Cho Yong-Chul (; born 7 May 1961) is a South Korean

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. At the 1985 World Judo Championships in Seoul, Cho won a gold medal, beating double Olympic champion

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by armlock submission in the final. Cho won two Olympic bronze medals in the heavyweight division at the

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Olympic Games.

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* * * * 1961 births Living people Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in judo Asian Games silver medalists in judo Judoka at the 1986 Asian Games South Korean male judoka Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games 20th-century South Korean sportsmen 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-judo-bio-stub