Ha Hyung-joo

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Ha Hyung-joo
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles -95 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1985 Seoul -95 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Maastricht -95 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Essen -95 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Seoul -95 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Jakarta Open
Silver medal – second place 1981 Jakarta -95kg
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1985 Kobe -95 kg
Ha Hyung-joo
Hangul
하형주
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHa Hyeongju
McCune–ReischauerHa Hyŏngju
In this Korean name, the family name is Ha.

Ha Hyung-joo (born June 3, 1962), also known by Ha Hyoung-zoo, is a retired judoka from South Korea. In 1981, he became the first open division champion to represent South Korea at the Asian Judo Championships in Jakarta. Ha represented his native country at the Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and claimed the gold medal in the men's half heavyweight division (– 95 kg) by defeating Brazil's Douglas Vieira in the final. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, but did not win a medal.[1][2]

He retired shortly after the Seoul Olympics and has been working as a physical education professor at Dong-A University.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ha Hyeong-Ju". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  2. ^ "Hyung-Yoo Ha". judoinside.com. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  3. ^ "하형주, 1984년 LA올림픽, 유도 금메달 획득" (in Korean). Korea Herald. 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2019-10-04.


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