Cho Yong-chul

South Korean judoka (born 1961)

In this Korean name, the family name is  Cho.

Cho Yong-chul

Personal information

Born|  (1961-05-07) 7 May 1961 (age 64)
Occupation| Judoka
Korean name
Hangul|

조용철

Hanja|

趙容澈

RR| Jo Yongcheol
MR| 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.

## External links

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* 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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World Judo Championships — Men's Heavyweight

1965: +80 kg  • 1967–75: +93 kg  • 1979–97: +95 kg  • 1999–present: +100 kg

* 1965:  Anton Geesink
* 1967:  Wim Ruska
* 1969:  Shuji Suma
* 1971:  Wim Ruska
* 1973:  Chonosuke Takagi
* 1975:  Sumio Endo
* 1979:  Yasuhiro Yamashita
* 1981:  Yasuhiro Yamashita
* 1983:  Yasuhiro Yamashita
* 1985:  Cho Yong-chul
* 1987:  Grigory Verichev
* 1989:  Naoya Ogawa
* 1991:  Sergei Kosorotov
* 1993:  David Douillet
* 1995:  David Douillet
* 1997:  David Douillet
* 1999:  Shinichi Shinohara
* 2001:  Alexander Mikhaylin
* 2003:  Yasuyuki Muneta
* 2005:  Alexander Mikhaylin
* 2007:  Teddy Riner
* 2009:  Teddy Riner
* 2010:  Teddy Riner
* 2011:  Teddy Riner
* 2013:  Teddy Riner
* 2014:  Teddy Riner
* 2015:  Teddy Riner
* 2017:  Teddy Riner
* 2018:  Guram Tushishvili
* 2019:  Lukáš Krpálek
* 2021:  Kokoro Kageura
* 2022:  Andy Granda
* 2023:  Teddy Riner
2023:  Inal Tasoev
* 2024:  Kim Min-jong
* 2025:  Inal Tasoev

List of World Judo Championships medalists in Men's Heavyweight

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