Cho Min-Sun

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Cho.
Olympic medal record
Women's judo
Gold 1996 Atlanta Middleweight
Bronze 2000 Sydney Middleweight
World Championships
Bronze 1989 Belgrade -52 kg
Gold 1993 Hamilton -66 kg
Gold 1995 Chiba -66 kg
Bronze 1997 Paris -66 kg
Cho Min-Sun
Hangul 조민선
Hanja 曹敏仙


Cho Min-Sun (born March 21, 1972) is a South Korean judoka.

Cho won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also won two gold medals at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships. She also won a bronze medal in the -48kg division at the 1988 Summer Olympics (women's judo competition at the 1988 Olympics was held as a demonstration sport).

Cho is the only South Korean judoka to win national championships in five different judo divisions: from 48 to 66 kg.

She is currently a professor at Korea National Sport University in Seoul.

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