Bang Gui-man

In this Korean name, the family name is Bang.

Bang Gui-man

Personal information
Born	(1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 41) Namyangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍66 kg, ‍–‍73 kg
Club	Namyangju City Hall[1]
Coached by	Cho In-chul[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	R32 (2004)
World Champ.	R16 (2007)
Asian Champ.	(2007, 2009)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  South Korea Asian Games 2014 Incheon Men's team 2014 Incheon ‍–‍73 kg Asian Championships 2007 Kuwait City ‍–‍66 kg 2009 Taipei ‍–‍73 kg 2004 Almaty ‍–‍66 kg 2005 Tashkent ‍–‍66 kg World Masters 2010 Suwon ‍–‍73 kg IJF Grand Slam 2014 Paris ‍–‍73 kg 2010 Moscow ‍–‍73 kg 2013 Tokyo ‍–‍73 kg IJF Grand Prix 2009 Qingdao ‍–‍73 kg 2013 Rijeka ‍–‍73 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	1847
JudoInside.com	28403
Updated on 20 November 2022

Bang Gui-man (also Bang Gwi-man, Korean: 방 귀만; born 4 May 1983, in Namyangju, Gyeonggi) is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the men's lightweight category.^[2] He represented his nation South Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics, picked up four medals in the 66 and 73 kg division at the Asian Judo Championships, and earned a bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.^[3] Throughout his sporting career, Bang trained for Namyangju City Hall's elite judo squad under his longtime coach and mentor Cho In-chul.^[1]

Bang qualified for the South Korean squad in the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing third and receiving a berth from the 2004 Asian Championships in Almaty. He lost his opening match to Brazilian judoka and 1996 Olympic bronze medalist Henrique Guimarães, who successfully scored an ippon and an ōuchi gari (big inner reap), at two minutes and twenty-one seconds.^[4][5]

When South Korea hosted the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Bang culminated his ten-year career medal drought from the international scene to score an ippon victory over 2012 Olympian Navruz Jurakobilov of Uzbekistan for a bronze in the men's 73 kg class.^[6] Two days later, he helped his fellow South Korean teammates outplay their Kazakh rivals to top the medal podium with a gold in the team competition.^[7]

After the World Cup in Rome in October 2010 he tested positive for banner stimulant drug methylhexanamine and was banned for 2 years.^[8]

References

1. "2014 Asian Games Profile: Bang Gui-man". 2014 Incheon. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bang Gui-man". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
3. "Kunihiro Places Fifth at KRA Korea World Cup". Team USA. 4 December 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
4. "Judo: Men's Half-Lightweight (66kg/146 lbs) Round of 32". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
5. "Henrique Guimarães estréia com vitória por ippon" [Henrique Guimarães debuts with a victory by an ippon] (in Portuguese). Universo Online. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
6. Kim, Bo-ram; Park, So-jung (21 September 2014). "Olympic champ Kim Jae-bum re-claims Asiad gold". Yonhap. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
7. "South Korean fencers prove dominance once again". Korea Times. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
8. "비운의 유도 천재' 방귀만, 2년 만에 부활" [Judo star Bang Gui-man banned for two years.]. joins.com (in Korean).

External links

• Bang Gui-man at the International Judo Federation
• Bang Gui-man at JudoInside.com
• Bang Gui-man at AllJudo.net (in French)
• Bang Gui-man at Olympics.com
• Bang Gui-man at Olympedia
• Bang Gui-man at The-Sports.org