Sim Gwon-ho
Korean spelling | |
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Hangeul | 심권호 |
Hanja | 沈 權 虎 |
Revised Romanization |
Sim Gwon-ho |
McCune- Reischauer |
Sim Kwonho |
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
- ↑ 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 )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sim, Gwon-ho |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 심권호 (Korean, Hangeul); 沈 權 虎 (Korean, Hanja); Sim, Kwŏnho (McCune-Reischauer) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean wrestler and Olympic champion |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Seongnam , Gyeonggi-do |