Cho Min-Sun
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Cho Min-Sun (born March 21, 1972) is a South Korea
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Cho won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics
and a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
, and also won two gold medals at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships. She also won a bronze medal in the -48kg division at the 1988 Summer Olympics
(women's judo competition at the 1988 Olympics was held as a demonstration sport).
Cho is the only South Korean judoka to win national championships in five different judo divisions: from 48 to 66 kg.
She is currently a full professor at Korea National Sport University in Seoul.
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
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Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
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Cho won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
and a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, and also won two gold medals at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships. She also won a bronze medal in the -48kg division at the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
(women's judo competition at the 1988 Olympics was held as a demonstration sport).
Cho is the only South Korean judoka to win national championships in five different judo divisions: from 48 to 66 kg.
She is currently a full professor at Korea National Sport University in Seoul.