Cho Min-sun
This is a Korean name; the family name is Cho.
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Nationality | South Korean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | March 21, 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 조민선 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanja | 曹敏仙 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Jo Min-seon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Cho Minsŏn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 full professor at Korea National Sport University in Seoul.