Ye Gue-rin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ye Gue-rin

Olympic judoka

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1981

Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea

Profession: judoka

Nationality: South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Ye Gue-rin

  • Ye Gue-rin (also Ye Geu-rin, Korean: ???; born October 16, 1981 in Seoul) is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category.
  • She finished seventh in the 48-kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also picked up a bronze at the 2008 East Asian Judo Championships in Taipei, Taiwan. Ye qualified for the South Korean squad in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing fifth and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • She opened her match with a more convincing victory by points over Turkish judoka and two-time Olympian Nese Sensoy Yildiz, before losing in an earth-shattering ippon to Germany's Julia Matijass during the quarterfinals.
  • After her striking defeat, Ye's coach Suh Joung-buk apparently hit one of the athletes with a punch inside the judo hall, resulting the coach to be sent home from the Games in disgrace.
  • In the repechage, Ye redeemed her chance from an incident for an Olympic bronze medal by thwarting Canada's Carolyne Lepage in their first playoff, but came up short with a tani otoshi throw and a score 2–1 on koka against China's Gao Feng, relegating Ye to the seventh position.

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