| Lee Seung-su | |
| Birth Date: | 20 July 1990 |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Weight Class: | 81 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | 5 |
| Worlds Year: | 2015 |
| Worlds Weight: | Men's 81 kg |
| Regionals Type: | AS |
| Regionals Rank: | 5 |
| Regionals Year: | 2017 |
| Regionals Year2: | 2018 |
| Regionals Weight2: | Men's 81 kg |
| Olympics Rank: | R16 |
| Olympics Year: | 2016 |
| Olympics Weight: | Men's 81 kg |
| Updated: | 24 November 2022 |
Lee Seung-su (; born 20 July 1990) is a South Korean judoka.[1] [2] [3]
Lee is the South Korea national team's primary half-middleweight fighter, having represented them at the 2014 and 2015 World Judo Championships. He was also chosen as the half-middleweight representative in the 2015 World team competition, where he won a silver medal.[4]
His main skill is seoi nage, a trademark of the Korea national team.
On the International Judo Federation circuit, he has won a silver medal at the 2015 Grand Slam in Tokyo and the 2013 Grand Prix in Jeju and Rijeka.
A soldier of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, Lee has participated in various military games, and most notably won the gold medal at the 2015 Military World Games in Mungyeong.[5]
Lee became Korea's half-middleweight representative after defeating double world champion Wang Ki-chun as the latter ascended from lightweight.[6] He has consistently won the national title in the weight division, however lost to Wang in the 2015 Korea National Championships.
Lee is ranked No. 29 in the world rankings,[7] and is the second ranked in Korea for the Olympic qualifiers after Wang.
| Judo Record[8] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Total | 42 | |
| Wins | 25 | |
| by Ippon | 18 | |
| Losses | 17 | |
| by Ippon | 3 | |