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Lee Seung-su
South Korean judoka (born 1990) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lee Seung-su (Korean: 이승수; born 20 July 1990) is a South Korean judoka.[1][2][3]
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Career
Lee is the South Korea national team's primary half-middleweight fighter, having represented them at the 2014 and 2015 World Judo Championships. He was also chosen as the half-middleweight representative in the 2015 World team competition, where he won a silver medal.[4][5]
His main skill is seoi nage, a trademark of the Korea national team.[6]
On the International Judo Federation circuit, he has won a silver medal at the 2015 Grand Slam in Tokyo[7] and the 2013 Grand Prix in Jeju and Rijeka.
A soldier of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, Lee has participated in various military games, and most notably won the gold medal at the 2015 Military World Games in Mungyeong.[8]
Lee became Korea's half-middleweight representative after defeating double world champion Wang Ki-chun as the latter ascended from lightweight.[9] He has consistently won the national title in the weight division, however lost to Wang in the 2015 Korea National Championships.[10]
Lee is ranked No. 29 in the world rankings,[11] and is the second ranked in Korea for the Olympic qualifiers after Wang.
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