Bang Gui-man
Personal information
Born (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983
Namyangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea
OccupationJudoka
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportJudo
Weight class–66 kg, –73 kg
ClubNamyangju City Hall[1]
Coached byCho In-chul[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR32 (2004)
World Champ.R16 (2007)
Asian Champ.Gold (2007, 2009)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon –73 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Kuwait City –66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2009 Taipei –73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Almaty –66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Tashkent –66 kg
World Masters
Gold medal – first place 2010 Suwon –73 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2014 Paris –73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Moscow –73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Tokyo –73 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2009 Qingdao –73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Rijeka –73 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF1847
JudoInside.com28403
Updated on 20 November 2022.

Bang Gui-man (also Bang Gwi-man, Korean: 방 귀만; born May 4, 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 recently 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 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. 1 2 3 "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 March 4, 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).


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