Ye Gue-rin (also ''Ye Geu-rin'', ko, 예그린; born October 16, 1981, in

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) is a South Korean

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, who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category. She finished seventh in the 48-kg division at the

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, and also picked up a bronze at the 2008 East Asian Judo Championships in

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. Ye qualified for the South Korean squad in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg) at the

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, by placing fifth and receiving a berth from the

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. She opened her match with a more convincing victory by points over Turkish judoka and two-time Olympian

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, before losing in an earth-shattering

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to Germany's Julia Matijass during the quarterfinals. After her striking defeat, Ye's coach Suh Joung-buk apparently hit one of the athletes with a punch inside the judo hall, resulting the coach to be sent home from the Games in disgrace. In the repechage, Ye redeemed her chance from an incident for an Olympic bronze medal by thwarting Canada's Carolyne Lepage in their first playoff, but came up short with a tani otoshi throw and a score 2–1 on koka against China's Gao Feng, relegating Ye to the seventh position.

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* 1981 births Living people Olympic judoka for South Korea Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Seoul South Korean female judoka 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-judo-bio-stub