KIM Jeong-soo (-90 kg class) ‘Gold’, SEO Min-hyun (+100 kg class) ‘Silver’, KIM Min-soo (-73 kg class) ‘Bronze’

Finished the season with a runner-up finish in the team competition 

[December 21, 2021]

<Yeongnam University Judo Athletes who won individual competitions in the 2021 Jeju Cup National Judo Competition>

(From left: CHOI Won-ho, SEO Min-hyun (2nd place at +100kg), KIM Min-su (3rd place at -73kg), KIM Jeong-su (1st place at -90kg), LEE Kyu-in Manager Lee Jung-hwa)

 The YU Judo Club (Director LEE Jung-hwa) finished the season with excellent results, finishing second in the team competition, including one gold, silver, and bronze in the individual match, respectively, at the 2021 Jeju Cup National Judo Competition, last round of the 2021 season.

In this competition held at the Jeju Sports Complex from December 13th to 16th, Kim Jeong-soo (20, sophomore, physical education) from YU's judo team won the men's college -90kg class,

Min-hyeon Seo (20, sophomore in the Department of Special Physical Education), who participated in the +100kg class, won a silver medal,

Minsu Kim (20, sophomore in the Department of Physical Education), who participated in the -73kg class, won a bronze medal, respectively.

KIM Jeong-soo, who won the gold medal, advanced to the final by defeating HONG Seung-yeon of Korea Sports University in the quarterfinals with a shoulder throw. In the final, he won the championship with half wining judgement from a hug jumping against KIM Jae-min of Yong-in university. Furthermore, he proved that he is the strongest in their weight class by the 2nd wining, after the victory of the national collegiate judo federation match of men and women held in September 2021 by a decisive ippon throwing away KIM Jae-min in the final. 

   YU Judo team coach LEE Jung-hwa said, “It is deplorable that the tournament could not be held normally this season due to the impact of Corona 19. Although our players showed good performances in the individual competition, it is regrettable that we could not show all the skills of the YU judo team in the team event due to injuries during the individual match. However, I will work hard in winter training and challenge to win the team event next year.”