CHOI Gwang Geun

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Men -100 kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
1	Men -100 kg	2012	London, GBR
World Championships
1	Men -100 kg	2010	Antalya, TUR
5	Men -100 kg	2014	Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Asian Para Games
2	Men -100 kg	2018	Jakarta, INA

Athlete

Physical Education - Korea National Sport University, Seoul, KOR

Daughter Choi Suhyun

Korean

Sejong Para Sports Association [Korea]

Won Jae-Yeon [national, club], KOR

2010 for Korea, World Championships in Antalya, Turkey (IJF, 20 Jan 2016)

He won silver in 100kg category at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia, despite ruptures of the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] and the posterior cruciate ligament [PCL] in his right knee that he had suffered in September 2018. In November 2018 he underwent surgery and returned to competition in July 2019. (Instagram profile, 01 Nov 2018, 14 Nov 2018; Paralympian, Jan 2020; chosun.com, 10 Oct 2020)

He was hospitalised just two weeks before the start of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London because of a leg injury. However, he was able to recover in time to take gold in the 100kg category. (paralympic.org, 01 Sep 2012)

He began judo in the fifth grade of primary school in Mokpo, Republic of Korea. He took up Para judo competitively in 2010. (news.donga.com, 03 Sep 2012; chosun.com, 10 Oct 2020)

His mother encouraged him to take up judo in order to lose weight. (news.donga.com, 03 Sep 2012)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (WOWOWofficial YouTube channel, 08 Sep 2017)

Korean judoka Jeon Ki Young. (IJF, 20 Jan 2016)

He was presented with an Excellent Para-Athlete Award at the Korean Sports Awards Ceremony in 2012. (isplus.live.joins.com, 02 Feb 2012)