Bang Gui-man (also ''Bang Gwi-man'', ; born 4 May 1983, in

Namyangju Namyangju (; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. To the east is Gapyeong County, to the west is Guri, and to the north is Pocheon. Namyangju was originally a southern part of Yangju-gun, but was separated into Namyangju-gun in April ...

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) is a South Korean

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, who competed in the men's lightweight category. He represented his nation South Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics, picked up four medals in the 66 and 73 kg division at the

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, and earned a bronze medal at the

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. Throughout his sporting career, Bang trained for Namyangju City Hall's elite judo squad under his longtime coach and mentor Cho In-chul. Bang qualified for the South Korean squad in the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg) at the

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, by placing third and receiving a berth from the 2004 Asian Championships in

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. He lost his opening match to Brazilian judoka and 1996 Olympic bronze medalist Henrique Guimarães, who successfully scored an ippon and an

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(big inner reap), at two minutes and twenty-one seconds. When South Korea hosted the

, Bang culminated his ten-year career medal drought from the international scene to score an ippon victory over 2012 Olympian

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of Uzbekistan for a bronze in the men's 73 kg class. Two days later, he helped his fellow South Korean teammates outplay their Kazakh rivals to top the medal podium with a gold in the team competition. After the World Cup in

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in October 2010 he tested positive for banner stimulant drug

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and was banned for 2 years.

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* * 1983 births Living people Olympic judoka for South Korea Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in judo Sportspeople from Namyangju South Korean male judoka Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games judoka for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Martial artists from Gyeonggi Province 21st-century South Korean sportsmen {{SouthKorea-judo-bio-stub