Lee Kyung-Keun (born 7 November 1962) is a

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

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judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

. Lee was a runner-up in the half-lightweight (65 kg) division at the

1985 World Judo Championships The 1985 World Judo Championships were the 14th edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Seoul, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of ...

. Three years later, at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul, Lee won an Olympic gold medal in the half-lightweight (65 kg) division.

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* * * * Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for South Korea Olympic gold medalists for South Korea 1962 births Living people Olympic medalists in judo Asian Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1986 Asian Games South Korean male judoka Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games 20th-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-judo-bio-stub