Cha Kwang-Su (born February 25, 1979) is an amateur North Korean

Greco-Roman wrestler Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling ( Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mo ...

, who competed in the men's featherweight category. He won a bronze medal for his division at the

2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

in Doha, Qatar. Cha also added three more medals (one gold and two silver) to his collection from the

Asian Wrestling Championships Asian Wrestling Championships is the Wrestling Asian Championship organized by the Asian Associated Wrestling Committee (AAWC). The men's tournament began in 1979 and The women's tournament was first staged in 1996, and it has been held every year. ...

. Cha represented North Korea at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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 Yagnier Hernández (born May 14, 1983 in Camagüey) is an amateur Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's featherweight category. He won a gold medal for his division at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, defeatin ...

, who was able to score nine points in two straight periods, leaving Cha with a single point.

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Profile – International Wrestling Database
1979 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for North Korea Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games North Korean male sport wrestlers Asian Games bronze medalists for North Korea Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century North Korean people {{NorthKorea-wrestling-bio-stub