Yang Kyong-il
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Yang Kyong-Il (Script error: No such module "IPA". or Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 7 August 1989 in Pyongyang) is a male freestyle wrestler from North Korea who is a double world champion and won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Career
Yang won his first world title at the 2009 World Championships. He beat Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar, Krasimir Krastanov, Mykola Aivazian and Rizvan Gadzhiev before beating Sezar Akgül in the final.[1]
He participated in Men's freestyle 55 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. He lost in the last 16 to Namig Sevdimov and was eliminated from the competition.[2]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Yang beat Dilshod Mansurov before losing to Dzhamal Otarsultanov. Because Otarsultanov reached the final, Yang was entered into the repechage. In the repechage, Yang beat Sem Shilimela before beating Daulet Niyazbekov to win a bronze medal.[2]
In 2014, Yang won his second world title in Tashkent. He beat Kim Sung-gwon, Yuki Takahashi and Hassan Rahimi before beatingVladimer Khinchegashvili in the final.
At the 2016 Olympics, Yang lost to Rei Higuchi in the first round. Because Higuchi reached the final, Yang was entered into the repechage. In the repechage, Yang beat Asadulla Lachinau before losing to Yowlys Bonne to leave without a medal.[2]
References
External links
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- Living people
- 1989 births
- Olympic wrestlers for North Korea
- North Korean male sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for North Korea
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- World Wrestling Champions
- Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea
- Asian Games wrestlers for North Korea
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
- 21st-century North Korean sportsmen
- Asian Games silver medalists in wrestling