masanori Ohashi, Japan and Pappu Jadav, India
1993	2.	Asian Championship in Hiroshima	Half flying	behind Pappu Jadav and in front of Masatsune Sasaki, Japan
1993	3.	World Cup in Stockholm	Half flying	behind Wilber Sanchez Amita, Cuba and Zafar Gulijew, Russia
1993	1.	World Cup in Heinola / Finland	Half flying	before Zozsef Hamzok, Hungary and Sergei Suvorov, Russia
1994	1.	Asian Games in Hiroshima	Half flying	in front of Alireza Simchah, Iran and Ruslan Gebekow, Kyrgyzstan
1995	1.	Asian Championship in Manila	Half flying	before Dimitri Korschunow, Uzbekistan and Fanis Dauletow, Kazakhstan
1995	1.	World Cup in Prague	Half flying	in front of Hiroshi Kado, Japan, Zafar Gulijew and Oleg Kutscherenko, Germany
1996	1.	Asian Championship in Xiaoshan / China	Half flying	ahead of Kang Yong-Gyun, North Korea and Hiroshi Kado
1996	gold	OS in Atlanta	Half flying	after victories over Zafar Gulijew, Ioannis Agatzanian, Greece, Gela Papashvili, Georgia and Aljaksandr Paulau, Belarus
1996	1.	World Cup in Colorado Springs	Half flying	before Wilber Sanchez Amita and Sergei Sanin, Russia
1997	2.	World Cup in Tehran	To fly	behind Boris Ambarzumow, Russia, in front of Ali Ashkani Agboloag, Iran
1998	1.	World Cup in Gävle	To fly	after victories over Moshe Grimberg, Israel, Dilschod Aripow, Uzbekistan, Boris Radkewitsch, Belarus, Oleg Kutscherenko and Marian Sandu, Romania
1998	1.	Asian Games in Bangkok	To fly	before Kang Yong-Gyun, Wang Hui, China and Dilschod Aripow
1999	1.	Asian Championship in Tashkent	To fly	before Shamseddin Chudaiberdijew, Uzbekistan and Rachimdschan Assembekow, Kazakhstan
2000	gold	OS in Sydney	To fly	after victories over Dariusz Jabłoński , Poland, Rachimdschan Assembekow, Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan, Germany, Kang Yong-Gyun and Lazaro Ricas Scull, Cuba

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Half-flyweight, weight class up to 1996 up to 48 kg, then abolished, flyweight, weight class from 1997 to 2001 up to 54 kg body weight

swell

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FILA Announces Class of 2014 Hall of Famers: Sixteen Individuals to be Inducted in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on September 6 , accessed on April 16, 2017 (English)

Web links

• Sim Gwon-ho 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. Sim is the family name here, Gwon-ho is the first name.