Kim Chol-su (born 12 September 1982) is a

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

judoka is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...

. Kim finished in joint fifth place in the lightweight division (73 kg) at the

2006 Asian Games The 2006 Asian Games (), officially known as the XV Asiad or 15th Asian Games (, and commonly known as Doha 2006 (), were an Asian multi-sport event held in Doha, Qatar, from December 1 to 15, 2006, with 424 events in 39 sports featured in the ga ...

, having lost to

Rasul Boqiev Rasul Boqiev (also spelled as Rasul Bokiev (); born 29 September 1982) is a Tajikistani judoka who competes in the 73 kg (lightweight) category. He has won bronze medal at the 2007 World Judo Championships and a bronze medal, Tajikistan's ...

of Tajikistan in the bronze medal match. At the

2009 East Asian Games The 2009 East Asian Games, officially known as the V East Asian Games, was an international multi-sport event that hosted by Hong Kong, between 5 December and 13 December 2009. A total of 2,377 athletes from 9 east asia, East Asian national compet ...

Kim won a Bronze Medal. Kim currently resides in

Pyongyang Pyongyang () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution" (). Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. Accordi ...

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2006 Asian Games profile
1982 births Living people North Korean male judoka Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for North Korea Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games judoka for North Korea {{NorthKorea-judo-bio-stub