Cho Yong-chul

Cho Yong-chul

Personal information
Born	(1961-05-07) 7 May 1961 (age 63)
Occupation	Judoka
Korean name
Hangul	조용철
Hanja	趙容澈
Revised Romanization	Jo Yongcheol
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Yongch'ŏl
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Judo
Weight class	+95 kg. Open
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(1984, 1988)
World Champ.	(1985)
Asian Champ.	(1986)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles +95 kg 1988 Seoul +95 kg World Championships 1985 Seoul +95 kg Asian Games 1986 Seoul Open
Profile at external databases
IJF	165
JudoInside.com	6076
Updated on 18 June 2023

Cho Yong-Chul (Korean: 조용철; born 7 May 1961) is a South Korean judoka.

At the 1985 World Judo Championships in Seoul, Cho won a gold medal, beating double Olympic champion Hitoshi Saito by armlock submission in the final.

Cho won two Olympic bronze medals in the heavyweight division at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games.

• Cho Yong-chul at the International Judo Federation
• Cho Yong-chul at JudoInside.com
• Cho Yong-chul at AllJudo.net (in French)
• Cho Yong-chul at Olympedia
• Cho Yong-chul at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Cho Yong-chul at The-Sports.org
• Cho Yong-chul at databaseOlympics.com (archived)

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