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| Born | (1961-05-07) 7 May 1961 (age 63) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 조용철 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 趙容澈 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Jo Yongcheol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Cho Yongch'ŏl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | +95 kg. Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games |  (1984, 1988) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 
(1985) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Champ. | 
(1986) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Profile at external databases | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IJF | 165 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 6076 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 18 June 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cho Yong-Chul (Korean: 조용철; born 7 May 1961) is a South Korean judoka.
At the 1985 World Judo Championships in Seoul, Cho won a gold medal, beating double Olympic champion Hitoshi Saito by armlock submission in the final.
Cho won two Olympic bronze medals in the heavyweight division at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games.
External links
- Cho Yong-chul at the International Judo Federation
- Cho Yong-chul at JudoInside.com
- Cho Yong-chul at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Cho Yong-chul at Olympedia
- Cho Yong-chul at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Cho Yong-chul at The-Sports.org
- Cho Yong-chul at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
| World Judo Championships — Men's Heavyweight | |
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| 1965: +80 kg • 1967–75: +93 kg • 1979–97: +95 kg • 1999–present: +100 kg | |
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for South Korea
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Asian Games medalists in judo
- Judoka at the 1986 Asian Games
- South Korean male judoka
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
- 20th-century South Korean sportsmen
- 21st-century South Korean people
- South Korean Olympic medalist stubs
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