Kwon Young-woo

South Korean Olympic judoka

クォン・ヨンウ · 권영우

Born

12 April 1981, Seoul

Citizenship

South Korea

Sport

judo

Occupation

judoka

Height

176 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

81 kg (179 lb)

Kwon Young-woo (Korean: 권영우; born 12 April 1981, in Seoul) is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He captured two golds in the 81-kg division at the Summer Universiade (2001 and 2003), completed a full set of medals at the Asian Judo Championships, and later finished seventh at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Kwon emerged as a frontrunner and a medal contender at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing, China, where he took home the gold in the 81-kg class against Azerbaijan's Mehman Azizov. Two years later, Kwon defeated Spain's Óscar Fernández for an unprecedented second straight gold in his respective division.

Competitions

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q18637561 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.