Personal information | |
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Full name | Ye Gue-rin |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | 16 October 1981
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Judo |
Event | 48 kg |
Korean name | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 예그린 |
Revised Romanization | Ye Geurin |
McCune–Reischauer | Ye Kŭrin |
Ye Gue-rin (also Ye Geu-rin, Korean: 예그린; born October 16, 1981, in Seoul) is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category. [1] She finished seventh in the 48-kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also picked up a bronze at the 2008 East Asian Judo Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.
Ye qualified for the South Korean squad in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing fifth and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She opened her match with a more convincing victory by points over Turkish judoka and two-time Olympian Neşe Şensoy Yıldız, before losing in an earth-shattering ippon to Germany's Julia Matijass during the quarterfinals. [2] After her striking defeat, Ye's coach Suh Joung-buk apparently hit one of the athletes with a punch inside the judo hall, resulting the coach to be sent home from the Games in disgrace. [3] [4] In the repechage, Ye redeemed her chance from an incident for an Olympic bronze medal by thwarting Canada's Carolyne Lepage in their first playoff, but came up short with a tani otoshi throw and a score 2–1 on koka against China's Gao Feng, relegating Ye to the seventh position. [5] [6]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Ye Gue-rin |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | 16 October 1981
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Judo |
Event | 48 kg |
Korean name | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 예그린 |
Revised Romanization | Ye Geurin |
McCune–Reischauer | Ye Kŭrin |
Ye Gue-rin (also Ye Geu-rin, Korean: 예그린; born October 16, 1981, in Seoul) is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category. [1] She finished seventh in the 48-kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also picked up a bronze at the 2008 East Asian Judo Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.
Ye qualified for the South Korean squad in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing fifth and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She opened her match with a more convincing victory by points over Turkish judoka and two-time Olympian Neşe Şensoy Yıldız, before losing in an earth-shattering ippon to Germany's Julia Matijass during the quarterfinals. [2] After her striking defeat, Ye's coach Suh Joung-buk apparently hit one of the athletes with a punch inside the judo hall, resulting the coach to be sent home from the Games in disgrace. [3] [4] In the repechage, Ye redeemed her chance from an incident for an Olympic bronze medal by thwarting Canada's Carolyne Lepage in their first playoff, but came up short with a tani otoshi throw and a score 2–1 on koka against China's Gao Feng, relegating Ye to the seventh position. [5] [6]