Cha Kwang-su explained

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Cha Kwang-Su
Birth Date:25 February 1979
Weight:550NaN0
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Greco-Roman
Team:April 25 Sports Club
Show-Medals:yes
Context:north
Hangul:차광수
Mr:Ch'a Kwangsu
Rr:Cha Gwangsu

Cha Kwang-Su (born February 25, 1979) is an amateur North Korean Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's featherweight category.[1] He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.[2] Cha also added three more medals (one gold and two silver) to his collection from the Asian Wrestling Championships.[3]

Cha represented North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 55 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Cuba's Yagnier Hernández, who was able to score nine points in two straight periods, leaving Cha with a single point.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Cha Kwang-Su. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418043816/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/cha-kwang-su-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 21 January 2013.
  2. News: Chinese Jiao wins Greco-Roman 55kg wrestling title at Doha Asiad. Xinhua News Agency. People's Daily Online (China). 11 December 2006. 21 January 2013.
  3. News: DPR Korean wrestler vows to win Beijing Olympic gold medal. Xinhua News Agency. China Economic Net. 3 April 2008. 21 January 2013. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053717/http://en.ce.cn/sports/olympics/200804/03/t20080403_15052627.shtml. dead.
  4. Web site: Men's Greco-Roman 55kg (121 lbs) Round of 16 Official. NBC Olympics. 21 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821102545/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DWRM155401/index.html. 21 August 2012.