Son Sang-pil

Son Sang -pil ( born September 1, 1973) was a South Korean wrestler. He was 1997 and 1999 world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in lightweight.

Career

Son Sang -pil began as a teenager in 1986 with the rings. He concentrated on the Greco- Roman style. He was a member of the Korea Housing Company Sports Club Seoul and was mainly trained by Bae Chang -kun. He studied sports and wrestled at a size of 1.67 meters always at lightweight.

The international Ringer career of Son Sang -pil started with a bang, as he was in 1989 in Warrensburg / USA Junior World Champion ( Cadets ) in both free -style and Greco- Roman style. It must be said, however, that this is negotiated one of the first Junior World Championships and the cast of this championship was not very big. There were missing especially the then dominant " Eastern Bloc states." In contrast, it was already at the Junior World Championship in 1990. Son Sang -pil started there, as in all following championships in Greco -Roman style in the age group " Juniors " and finished there in the weight category up to 63 kg 3rd place. He occupied the same seat at the World Youth Championship 1991 in Prievidza in the age group " espoir " featherweight behind Yuri Melnichenko, USSR and Dodita Constantin, Romania.

In the senior Son Sang -pil made ​​his international debut at the World Cup 1994 in Tampere. He finished in the championship but only the 15th Place. In May 1995, he was in Manila Asian champion at lightweight before the Japanese Yasushi Miyake. But with the 1995 World Championships in Prague, he cut little better than in the 1994 World Cup, he finished there on the 14th Place.

1996 was renewed Son Sang -pil in Xiaoshan / China Asian champions before Grigori Puljajew from Uzbekistan. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta but was not he, but his compatriot Kim Young- il used. In 1997, he won then at the East Asia Games in Busan before Katsuhiro Nagata of Japan. In September 1997, he then succeeded he first title win in a World Cup. In Wroclaw he defeated while Felipe Moreno Subirana, Spain, Peter Bielesz, Czech Republic, Adam Juretzko, Germany, Christian Eyer, France and Alexander Tretyakov, Russia, the bronze medalist from Atlanta.

This track he was at the 1998 World Cup in Gaevle not repeat, because he lost there after a victorious battle against Nurlan Koischaiganow from Kazakhstan spanked by Georgi Dschindwelascheili from Georgia. With further victories over Theodore Voltsidis, Greece, Ari Pekka Härkänen, Finland, the Olympic champion from 1996 Ryszard Wolny, Poland and Bisser Georgiev from Bulgaria but he fought his way to a bronze medal yet. The winner was Alexander Tretyakov before Hirbik Csaba from Hungary at this World Cup. In December 1998, Son Sang -pil then won at the Asian Games in Bangkok Mchitar Manukjan from Kazakhstan and Grigori Puljajew.

In May 1999, he managed another win at the Asian Championships in Tashkent. There he won ahead of Ruslan Biktjakow, Uzbekistan and Yi Shanjun from China. In the 1999 World Cup in Athens Son Sang -pil then succeeded in winning his second world title, although he lost from Belarus in his first fight against Wladimir Kopytow. He then defeated Katsuhiko Nagata, Djordje Miolski, Yugoslavia, Rustam Adschi, Ukraine, Csaba Hirbik and Alexander Tretyakov. Since Vladimir Tretyakov Kopytow had defeated, Son Sang -pil was in the final as the best and thereby won this item.

As one of the favorites failed Son Sang -pil at the Sydney Olympics to win a medal. The " culprit" was Filiberto Ascuy Aguilera from Cuba, who defeated him in the third fight. Previously, he had won against Adam Juretzki and Matthias Scho mountain from Sweden. In the fourth fight he won then via the World Champion of 1993 and 1994 Islam Duguschijew from Azerbaijan, thus he came but only on the 5th Place.

The last time Son Sang -pil then took in 2001 participated in a World Championship. In Patras, he came here to victories over Marcel Cooper, United States and Welin Marinov from Bulgaria. But in the third fight he lost again against Filiberto Ascuy Aguilera, which he retired and came on the 7th Place.

International success

Notes

  • GR = Greco-Roman style, F = free style
  • OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Cup
  • Lightweight, and 1996 up to 68kg from 1997 to 2001-69 kg thereafter to 66 kg body weight
  • Former ages in the junior: " Cadets " = up to 16 years, " Juniors " = up to 18 years, " espoir " = to age 20

Swell

  • Journal The Ringer
  • Website " Foeldeak Wrestling Database "
Revised Romanization of Korean McCune–Reischauer Weight class (boxing) 1994 World Wrestling Championships 1995 World Wrestling Championships Xiaoshan District Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Vladimirovich Tretyakov 1998 World Wrestling Championships Gävle 1999 World Wrestling Championships Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics Ghani Yalouz Attila Repka Colorado Springs, Colorado 1997 World Wrestling Championships 2001 World Wrestling Championships
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