Bang Gui-man (also ''Bang Gwi-man'', ko, 방 귀만; born May 4, 1983, in

Namyangju Namyangju () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. To the east is Gapyeong County, to the west is Guri City, and to the north is Pocheon City. Namyangju-si was originally a southern part of Yangju-gun, but was separated into Namyangju-gun ...

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) is a South Korean

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, who competed in the men's lightweight category. He represented his nation

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at the

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, picked up four medals in the 66 and 73-kg division at the

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, and recently earned a bronze medal at the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

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. Throughout his sporting career, Bang trained for Namyangju City Hall's elite judo squad under his longtime coach and mentor Cho In-chul. Bang qualified for the South Korean squad in the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg) at the

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, by placing third and receiving a berth from the

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. He lost his opening match to Brazilian judoka and 1996 Olympic bronze medalist

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, who successfully scored an ippon and an

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(big inner reap), at two minutes and twenty-one seconds. When South Korea hosted the

, Bang culminated his ten-year career medal drought from the international scene to score an ippon victory over 2012 Olympian

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of Uzbekistan for a bronze in the men's 73 kg class. Two days later, he helped his fellow South Korean teammates outplay their Kazakh rivals to top the medal podium with a gold in the team competition. After the World Cup in

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in October 2010 he tested positive for banner stimulant drug

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and was banned for 2 years.

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* * 1983 births Living people Olympic judoka of South Korea Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in judo People from Namyangju South Korean male judoka Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province {{SouthKorea-judo-bio-stub